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Writing in the Field
What happens when junior and senior Business Writing students take on writing the copy for a university website? They help the rest of us see what has been happening all around us. Course Origins Throughout the summer of 2012, writing instructor Heidi Nobles explored ideas for her upcoming ENGL 326 Business and Professional Writing courses. “I like pairing the classroom with practical learning as often as possible,” Nobles says. “When a colleague told me about the work at Dallas CitySquare, I knew I had to learn more.” The goal of ENGL 326 is...
read moreiSchool at CitySquare
Senior students in ACU’s iSchool are using their knowledge of computer science and information to provide new tools for serving the metroplex community. The partnership between ACU and CitySquare has provided an opportunity for students to apply their knowledge to real-life business scenarios. Students in ACU’s iSchool capstone course came together in the fall 2012 semester to create practical IT solutions for CitySquare. These senior iSchool students applied their four years of coursework to enhance the capabilities of CitySquare and to live...
read moreSOCW 615/616: Applied Social Work Experience
ACU graduate students are taking their knowledge and passion for social work to CitySquare in Dallas to help the at-risk and homeless population through investigation and application. ACU’s School of Social Work has partnered with CitySquare to help end poverty in Dallas. Ten students and three faculty have developed a plan based on the needs of CitySquare. Two of these students have already taken SOCW 615/616, a research class, and are completing a practicum at CitySquare while living on-site in Dallas for a year. The other eight students...
read moreJustice and Urban Studies Team
Incoming Honors College Freshmen at ACU have the opportunity to experience a new style of hands-on learning while helping build relationships and a sense of community in the southeast Dallas area. The Justice and Urban Studies Team (J.U.S.T.) program is a degree plan that brings together ACU students and the CitySquare program in Dallas. The program enhances learning as apply their knowledge and talents to the problem of urban poverty. ACU is committed to programs like J.U.S.T. that demonstrate innovation and provide real world experiences...
read moreCOBA Research Project for Dallas 2024 Olympic Committee
This summer students from the College of Business Administration will travel to London for a unique research project. Led by Dr. Monty Lynn, Associate Dean and Professor of Management, students will research the economic impact of the London 2012 Olympic Games on neighborhoods and communities. Their results of their research will be delivered to the Dallas 2024 Committee. Dr. Lynn describes the project as a program evaluation of the pro-poor impact of the 2012 London Olympics. Data in the evaluation would come from interviews with planners...
read moreMSSW Neighbor Support Service Research
First year Master of Science in Social Work students were at CitySquare in October to launch their year-long research project. ACU’s MSSW program (CSWE accredited) is distinguished as an evidence based practice curriculum integrating faith in practice. This means that ACU MSSW students are engaged in hands-on research that identifies the best practices in the field. This year ACU MSSW students will be evaluating the effectiveness of the Efforts To Outcomes (ETO) database in showing the success/progression of neighbors in the case...
read moreMarketing CitySquare
ACU students in an upper-level marketing class are applying marketing strategies to CitySquare’s for-profit programs. Senior-level marketing students at ACU have joined in a partnership with CitySquare. The 15 students in the fall 2012 Marketing Strategies class divided into three groups, with each group focusing on a different division of CitySquare: the thrift store, the law department, and CitySolutions. All are “for-profit” businesses CitySquare manages to support the overall nonprofit mission of fighting poverty in Dallas. The...
read moreIntroducing JUST
This Fall the Honors College launches a new Honors Interdisciplinary Studies Degree. Interdisciplinary study is not new to honors at ACU by any stretch, but this year marks a new way of going about it – one that is at the heart of who we are at ACU and that has the potential to transform what we do. The Honors Interdisciplinary Studies Degree at ACU allows students to combine multiple areas of study as a part of an interdisciplinary studies team engaging justice and urban poverty. We refer to this as the Justice and Urban Studies Team...
read moreEmerging Leaders Experience
Each fall for the past three years, ACU’s Emerging Leaders Experience has welcomed new students into the university community with a challenge: How will you intentionally grow and develop as a Christ-centered leader while a student at ACU? Led by Dr. Jan Meyer and other staff and student mentors, ELE members connect regularly for the purpose of growth. They share their leadership experiences, read and discuss what it means to have a Christ-centered focus in leadership, and engage in projects that challenge and develop leadership ideas and...
read moreYear-long Practica for M.S.S.W. Students
This summer Liz Savoy and Christin King moved into an apartment in Dallas. They are Master of Science in Social Work students who are completing their degree program while embedded at CitySquare for practica. They chose CitySquare as the context for their learning after their first year experience in Abilene introduced them to CitySquare. Liz is an intern at TRAC (Transitional Resource Action Center). She works with kids currently in the foster system as well as the youth who have aged out of the foster system. Liz works closely with each...
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