Archive for May, 2013

Sorry, no tickets are left as of 5/28/13~~~Baseball season is back, and that means it’s almost time to join ACU at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington for another great evening of fun, fellowship — and free food! Last year, more than 800 alumni, faculty/staff, parents and prospective students cheered on the Rangers from the All You Can Eat Porch. Let’s do it again! We’re offering tickets at a big discount for members of the ACU community, so make sure to register today and reserve your seats!

Linda Mullings will be leaving Student Financial Services after serving 28 years in Financial Aid. Student Financial Services will be hosting a reception in her honor Thursday, June 6, 2013,  3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. in the Education Department conference room #117. There will be a short presentation at 4 p.m. Please come join us in thanking Linda for her service to ACU.

Grab a blanket or lawn chair and join us for family-friendly films at 8:30 p.m. on the front lawn of the Onstead-Packer Biblical Studies Building once a month from June to September.  Admission is free but we will be collecting donations for local non profits.
June 4 – Brave (benefitting the Noah Project and Moore, OK)
July 9 – Despicable Me (benefitting the  Food Bank of West Central Texas)
August 6 – Oz the Great and Powerful (benefitting Global Samaritan)
September 6 – Remember the Titans (benefitting Christian Service Center)

All faculty and staff will come together for fall pre-session on Wednesday, August 21, 2013. Please mark your calendar & watch for details.

The Financial Operations Cashier summer hours will be from 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. and are effective from June 3, 2013 through August 2, 2013.

ACU Press is proud to release “The Wealth of the Poor,” a new book by Larry James, executive director of CitySquare. The book offers a practical, theological, market-savvy manual written for others who find themselves serving and investing in the work of urban transformation. View a trailer for the book. Copies are available at the ACU Press office.

The SRWC will be closed Monday, May 27 for Memorial Day.

Online Marketing will be stepping away from the daily routine later this week to create new solutions for the future.  During this time, you may experience delayed response times for your requests.  If you have an urgent change, please include that notice in the subject line of your email (web@acu.edu) and indicate the deadline for publishing (e.g. Urgent change to department web page, must be live by 5 p.m. Thursday, 5/23).  We will return to normal operating on Tuesday, 5/28 after the Memorial Day holiday.

A generous donor has issued a $25,000 matching challenge for all gifts to the Exceptional Fund made before May 28. Your gift made today will have double the effects for our students! More than 56 percent of ACU’s faculty and staff have given back to ACU since June 1, to the tune of more than $300,000. If you haven’t joined them yet, now’s the perfect time to make your gift count twice. Give online today!

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