Archive for February, 2018

Join the Language and Literature department and ACU Library for STORY SHORTS, a monthly min-reading of favorite short stories, read by faculty, students and special guests. The first mini-reading is scheduled for Thur., Feb. 22, 12-1 p.m. in the Reading Commons (the southeast corner of ACU Library Learning Commons). Todd Womble will read, “A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Conner and Bill Carroll will read, “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” by Ursula Le Guin. Stop by and listen!

The A Cappella Chorus will be traveling to West Texas this year on their annual spring tour. Spread the word to alumni, friends, and potential students. A Cappella’s home concert will be Monday, March 5, 7:30 p.m., at the Church of the Heavenly Rest.

Feb. 28 – San Angelo Central High School & Big Spring High School

March 1 – Odessa Permian High School & Midland Lee High School

March 1 – Concert: First United Methodist Church (Midland), 7 p.m.

March 2 – Lubbock Coronado High School

March 4 – Worship Service: First Baptist Church (Amarillo), 8:30 and 11 a.m.

March 5 – Coming Home Concert: Church of the Heavenly Rest (Abilene), 7:30 p.m.

Faculty are invited to hear Shaun Casey, TH.D. speak on Religion and Diplomacy, on Mon., March 5th, from 11:30 – 1:00 p.m. in the Bean Classroom. Please sign in at the Cashier’s Station for a free meal. Shaun Casey is the Director of the Berkley Center and Professor of the Practice in Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service. This event is sponsored by ACU Jack Pope Fellows and the College of Biblical Studies.

Important message from the Title IX Office that all students, faculty, and staff  need to know.  Read more

In continued efforts to provide a quality experience in ACU’s SAP Concur – Travel and Expense Management system, the following update began over the weekend of February 3rd and 4th 2018 and has been completed on Monday, February 5th 2018.

•Individual Per Diem Meals and Travel Card for Individual Meals

Expense Reports will now have the option for you to choose between having elected to take Per Diem or utilizing the Travel Card, in keeping with the current ACU Travel and Entertainment Policy within the Employee Handbook.

After filling out your Report Header on your Expense Report you will see the following prompt appear when clicking Next.

“Have you elected to take Individual Per Diem? If so select Yes and Per Diem will auto calculate after the Travel Allowance Itinerary is completed. If not select No and utilize the Expense Type Individual Meals w/Receipts for Meals with Card Transactions or Exact Out of Pocket Meal Expenses. *Athletics and Individuals reporting on Groups should never select Yes.”

Due to the nature of group travel we ask that the Per Diem option not be selected as the Reporting Traveler can be included in the Group Per Diem Calculation. Furthermore, any specific calculations for Per Diem for travelers that is less than the USGSA Rate will require documentation of the rate specified. e.g. Students are provided an meal Per Diem from a Cash Advance. This will still require the list of the students receiving the Per Diem with their signatures to be expended as a Group Meal/Entertainment Expense.

Travel Allowances will now only be required for on those Expense Reports that elect to take a Per Diem.

We will continue to monitor and the update for the next several weeks to ensure all aspects are in working order.

We thank you for the feedback that made this change possible!

Please contact the Travel Office at travel@acu.edu with any questions or concerns.

We are working on competing these forms and will notify employees once they are available.  Please note that you do not have to wait to file your 2017 tax return if you are receiving a 1095-C.  You can find more information HERE.

The deadline for the Staff Senator nominations is Friday, February 16. Please refer to the email sent to staff on February 1 for more information. You may also nominate now.

Join us March 22, 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., in the Adams Center Classroom for a CHARIS lecture by Dr. Wendell Willis on the topic of “The Church as Sacrament”.  Dr. Willis will explore how Christianity in America, especially in Protestant form, has seen congregational involvement as an encouraged form of voluntarism.  Representing a view of the church that is common among Churches of Christ, this CHARIS lecture will present the church as an essential form of relationship of believers to congregational commitment.  Email rsvp2ac@acu.edu or call ext. 2455 to reserve your spot.