Archive for March, 2018

Did you know the ACU Medical Clinic is a blood draw station for both Hendrick Regional Lab and LabCorp? Just bring your provider’s orders and enjoy up to a 90% discount on the price of your lab work! You may put the charges on your ACU Banner account, or pay with your HSA card, debit, credit card or cash. This service is available to all ACU employees and students, their spouses and dependents.

The Wildcat Football Team will be volunteering our services for the 2nd Annual Spring Clean-Up around the city of Abilene on Saturday, April 21st. It is a fundraising event, we have already mailed out donation letters to ask for sponsorships. We are looking for yards in Abilene to help clean-up. Our main goal is to help the elderly and/or those who need help but cannot afford it. We will do things such as rake leaves, pick up garbage, move unwanted items to the curb, sweep out garages, spread mulch, and other miscellaneous outdoor projects along those lines. If you know of anyone that would be interested in our help please get back to me as soon as possible. Also, if you know anyone else that may be interested or if you would like our help, we would be more than willing to help for a donation in kind to the ACU Football Team. If you have any questions or concerns feel free to contact Blake Anderson, Asst. Football Coach, at bpa17a@acu.edu.

We’re pleased to again offer ACU faculty and staff a discounted ticket price of $30 to attend TEDxACU on Friday, March 23rd. As always, our speakers and performers include ACU faculty, students, and alums. In addition to local/regional speakers, we’re also excited to welcome presenters from New York, California, and London.

Your ticket includes entrance to the conference for the day, a light breakfast, lunch, and engaging discussions and activities throughout the day. To read about all 12 of this year’s speakers and get your ticket, visit tedxacu.org.

You are invited to a retirement reception for Ed Brokaw and Jim Cooke on Fri., April 20 from 3:30-4:30 p.m. in the Halbert Walling Research Center.

Please plan to join Dr. Schubert and members of the Senior Leadership Team on Wednesday, March 7, for several important campus updates. Both meetings have the same agenda and they are from noon-1 p.m. and 4-5 p.m. in the Hunter Welcome Center, McCaleb Conference Center.

Mail Services’ front window will be closed from 12-1 p.m. during the week of Spring Break. If there is a need for departmental mail to be sent out between the hours of 12-1 p.m., please knock on the Mail Services door, and an employee will assist you with your shipment.  If you have questions, please contact Jennifer Gillotti at ext 2865.

ACU Library invites applications for the 2018 Library Teaching Fellows Program, designed to support the use of its Special Collections for teaching and learning in ACU Courses. Learn more about the stipends, proposal requirements, and deadlines.

The Provost’s Office is supporting selected faculty to identify and utilize Open Access textbooks. Competitive grants are available for full-time teaching faculty to support changes to the existing courses incorporating Open Access textbooks. Learn more about the Alternative Textbook Initiative and deadline to submit a proposal.

The IRS has released an updated tax withholding calculator on IRS.gov and issued a new Form W-4 Employee’s Withholding Allowance Certificate, which has the new calculation information included. Employees can use the online calculator to check their 2018 tax withholding following the​ passage of the TaxCuts and Jobs Act in December.

The IRS also posted new Withholding Calculator Frequently Asked Questions. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act made changes to the tax law, including increasing the standard deduction, removing personal exemptions, increasing the child tax credit, limiting or discontinuing certain deductions, and changing the tax rates and income brackets.

​  If you determine that you would like to change your withholding allowance, you can do so by going to your myACU Banner link​, then select Employee, Tax Forms, W-4 Employee’s Withholding Allowance Certificate, and then choose the Update link along the bottom of the screen.

​Please be advised that ACU Human Resources cannot provide any tax advice. I​f you require additional assistance, please consult your tax professional.