Archive for February, 2019

Please join us for a reception honoring Hab Adkins 17 years of service at ACU. Hab has been a wonderful asset to ACU serving in different capacities within IT.  We hope you will come and honor him on Wednesday, February 13, 2:30-3:30 p.m. in the Hunter Welcome Center Foyer. 

Join ACU Women’s & Men’s Basketball on Saturday, Feb. 9 in Moody Coliseum for the Go Pink Game presented Hendrick Women Services. Wear your PINK in support of Breast Cancer Awareness! Tip off is set for 3:30p.m! Tickets are still available. Click here to buy.

Do you have students struggling with the English language in your classes? The students enrolled in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) offer any ACU student a mentor for assistance on English language and culture learning within the context of specific coursework.  Students will aim to meet once or twice per week and will have access to professional TESOL resources and instructors. Faculty and staff are invited to recommend interested students to this program, and a TESOL student will get in touch with the applicant.  Students are welcome to request a mentor directly as well.  Simply email Lucy Dawson at lld09a@acu.edu or Pam Sullivan at pgs06b@acu.edu with the course name, the students name and contact information, and any observations of the needs you would like to mention.

Ever nervous when writing an important email? Ever find yourself searching Google for rules about where to put a comma, or how exactly to use a semicolon? Come to the Adams Center on Wed. Feb. 13, from 2-3 p.m. to get a much-needed refresher course on some basic and not-so-basic grammar rules. Drs. Cole Bennett and Todd Womble will have a few quick refreshers, and will also be there to answer any questions you might have.

On-line Counseling Services Through Wildcat Care:  TimelyMD is an independent company that provides virtual counseling for Abilene Christian University faculty, staff, dependents and students, and works hand-in-hand with the ACU medical clinic and ACU counseling center. Services are available 24/7. Counseling visits are $89 for employees and their dependents (credit card or HSA can be used), and students receive 4 free counseling visits each semester. Simply visit http://wildcat.care/ and click on the “Sign In” button in the upper right corner to access care.

The 30 for 30 Team Challenge Starts TODAY! Challenge yourself to get at least 30 minutes of physical activity every day over the next 30 days – 30 for 30. Participants will earn 1 Wellness Point. To register for the challenge, each participant must log on to the wellness website to create or join a team by, Monday, February 4^th:

Instructions to Create a Team

• Login at www.gpatpa.com
• Click  Wellness, Click My Challenges and select 30 for 30 challenge from the dropdown options, Click ‘Create New Team’ on the bottom right corner
• Enter Team Name and click ‘Save’. The maximum team size is 4 people per team. Once the team size has been met, the team will no longer display as an option for participants to enroll.
• The team is now created and participants can join your team. You are designated “team captain” if you created the team.

Instructions to Join a Team

• Login at www.gpatpa.com
• Click  Wellness, Click My Challenges and select 30 for 30 challenge from the dropdown options
• Select your team and you are now enrolled in the challenge.

 Questions? Contact your GPA Wellness Coordinator at wellness@gpatpa.com  or by calling 469-445-3150