Archive for April, 2021

ACU’s fourth Day of Giving is tomorrow, and we need your help! We’ll be set up on the second floor of Hunter Welcome Center and have some stations where you can stop by and write a thank you note to our donors. If you have 30 minutes we would love to see you! Click here to sign up for a time slot to volunteer. Please email Jama Cadle at jama.cadle@acu.edu to let us know you are coming. If you haven’t made a gift, you don’t have to wait! You can give to any designation you wish, such as a department or program, with those gifts counting toward the event goal. Give today at acu.edu/wegive.  Thank you again for helping make Day of Giving a success and supporting our students!

As we continue to experience low cases of COVID-19 and a significant increase in the number of vaccines available, all employees are expected to return to their normal work schedule and on campus office effective Monday, May 3. We are grateful for the flexibility extended during the pandemic and look forward to all being together again. If you have a medical condition that inhibits your return please contact Human Resources to discuss whether you would like to request a reasonable accommodation under the ADA. A reasonable accommodation is designed to assist an employee in the performance of his or her job without placing an undue hardship on the University or posing a direct threat to the employee or to other individuals and are determined on a case-by-case basis. For example, reasonable accommodations may include offering the vaccination or providing an N-95 mask. Thank you for your dedication and work during this unprecedented time.

You are invited to a come-and-go retirement reception to celebrate Toni Young’s years of service to ACU. The reception will be Monday, May 10, from 11 a.m.-noon, with a program starting at 11:30 a.m., on the patio of Hunter Welcome Center. We hope you’ll join us!

For many people, the Christian apocrypha are mysterious and fascinating. Who wrote these texts? Where do the stories come from? What purposes did they serve? What is their value today? If these questions interest you, join us tomorrow at 7 p.m. for a presentation by our local expert on the Christian apocrypha, Dr. Jacob Lollar. You can join in person in Chapel on the Hill or via Zoom webinar. Face masks and physical distancing are required on the ACU campus. Click here to register via Zoom.

On Wednesday, April 28, ACU’s Title IX office invites you to participate in National Denim Day by wearing denim. Denim Day is a campaign to show “support to survivors by renewing our commitment to exposing harmful behaviors and attitudes surrounding sexual violence.” Read more about the origins of this campaign here. At ACU, we strive to comply with all applicable legal requirements prohibiting, preventing, and responding to sexual misconduct against any member of the ACU community. Moreover, as a Christian community, ACU has committed itself, unequivocally, to ensuring a working and learning environment in which the dignity of every individual is respected. Learn more about ACU’s Title IX and Sexual Misconduct policy and resources by visiting our website or contacting Sherita Nickerson.

Family First is now accepting nominations for our second round of the Kindness Campaign. Last semester Alexis Faulks was nominated by her colleagues as our first recipient. As we close out this academic year, it is time to honor another staff or faculty member who has demonstrated exceptional care and kindness to others during this academic year. Please send your nominations to familyfirst@groupmail.acu.edu Nominations will be accepted until April 28th.

Have you used Adobe Illustrator but feared the pen tool? In this session, we will look at some of the basic skills needed to get you started. Join the Innovation Foundry, Thursday, April 22 at 2:00 pm. RSVP Here

Please remember gift cards may not be purchased using ACU funds. Gift card purchases are not considered a reimbursable university expense and should not be purchased with a university p-card. Please contact Accounts Payable if you have any questions regarding the p-card policy or prohibited purchases.

To stay within best business practices, all orders purchased with ACU funds should be shipped to an ACU address rather than an employee residential address. To ensure that your Amazon shipments are delivered to the university and are processed to be delivered to you and your department in a timely manner, we request that you make the necessary changes to your “deliver to” address on your account. It is important to use the ACU warehouse address at 1201 East Ambler rather than your departmental ACU mailbox number. The correct format is shown below. For further information, please contact the university Procurement Office at purchasing@acu.edu or by calling extension 2273. Your Name 1201 East Ambler Building Name, Room Number, Department Name Abilene, Texas 79699

The ACU Medical Clinic will host COVID-19 vaccination clinics next week for the Moderna two-dose and Johnson & Johnson single-dose COVID-19 vaccines. If you schedule a Moderna vaccine appointment, you will be contacted to schedule the second dose appointment 21 days after your first dose.

The vaccine clinic will be held in the Teague Special Events Center located next to the ACU Medical Clinic. You’ll need to print and complete the following paperwork prior to arriving at your appointment:

• ACU Medical Clinic Consent
• Texas Immunization Consent
• Pre-Vaccination Screening

You and/or your dependents can schedule an appointment using the links below. Please only schedule one appointment per person. Each person with an appointment will need to print and complete all three documents above.

Moderna first dose appointment
Johnson & Johnson single-dose appointment

We are grateful for our partnership with the City of Abilene to provide this vaccination clinic.