Archive for April, 2023

The ACU Library offers current students, faculty, and staff access to the digital version and content of the New York Times and Wall Street Journal, including breaking news, multimedia, opinion, blogs, videos and more.

Reminder: The Abilene campus will be closed on Friday, April 7, for the Good Friday Holiday.

UCM telemedicine is available for all ACU faculty and staff. UCM allows you to access a doctor from your home, office or anywhere — 24/7/365 — and is a convenient and cost-effective way to receive health care for common conditions. UCM’s licensed providers can diagnose any non-emergency medical condition with a short phone visit or secure video visit. They can also prescribe medication and send prescriptions to the pharmacy of your choice. Access UCM by visiting their website or by one of their two apps: UCM Now or Sam by UCM.

Members are invited to the annual meeting of the ACU Credit Union on Thursday, April 27, noon-2:00 p.m., in the Lynay classroom (Hunter Welcome Center Room 211). At the conclusion of the meeting, enjoy snacks and express your appreciation to Lycia Hardin as she retires and welcome Troy Mann as the Credit Union President. See you there!

In an effort to improve the online experience, IT is pleased to announce that we will be launching a newly redesigned myACU portal this summer! This new portal will provide an improved, modern design and will eventually work along side a new official myACU App for iOS and Android. Stay tuned for more details this summer!

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month! Help kickstart this month by wearing teal tomorrow (Tuesday, April 4th)! In April, teal is the color used to raise awareness of sexual assault. Help us raise awareness and show our support to the victims and survivors. Also, stay tuned to see what events we have in store!

If you operate vehicles for university business, please read and follow the University Driver Policy. The policy requires that departments maintain a list of their Routine Drivers (as defined in the policy) and share it annually with the Office of Institutional Compliance and Risk Management. Routine drivers must have a motor vehicle record check (MVR) conducted each year and complete an online driver safety training course every five years. Risk Management can provide both links and review MVR or driver training history if needed. Also, all trips with passengers must submit a passenger list to Risk Management before departure. The passenger list must include each traveler’s first and last name, Banner ID, cell phone, and emergency contact information. The list must be emailed to risk@acu.edu. If you have any questions, please contact Risk Management at risk@acu.edu.

Join today’s big chapel speaker Jessica Herberger in the Reading Commons (Brown Library) at 3:30 pm, today, April 3rd as she shares her faith journey and how she has become a published author. She’ll be joined by Dr. Jason Fikes, the director at ACU Press, who will share about their publishing relationship. If you want to know how to become a published author, this is a session for you.

Please plan to join us for the 15th annual ACU Undergraduate Research, Creativity & Innovation Festival on Tuesday, April 11th, 2023, in the Hunter Welcome Center from 9:30a.m. to 4:20p.m. Undergraduate students from ACU, surrounding universities, and local high schools will present papers throughout the day; poster presentations will be from 11:30a.m. to 1:00p.m. The Top Scholars Presentations will be from 4:30p.m. to 6:00p.m. The event is open to the public, and there is no cost for the event. The program for the day is available on the event website. If you have any questions, contact the Office of Undergraduate Research, Creativity & Innovation at uresearch@acu.edu.

You are invited to a “Farewell and Best Wishes” reception for Dr. Libby McCurley. For the past 13 years, Dr. McCurley has been a blessing to so many across the ACU campus with teaching and mentoring students in the Kinesiology and Nutrition department, as well as working with Parkinson’s research and Community Outreach. Please join us with a come-and-go reception in the Packer Forum located in the Brown Library on April 20 from 2:30-4:00 pm. There will be a brief presentation at 3:00 pm.