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Don’t forget to register your kids for ACU Leadership Camps! Early bird prices end January 31st!
To apply for the ACU Faculty & Staff discount, please contact ACU Camps’ registrar, Makayla Jones, at x2407.

ACU has an exclusive agreement with PepsiCo. The contract allows for the sale or promotion of any product available only through PepsiCo on our campus. In order to stay in compliance, all beverages must be purchased through PepsiCo. We ask your help and cooperation in honoring both the stated intent and the spirit of the contract. Available on campus, there is a selection of drinks stocked in the Warehouse or you can place special orders through PepsiCo. All prices have been compared to market value. To help offset the cost, we are discounting the price on all drink purchases through the warehouse and PepsiCo. Prices are subject to changes as market value fluctuates. We will commit that pricing will not rise above $6.99 for soft drinks and $3.99 for water, until May 1, 2020.

The following are a list of items that must be ordered through the Warehouse. Please send a completed Warehouse order form (available on myACU Quicklinks) by email to warehouse@groupmail.acu.edu.

Stock#  Description     Discount Price  Case Quantity
S30100  Pepsi   $6.99   24-12oz cans
S30101  Diet Pepsi      $6.99   24-12oz cans
S30102  Dr. Pepper      $6.99   24-12oz cans
S30103  Diet Dr. Pepper $6.99   24-12oz cans
S30104  7up     $6.99   24-12oz cans
S30109  A&W Root Beer   $6.99   24-12oz cans
S30150  Aquafina Water  $3.99   24-16.9oz bottles

All special order Pepsi products not listed above must be purchased using a Banner requisition. For more information, visit our website at www.acu.edu/procurement and for assistance regarding special orders or instructions on how to enter a requisition, please contact the Procurement office at purchasing@acu.edu or by calling extension 2246.

Do you teach online classes? Do you know what library services and resources are available to online students and the faculty who teach them? Join us in the Scholars Lab (Library 326) on Tuesday, February 4th at 11:30 a.m., with Online Learning Librarian, Dr. Melissa Atkinson, as she helps us navigate through the many resources available. Lunch will be provided. RSVP

ACU Online provides a webinar series showcasing its faculty and some of their expertise through Duncum Center Solution’s iDea Lab.  Topics are applicable to your professional and personal life and have included “The Power of Thanks at Work”, “The Vocational Grind”, “The Enneagram Advantage”, and “Practical Tips for De-Escalating Conflict”.  Generally, the iDea Lab webinars are offered bi-monthly on a Thursday from noon to 1:00 pm.  Webinar attendees include ACU employees and ACU’s corporate partners. Not available for the live webinar? No problem! Register anyway and we’ll email you a recording to watch at your convenience. Or, you may watch previous webinars on-demand on YouTube.

The next live webinar is scheduled for February 6, 2020 at 12:00 p.m. featuring ACU Online Ed.D. Program Director, Dr. Brian Cole and ACU, Online Ed.D. student, Jerica Nickerson on “Optimizing Mentoring Relationships”.  RSVP

Join us at the convenience of your desk on your lunch break or bring your team along with you!

All leave benefit eligible employees will have their holiday balances loaded with the payroll that processes this week for the January 5th – January 18th pay period. Employees can still enter their holiday hours for MLK on their timesheet or leave report as usual and those hours will process correctly.

Join Pruett Gerontology Center on January 31st from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. for a free lunch and to hear speaker, Matt Mercer, as we learn about legal topics facing older adults and their caregivers. Email gero@acu.edu for more info and to RSVP.

You are invited to join us for a retirement reception to celebrate Jacki Hathorn’s more than 20 years of service to Abilene Christian University. The reception will be Thursday, January 30th from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m., with a special recognition at 4:00 p.m., in the Library Atrium. Please join us to celebrate someone who has been such a blessing to so many at ACU!

Please join the Director of the Office of Multicultural Affairs Search Committee as we introduce our three finalists for this position.  We will have a reception for the three finalists on January 21, January 24 and January 31 from 3-4 p.m. in the Packer Forum on the 3rd floor of Brown Library. Each candidate will make a short presentation and there will also be a time to meet the candidates.

You are invited to attend a retirement reception to celebrate Kristi Thaxton’s 23 years of service to Abilene Christian University. The reception will be Thursday, January 23rd from 3:00-4:30 p.m., with a special recognition at 3:30 p.m., in the Hunter Welcome Center lobby. Please join us as we celebrate a wonderful lady who has been a tremendous blessing to ACU!

Reasons to visit the Royce and Pam Money Student Recreation and Wellness Center this semester:

1. Bootcamps and SwimFIT are now included with a Group X pass and for a limited time is only $25 per semester.
2. It’s free for health benefit eligible Faculty and Staff, and only $110 per semester for Part-time Staff and Adjunct Professor family memberships.
3. It’s January and you made a New Year’s Resolution or two…
4. You can get 1 free personal training session with a certified personal trainer. Sign-ups are at srwc.acu.edu
5. In late-January, visit the finished Nutrition Lab in the rec center lobby. It will house Nutrition courses, cooking tutorials, and educational programming available to the community.