A blog on the latest news and events for ACU faculty and staff
The annual JCPenney Suit-Up event is online this year! All faculty, staff, and families are invited to join our students in participating in the event. The online shop will go live on October 1 and have career wear and more at a discounted cost. You will receive an extra 30% off your purchase if you text ACUWILDCATS to 67292. Just shop online from October 1-3.
ACU Missions invites you to join the annual Missions Week activities, September 20-25. This year, daily activities will be based in the Quad (in front of the Onsted Science Center), providing the campus an opportunity to share in the display of talent, fun, reflection, coffee, prayer, and community service. Check out the schedule that will vary throughout the week. Please plan to encourage your students to attend, and you are all welcomed to join in and support ACU Missions and the Missions Students Association.
Booking business-related travel through Concur is strongly recommended. Concur provides multiple benefits such as lower rates, full coverage insurance for Enterprise/National rental vehicles, and customer support from Corporate Travel Planners (CTP). Enterprise/National is ACU’s preferred vehicle rental provider. If a vehicle rental is booked outside of Concur with Enterprise/National, employees must ensure that insurance coverage is applied by noting ACU’s contract ID with Enterprise (XZ65059). The contract ID must be provided at the time of the booking. For non-Enterprise/National rentals, insurance is not included in most rental rates and employees and or guests will need to add insurance to the rental at the time of booking. See the University Drivers Policy when determining which type of rental insurance coverage to accept. Please contact the Office of Institutional Compliance & Risk Management with insurance or driver policy questions at 325-674-6142 or risk@acu.edu. If you need assistance booking through Concur, please contact CTP at 1-877-208-1396. You may contact the ACU travel office at travel@acu.edu if you have travel-related questions.
The Adams Center will host Dr. Jose Bowen on September 27th for a faculty workshop. Faculty can rsvp for the workshop at rsvp2ac@acu.edu. Please see the Adams Center newsletter for details. In addition to being an author, consultant, and former university president, Dr. Bowen is a professional jazz musician. Dr. Bowen will host an hour of jazz music and conversation open to anyone on campus at 4:00 in the WPAC Recital Hall on September 27th.
Tickets are still on sale for Freshman Follies this Friday and Saturday. Cheer on our freshmen as they compete in a lip-sync competition as part of Family Weekend. Faculty and staff can save 25% off tickets by using the code FacultyStaff21. Purchase tickets here.
Come and learn about how Qualtrics, a powerful online survey tool, allows one to build surveys, distribute surveys and analyze responses from one convenient online location. All students, faculty and staff now have access to this powerful tool. RSVP here.
As a reminder, ACU uses the Event Manager tool to manage spaces and reservations on campus. Whether you’re planning an informational session for students or a departmental meeting, we ask that you complete the ACU Meeting and Event Approval Request Form for each event you have planned. Bookmark acu.edu/eventrequestform or look for the form on MyACU – go to QuickLinks and click on “Event/Meeting Reservation Request.” If you have any questions or concerns, don’t hesitate to reach out to University Events at universityevents@acu.edu or 325-674-2204.
ACU Brown Library is excited to share that as part of our Oxford EBA we now have access to the Oxford Handbooks Online collection in all subject areas. This is a collection of more than 1,200 books containing more than 42,000 articles covering many different subject areas. The Oxford Handbooks include scholarship and highly cited articles from some of the most respected scholars in the field. You can access the collection directly by following this link.
All women from the ACU community are invited to Women for ACU’s fall membership dinner Thursday, Sept. 23. We’ll enjoy a meal together, discuss WACU activities for the fall and get a campus update from Craig Fisher, ACU’s associate vice president for advancement and alumni. Please bring a salad to share. There is no charge to attend. Register today!
ACU’s new social media strategy is showing results! Rival IQ ranked us No. 6 in the nation for social media engagement among all Division I universities. Recently, we implemented TikTok for our main ACU and ACU Athletics channels. As we move into this new social media space, we are closely monitoring security concerns with TikTok. We ask that our campus partners not create their own university TikTok accounts at this time. If you previously created a university-related account, please deactivate it. If you have any questions, contact Natalie Ledford, chief digital officer, at natalie.ledford@acu.edu.
