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IT has rolled out passwordless sign-in! This option lets you sign in to your ACU Single Sign-On (SSO) account without having to type your password. Just configure your Microsoft Authenticator app and never type your password again for any system that uses SSO! Check out our knowledge base article, How do I set up passwordless sign-in requests? for instructions. As always, please contact the IT Support Center at 325-674-5555 or support@acu.edu if you have any questions.

Join Campus Activities Board and ResLife for the 2nd Annual Boo Bash fall festival on Thursday, October 30th, from 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM in the Library Parking Lot. The event will include live entertainment, a haunted house hosted by ResLife in old Mabee Hall, PD cookout, games, prizes, contests, and more. Host a booth! All Student Organizations and Departments are invited to participate in the event. The deadline to sign up is Thursday, October 23rd. Sign up HERE. Perform at the event! Audition to be one of the entertainers at Boo Bash by sending a recording of you or your band performing. The deadline to submit your video is Friday, October 17th, at 11:59 pm. Sign up HERE. Attend! The 2nd Annual Boo Bash fall festival will be on Thursday, October 30th, from 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM in the Library Parking Lot. The event will be open to the ACU community and will have something for big and small kids alike. Donate! To ensure there is enough candy for everyone, we are collecting bags of candy. You can drop off candy bags in the Student Life Office in the basement of the campus center. Volunteer to be dunked! Participate by volunteering to be dunked in the Dunk Tank. Participants receive a free t-shirt. Sign up HERE.

Onstead College of Science and Engineering welcomes Dr. Ming Wang, M.D., Ph.D. of the Wang Vision Institute, Nashville, TN. Dr. Wang’s work in repairing vision has gained global attention. The film “Sight”, by Angel Studios, was based on his autobiography “From Darkness to Sight”. You are invited to free movie showing of “Sight” followed by Dr. Wang sharing his testimony. This is on Friday, October 10 in the Halbert Walling Research Center Room 101 at 2:00 P.M. He will also host a Q&A session at 4:00 P.M and a book signing at 5:30 P.M. This is a free event for the entire family. Please feel free to invite your friends, too! You will be blessed by this experience! For more information please contact Onstead Science Center at ocse@scu.edu.

The launch of our Workday system is quickly approaching. As we move towards our December go-live date, we will begin providing weekly updates on the project so that campus can be aware of the progress and expectations. – Last week, we held our Workday Experience Sessions with about 50 members from both the Abilene and Dallas campuses. This provided a small group a first hands-on look into Workday. Thank you to everyone who participated and provided such valuable feedback. – Our website has been updated with some demonstration videos that you can check out to get a feel for what Workday is going to look like. – Keep an eye out on this section as we get closer to November. In November we will begin launching Workday Training sessions in earnest. There will be frequent training opportunities both in-person and virtually. – As we transition systems, there are some key dates that you may need to be aware of, depending on your role. Please keep an eye on your email for direct communication about some of those dates. For more information about the project, please visit our website. Any questions can be sent to workdaytransition@acu.edu.

You are invited to nominate students for the December 2025 Honor Awards! Click on this link to view a list of the eligible graduating seniors in a drop-down menu. Each nomination should include a paragraph or more describing the student’s personal attributes or contributions that correspond to the award. Your input will assist the Student Life committee in making decisions with respect to the final recipients for Honor Man or Honor Woman, Trustees Award, B Sherrod Scholarship and Dean Adams Achievement Award. Nominations are due by Noon on Friday, November 7, 2025.

Staff and Faculty are invited to attend the A Cappella Chorus Fall Masterworks Concert on October 12, 2025 at 3:00 P.M. at First Baptist Church of Abilene. The A Cappella Chorus presents Maurice Duruflé’s Requiem, featuring guest organist Joshua Boyd and faculty soloists Kara Covey and Rick Piersall. Duruflé’s masterpiece is a dramatic musical prayer, a tour de force for the organist, a rarely-heard piece you don’t want to miss. Approximately 50 minutes in length.

Staff and Faculty are invited to attend the Civic Orchestra of Abilene Fall Concert in the Boone Family Theater on Thursday, October 9, at 7:30 p.m. Admission is free.

All benefits-eligible employees will need to participate in annual enrollment this week from October 20 to 24. 

Be sure to take time to review your options, then follow these simple steps to enroll.

1. Visit myACUbenefits.com to review your Benefits Guide.
2. Click Enroll and follow the prompts to make your elections by October 24.
3. Add or remove dependents

Elections take effect January 1, 2026.
You must take action by October 24 to ensure you have benefits coverage for 2026. Your current benefits will NOT carry over.

 If you need assistance completing your Annual Enrollment, you may schedule an appointment here. 

Summit registration closes tomorrow, and we hope you will join us on Oct. 8, at 7:00 pm through Oct. 10, at 1:00 pm. Our focused ministry communities will have sessions designed specifically for those serving in ministry. Or, for sessions that are more broad, we will have two general interest communities – one centered around Isaiah 40-66 and the other examining the world-wide phenomenon of The Chosen. In addition to our other keynote speakers, Dr. Nijay Gupta—author, New Testament scholar, and host of the podcast Slow Theology—will deliver the plenary address at our Anchor Point dinner. We will also be led in worship by United Voice Worship. Whether you are able to come for all or only a portion of the event, we hope to see you there. Registration is required and closes tomorrow, Sept. 23. Learn more and register here. 

First-Generation College Student Celebration Week is happening November 3–8! This week is dedicated to recognizing and honoring the achievements, resilience, and unique contributions of first-generation college students, faculty, and staff in our community. We would love to highlight voices and stories from across campus. If you are first-generation yourself or would like to participate in the celebration, please complete this form. Your participation will help us showcase the diversity of experiences that make our community stronger. Thank you for helping us celebrate and support our first-generation community!