Archive for ‘Recognition’

You are invited to nominate students for the December 2017 Honor Awards! You can click on this link to view a list of the eligible graduating seniors included in a drop down menu on the webpage. Nomination reasons should be at least a paragraph describing the student’s personal attributes or contributions that correspond to the award nomination.

Your input will assist the Student Life Committee in making appropriate decisions with respect to the final recipients for Honor Man or Honor Woman, Trustees Award, B Sherrod Scholarship, or Dean Adams Achievement.

Please submit your nominations for the December 2017 Honor Awards by 12:00 p.m.on Friday, November 17.

Should you have any questions, please contact, Susan Gore at susan.gore@acu.edu or 674.2067.

The Biology Department launched its online journal, Dialogue & Nexus, via Digital Commons (thanks, Laura Baker) to spotlight Senior Theses from the Biology Capstone course. The journal is fast becoming recognized for its faith & science dialogue. Since July, it has had nearly 1000 downloads of our student’s papers worldwide. See what the rest of the world is finding interesting at: Dialogue & Nexus
For more information, contact the editor, Dan Brannan at brannand@acu.edu.

The recent publication of Reading for Faith and Learning (ACU Press, 2017) gives voice to several ACU faculty and their perspectives on the nature and importance of reading within the academy and the church. Edited by Dr. John B. Weaver and a colleague at Harvard University, Dr. Douglas Gragg, the book includes important new essays by a number ACU alums and current faculty, including Dr. Carisse Berryhill, associate dean for digital initiatives, special collections and university archives, Craig Churchill, theological librarian, Dr. Carson Reed, director of the Siburt Institute for Church Ministry, and Dr. Richard A. Wright, associate professor in the Graduate School of Theology. You can order a copy from the ACU Press website.

ACU employees are invited to a farewell reception for Dr. Stuart Platt of the ACU Criminal Justice Program, who is leaving after four years of outstanding teaching to work in the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C.  Dr. Platt will be working in the Office of Professional Responsibility, tasked with ensuring that lawyers employed by the DOJ follow the guidelines, rules, and laws associated with their responsibilities for the federal government. The reception will be held Friday, Sept.  1^st in the Halbert-Walling Research Center Atrium from 2-3:30 p.m., with a presentation at 3:00 p.m.

ACU Dallas invites you to a dessert reception honoring Dr. Jaime Goff, on Thursday, August 17, from 8:00-9:00 p.m., at the Dallas Campus, 16633 Dallas Parkway, Suite 800, Addison 75001.  Jaime has served ACU for the last 13 years in various roles, most recently as the founding Dean for ACU’s College Graduate and Professional Studies on the Dallas Campus. Please join us in acknowledging Dr. Goff’s contributions to ACU.  RSVP to dawn.parker@acu.edu.

Join us on Wednesday, August 2 from 3:30-5 p.m. on the second floor landing of the Hunter Welcome Center for a farewell reception for Elizabeth McAnally, University Events Coordinator . There will be a special presentation at 4 p.m.

Join us for a retirement celebration honoring Dickie Hill on Saturday, July 29th at 1:30-3:00 p.m. at the University Church of Christ Youth Center, 733 E.N. 16th. Dickie is retiring from ACU after teaching  from 1977-2017. We celebrate his commitment to Christian higher education and excellence in teaching at ACU. Your presence and/or well wishes are the only gifts needed.

Please join us for a reception honoring Dempsey Peterson’s 21 years of service at ACU. We hope you will come celebrate with him on Wednesday, July 26, from 3:30-4:30 p.m. in the Hunter Welcome Center east lobby. There will be a special presentation at 4:00 p.m.

Each year during Pre-Session, we take the opportunity to present awards to two outstanding staff members. The Senior Leadership Team will select the honorees based on nominations they receive from the campus. Please take the time to nominate a member of the staff for this honor. The deadline to submit nominations is Friday, May 18th. Please note: These awards are for staff employees only; faculty members are honored in each college.

ACU Staff Senate would like to thank all the staff members that participated in this year’s election and would like to announce the 2017-18 Senators.  As a reminder, Staff Senator serves to foster a unified staff community by encouraging the exchange of ideas and concerns in keeping with the mission of the University. If you have ideas or concerns, please reach out to one of your Senators.

Newly Elected Senators: Cindy Gravitt, Grant Abston, Craig Fisher, Steve Rowlands, Jill Fortson, Aubree Browning, Curtis King, Shannon Kaczmarek, D’Angelo Sands, and Debbie Stewart.

Returning Senators: Chris Ballard (17-18 Chair), Carolyn Jeter, Dave Beard, Emily Berry, Eric Gumm, Kathy Redman, Scott Delony, Stephanie Woodlee, Tina Chisholm, Will Wyatt, Prentice Ashford (Outgoing Chair)