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Images of Aging Photo Contest Due Date Extended
Students and friends, if you are traveling over Spring Break, please be safe!
Images of Aging Photo Contest
The Images of Aging Photo Contest progresses through Spring Break. Our contest will end March 17, 2013. Click the picture below to see our announcement movie (takes a few seconds to load). Complete rules and information is available at the Images of Aging blog. Copy...
Teaching an Introduction to Gerontology Course in an Intergenerational Setting Presentation Handout
Here are the handouts for Dr. Charlie Pruett's presentation, "Teaching an Introduction to Gerontology Course in an Intergenerational Setting." Please leave a comment here or email us if you would like more information about this presentation. [video width="460"...
Using the Sociological Imagination-Handout for Dr. Pruett’s Intro to Sociology Course
QR Code for the Using the Sociological Imagination, February 27 Class Activity Handout for Students in Dr. Pruett's Introduction To Sociology Course. (This is the handout emailed to you by Dr. Pruett) You may also access this handout by scanning the following QR Code:...
Travel is the Key Word: Part 2~AGHE
Travel remains the key word this week at the Pruett Gerontology Center. Dr. Pruett will travel to Denver, Colorado to speak at the 40th Annual Association for Gerontology in Higher Education (AGHE)Annual Meeting and Educational Leadership Conference convention. This...
Travel is the Key Word: Part 1
Travel is the key word at the Pruett Gerontology Center. Gero Student and PGC Student Associate Laura Baxter will be attending the Texas Speech-Language-Hearing Association's Annual Convention in Houston at the end of this week. Known as "TSHA" to speech-language...
This Day in ACU/PGC History~February 22
On this day, February 22, 1976, the ACU Board of Trustees unanimously voted to change the name of Abilene Christian College to Abilene Christian University. Happy University Designation Birthday, ACU! ~~~ For...
An Historic Announcement from ACU President Dr. Phil Schubert
Pruett Gerontology Center is thrilled to share this video with an historic gift announcement which will benefit our campus. Abilene Christian University has received $55 million from three donors -- including the largest gift in university history -- to begin a series...
Happy President’s Day, February 17, 2014
President's Day, observed on the 3rd Monday in February, began in 1971 with a proclamation by President Richard Nixon. President's Day honors all past presidents of the United States of America. Pruett Gerontology Center offices will be open today on President's Day....
PGC Students Participate in Sing Song, 2014!
Both Laura Baxter and Mackenzie Webb from our Pruett Gerontology Office are singing in ACU Sing Song this weekend. As a rich Abilene Christian University tradition since 1956, with Bill Teague as first host and Bob Hunter as creative genius, approximately one-third of...