{"id":405,"date":"2012-08-08T02:01:04","date_gmt":"2012-08-08T07:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tabsslidertype=simpleauto=yesfx=slideautospeed=4000tab\/tabtab"},"modified":"2026-06-02T19:35:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T00:35:59","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/speakingcenter\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">The Speaking Center at Abilene Christian University provides support and assistance to student, faculty, staff, or Abilene community member who want to improve their oral communication skills.<\/h3>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">We can help with speech delivery, group presentations, organization, visual aids, and the finding of credible sources. Have a presentation in any class? We are here to help.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">Our mission is to provide a welcoming atmosphere where anyone can become a more confident, competent, and clear speaker. Our consultants come from different backgrounds and are trained to provide feedback during all phases of the speech preparation process.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><em>To schedule an appointment, click <a href=\"https:\/\/go.oncehub.com\/speakingcenter\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">We are located on the top floor of the ACU Brown Library in the AT&amp;T Learning Studio<\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-303\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/speakingcenter\/files\/2011\/10\/SpeakingCenter-head-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"987\" height=\"85\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/speakingcenter\/files\/2011\/10\/SpeakingCenter-head-1.png 962w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/speakingcenter\/files\/2011\/10\/SpeakingCenter-head-1-300x25.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 987px) 100vw, 987px\" \/><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">During the Summer Months<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">We will be open<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">Mondays &#8211; Thursdays 10:00 AM &#8211; 2:00 PM.<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">Summer Appointments will be online.<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">Check your ACU Email for a Zoom Link 30 Minutes Before your Appointment<\/h3>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center\"><em>We will be closed on June 19th for Juneteenth.<\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 The Speaking Center at Abilene Christian University provides support and assistance to student, faculty, staff, or Abilene community member who want to improve their oral communication skills. We can help with speech delivery, group presentations, organization, visual aids, and the finding of credible sources. Have a presentation in any class? We are here to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-405","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/speakingcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/speakingcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/speakingcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/speakingcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/speakingcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=405"}],"version-history":[{"count":75,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/speakingcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/405\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1228,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/speakingcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/405\/revisions\/1228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/speakingcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}