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The Three Fundamental Aspects of a Healthy Lifestyle
As we settle into 2021, many have already abandoned the resolutions they eagerly celebrated as the clock struck midnight on New Year’s Eve. While most of our personal goals are centered around achieving a happier and healthier life, lofty aspirations turn into a daunting reality quickly if goals are not attainable for our daily routines. … Continued
How ACU’s Online MBA Program is Fueling Educator’s Startup Dream
Julio Cesar Manzano loves education. Cesar is in his third year as an 8th grade English Language Arts teacher at Vanguard Academy, a charter school district in South Texas where he also helps coach 8th-grade track and field, high school cross country, and currently serves as the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) sponsor at his … Continued
Nutrition major finds internship, calling at ACU
When Meda Bow was 12, her family moved from the U.S. to South Africa. That’s when she saw firsthand how important the science of nutrition could be. Her mother was a kinesiology professor, now retired, and her father an agricultural researcher. In South Africa, the family lived on a farm in a rural area where … Continued
UCLA coaching legend John Wooden had an affinity for ACU
Abilene Christian University and UCLA have never played a collegiate basketball game against each other. That will change today at 4:15 p.m. when the No. 14-seed Wildcats and No. 11-seed Bruins meet in the second round of the NCAA Tournament’s East Regional in Indianapolis. They have a unique connection in their legendary former head coach … Continued
Trending topic: Wildcats’ win draws flurry of attention
Just after the clock struck midnight Sunday, the rest of the sports world was discovering what Wildcat fans already knew: The Abilene Christian University men’s basketball team meant business and its defense could keep up with some of the nation’s best teams – and then some. No. 14-seed Abilene Christian’s upset of No. 3-seed University … Continued
ACU-Texas showdowns have made other sports history, too
It won’t necessarily be a bad thing should the pace of tonight’s NCAA Tournament basketball game hit the gas and “turn into a track meet” between Abilene Christian University and The University of Texas at Austin. After all, that’s how the Wildcats and Longhorns have known each other best for more than 80 years. While … Continued
At NCAA Tournament, typical days are anything but ordinary
If a normal day exists at an NCAA Tournament transformed by COVID-19 health protocols, it took the Wildcats a few days before experiencing one. Upon arrival in downtown Indianapolis on Sunday for their second consecutive appearance in March Madness, the NCAA required the team to pass two COVID-19 tests before it could meet together and … Continued
ACU Remembers: Dr. Larry Bradshaw
Dr. Larry Bradshaw (’65), longtime Abilene Christian University professor and founding general manager of National Public Radio affiliate KACU-FM, died March 17, 2021, in Abilene, after an extended illness. He was 77. A visitation with family will be Sunday, March 21 from 2-4 p.m. at Piersall Funeral Directors, (733 Butternut, Abilene, Texas 79602). The family … Continued
Wildcats enjoy big stage of March Madness in equally big venue
For many college basketball teams, no one would blame them if their first arrival at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis this week played out a little like the famous scene from the movie Hoosiers. In the classic 1986 sports movie, small-town high school basketball players enter with wide eyes and in awe of the large … Continued