Category: Features
Social impact venture Play4More emerges from soccer camp for refugee children
What started as a summer soccer camp to engage Abilene’s refugee children has expanded into a global effort providing free soccer…
Wildcat Mentor program inspires women’s basketball players
Nurse practitioner Millie Goetz started out as a professional mentor to ACU basketball player Addison Martin. Now she is much more –…
Award-winning producer and founder of Revolution Pictures moves into virtual production
If you enjoyed Chris Stapleton’s Super Bowl commercial for Ram Trucks, you might like to know the creative force behind…
ACU Remembers: Dr. Bob Hunter
Dr. Robert D. “Bob” Hunter (’52) died Feb. 11, 2023, at age 94, concluding an energetic life spent in service to Abilene Christian University,…
ACU biology professor uses CCCU grant to study zebrafish
Through a 2021 Council for Christian Colleges and Universities grant, Dr. Andrew Holowiecki, assistant professor of biology at Abilene Christian University, and his…
ACU theatre alums share connection through starring in major Lion King productions
In the plot line of the musical The Lion King, the relationship between characters Pumbaa and Scar is adversarial at best, but behind the…
Art professor demonstrates how creativity, hard work lead to success
ACU design professor Ryan Feerer (’05) has put his creative touch on hundreds of projects, but perhaps his most widely seen –…
Galaxy Gazing: Alumnus focuses James Webb Telescope on capturing breathtaking views of the universe
Dr. Scott Acton (’84) remembers the exact moment he knew he would become a physicist. In the summer of 1976, he was playing…
ACU receives $29 million gift for finance program
The late Dr. Bill and Janie Dukes have given, through their estate, more than $29 million to Abilene Christian University – the largest single…