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ACU alumni, faculty, staff and students are regularly featured in local and national media reports. Here is a digest of recent mentions.
Category: Student Experience
Student reflection: ‘This is my ACU’
We’ve asked ACU junior Karissa Idoko to periodically reflect on her time as an ACU student. Her insights on LinkedIn, which can be found…
U.S. Department of Education grants $3.6 million to ACU
Abilene Christian University’s Department of Psychology has been awarded $3.6 million in research funding from the U.S. Department of Education as part of the…
ACU football climbs into top 10 for first time in Division I era
The ACU football team continues to check off milestone achievements. The Wildcats are ranked in the top 10 of the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS)…
ACU named top 50 nationally in Undergraduate Teaching and Undergraduate Research by U.S. News & World Report
Abilene Christian University joined an elite group of colleges nationwide to be honored for both teaching and research in the 2025 U.S. News…
ACU sets all-time enrollment record
More than 6,700 students enrolled at Abilene Christian University this fall, marking the university’s largest-ever student body and seven consecutive years of record enrollment.…
ACU College of Business announces new Dukes Scholars; students to receive up to $53,000 scholarship
[aesop_image img="https://acu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Kyle-Tippens-finance-web.jpg" panorama="off" imgwidth="30%" credit="Jeremy Enlow" align="right" lightbox="on" captionsrc="custom" caption="Dr. Kyle Tippens, director of the Dukes School of Finance, works with new Dukes…
ACU establishes Bioanalytics Laboratory, achieves CLIA certification
Building on decades of thriving research, Abilene Christian University has formally established the ACU Bioanalytics Laboratory in the Department of Biology and has received…
ACU launches American Nuclear Society student chapter
The American Nuclear Society officially approved the establishment of a student section at Abilene Christian University. ACU is one of 54 U.S. colleges and…
100% of ACU nursing students pass NCLEX
Abilene Christian University Bachelor of Science in Nursing students achieved a 100% pass rate for the National Council Licensure Exam for Registered Nurses in…