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WEBAfter traveling three weekends in a row for preseason tournaments, the Wildcats are now hosting one of their own. In their first home game of the season, the Wildcats played against the Alabama A&M University Bulldogs, who had lost to Oral Roberts University earlier in the day. While the sets were close, the Wildcats won […]
NEXT Lab receives approval for construction of molten salt reactor
WEB3 days ago · The National Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued the university a construction permit to build a liquid-fueled molten salt reactor (Natura MSR-1), which makes it the first university reactor approved in more than 30 years and the first reactor licensed by the NRC in American history. Dr. Kim Pamplin, NEXT Lab director of chemistry, said the ...
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WEBSeptember 26, 2024 by Makayla Clayton Leave a Comment. The Fatted Café in the Onstead-Packer Biblical Studies Building will close Friday at 1 p.m. because of a lack of business. Chrystal Morris, who has run The Fatted Café for six years, said during her time there she has worked to make it a peaceful place on campus for students.
ACU heads down I-20 for matchup against longtime rival
WEBACU (5-3, 2-0) is set to face the Tarleton Texans (5-3, 2-1) at 7 p.m. on Saturday at Memorial Stadium in Stephenville. A Wildcats win would be the first time since 2018 the team has acquired six wins. Last week, ACU fell short to North Dakota with a final score of 34-31. Quarterback Maverick McIvor, […]
ACU heads to Vegas for challenging mid-major tournament
WEBNovember 17, 2022 by Connor Mullins. ACU (2-1) heads to Las Vegas, Nevada for the Vegas Four Tournament on Nov. 21-23 at the Dollar Loan Center to take on Wright State (2-1), Weber State (1-2) and the University of California-Riverside (1-1) in back-to-back-to-back days. Head coach Brette Tanner’s Wildcats head to Vegas following a 104-46 win ...
Sports Archives - Optimist
WEBSep 19, 2024 · The Wildcats won a nail-biter on Saturday against the University of Northern Colorado 24-22 to improve their record to 2-1 on the season. The game went down to the very last seconds as Ritse Vaes, senior kicker from Wichita Falls, hit a 54-yard field goal to give ACU the win. The game started out in Northern Colorado’s favor as it took a 10-0 ...
ACU prepares for Bobcats and first home game of 2021 season
WEBSep 3, 2021 · The Wildcats kick-off their first home game of the season against Texas State after three straight games on the road. ACU and Texas State have a short history between them, only going back to 2020. That matchup ended in overtime with the Wildcats gaining the win, 3-2. Although ACU secured the win last time, the […]
ACU changes email retention policy - Optimist
WEBACU administration made this decision in order to optimize the spacing in accordance with the Google storage change. The new email retention policy will give students a year to move all content to other sources. This helps leave space for current students attending ACU. Students were taken aback by this abrupt news, expecting that their emails ...
The root of ACU's love and hate - Optimist
WEBEnding my college education early was always the plan for me, but the things that I have been able to see, experience and examine about ACU’s community were not. I have found immense growth in ACU over the past three and a half years, but …
ACU loses close battle to Oklahoma on the road - Optimist
WEBSep 16, 2021 · The Wildcats took on their second Big 12 opponent Tuesday in Norman versus Oklahoma, where the Sooners overcame the Wildcats in a closely contested three-set sweep. In the first set, ACU found themselves at one time with a 15-9 lead over Oklahoma. However, the Sooners responded with a 16-4 scoring run to win the set […]