Catalog of Abilene Christian University, 2001-2002 Page: 29
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Campus Life 29
Campus Life
Wayne Barnard, Assistant Provost and Dean
ACU Box 29004; Abilene, Texas 79699-9004
McKinzie Hall, Room 135
Phone: 915-674-2067
Fax: 915-674-4831
Email: barnardw@acu.edu
Web: www.acu.edu/admissions/campuslife/
The mission of Campus Life is to work in partnership with Academic
Affairs to integrate living, learning and faith, whereby students learn
to live lives of Christian service and leadership throughout the world.
Campus Life reports with Academic Affairs to the provost and is directly
supervised by the assistant provost for student development and dean
of campus life. The Campus Life division is organized into four areas,
each supervised by a director. These areas include Student Activities,
Student Leadership Development, Student Life and Student Services.
The area of Student Life is comprised of four units including the
Campus Activities Team (CAT), the Campus Center, Student Productions
(including musical direction of The Light, a student singing group that
travels for and reports to university admissions), and Student
Organizations.
Student Leadership Development includes the Volunteer and
Service- Learning Center, Student Organizations (including men's and
women's social clubs), Leadership Camps and Leadership Development.
Student Life is comprised of Intramural Sports and Outdoor Education,
Residence Life, Spiritual Life, and Student Ministries.
Student Services includes Career Services, Student Multi-cultural
Enrichment, Health Services (the University Counseling Center and the
Medical Clinic) and Public Safety (the ACU Security Police Department).
Residence Life (Housing)
Carroll Thomas, Assistant Director
ACU Box 29004; Abilene, Texas 79699-9004
McKinzie, Room 124
Phone: 915-674-2066
Fax: 915-674-6475
Email: reslife@acu.edu
Web: www.acu.edu/admissions/campuslife/
Abilene Christian University is a residential university, and all single
first- and second-year students are required to live in university housing
(satisfying a four-semester expectation). Research and experience have
shown that students who live on campus are more likely to succeed than
students who live off campus. Therefore, all students are encouraged to
live on campus. Generally, students must live in campus housing unless
they are married, are 21 years of age or older at the beginning of the
semester, are living with parents, have completed at least four long
semesters in campus housing, or have been out of high school for at
least two years. Students enrolled in less than 9 hours are not required
to live on campus.
The university has on-campus accommodations for 1,818 single students
in nine residence halls. Each residence hall is equipped with computer
network connections, television cable and telephone lines in each room.
A computer lab is located on the first floor of every residence hall.
All first-year students are housed together to foster a community
environment among members of each class. Gardner and Nelson are
reserved for 540 first-year women. Mabee and McKinzie are home to
430 first-year men. Second-year female students are housed in Adams,
McDonald, Morris and Sikes residence halls with a total capacity of 518
residents. A total of 330 second-year male students live in Edwards and
Smith halls. With the exception of McDonald, each of the second-yearresidence halls feature private bathrooms for each room.
There are 52 apartments available in Sherrod Residential Park for
married couples.
About 475 people - third and fourth year students and graduate
students - have the opportunity to live in the 200-unit University Park
apartment complex located on the northeast corner of the campus.
Among the University Park features are electronic gates, recreational
facilities and a central courtyard with a clubhouse. Each of the three
custom floor plans is designed to meet students' needs and to assist
in achieving academic objectives. The community offers students
the convenience of living on campus plus much of the flexibility of
off-campus living in a park-like setting.
Spiritual Life and Student Ministries
Mark Lewis, Director
Bob Gomez, Coordinator
ACU Box 29004; Abilene, Texas 79699-9004
McKinzie Hall, Room 129
Phone: 915-674-2631
Fax: 915-674-6475
Email: lewism@acu.edu or gomezb@acu.edu
Web: www.acu.edu/admissions/campuslife/
Spiritual Life and Student Ministries seeks to support the mission of
Abilene Christian University by facilitating faith and moral development
in students. This is accomplished by providing Christ-centered learning
and service experiences outside the classroom. Chapel, which meets
daily and is required for undergraduates, provides a period of spiritual
education, corporate worship and sharing of community concerns and
events. Spiritual Life and Student Ministries also work closely with the
Student Congress to provide Tuesday Night Devotionals, the Fall Revival
and Spring Break Campaigns. The office networks with local campus
ministers and congregations to encourage attendance, participation and
development of relationships with local church families. Spiritual Life
also provides pastoral counseling and serves
as a resource for Residence Life.
Volunteer and Service-Learning Center
Nancy Coburn, Director
Kemi Hutcherson, Program Manager (part-time)
ACU Box 27867; Abilene, Texas 79699-7867
McGlothlin Campus Center, Basement, Room 120
Phone: 915-674-2932
Fax: 915-674-6867
Email: coburnn@acu.edu
The Volunteer and Service-Learning Center (VSLC) has a mission to
engage ACU students and the ACU community in service opportunities
that will enhance and help direct individual's personal, spiritual,
intellectual and professional development while meeting the needs
of others in the Abilene community. The VSLC seeks to provide
experiential learning opportunities while fostering servant leadership.
Volunteers representing students, staff, faculty and community agencies
guide the work of the VSLC by their involvement in the Advisory Council
or Service Action Leadership Team (SALT). These volunteers help shape
the vision for the work of the VSLC and serve on special committees to
address such issues as partnering with faculty to enhance course work
through service-learning opportunities and documenting students'
community service experiences. Volunteers also organize special
service projects and events.
Students have access to a broad range of volunteer opportunities,
including special events for United Way of Abilene, Make-A-Difference
Day and other community-wide efforts; ongoing assistance at local
schools, child care centers/programs and numerous human service
agencies; and special donations and collections for those in need.
The ACU Abilene Independent School District Reading Partnership,
begun in 1998, connects volunteer tutors and other resources with local
elementary schools to develop reading skills of at-risk children. ACU
students also contribute leadership and hundreds of volunteer hours for
the annual Intercollegiate Service Day and ACU for Abilene Service Day.
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