Archive for May 2013
Living Well/Health and Fitness Jamboree
ABILENE,TX. – Friday, May 17 the Rose Park Senior Activity Center will host a Living Well/Health and Fitness Jamboree. Activities begin at 8:30 a.m. and last until noon. The Jamboree is a day of fun activities to promote the importance of overall health and fitness for senior citizens. This free event is open to adults…
Read MoreMalaysian Grad Makes Home in States as Technology Whiz
As Alexis Yueh Xuan Chuah picks up a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Hardin-Simmons University, she not only has the distinction of magna cum laude, but has also managed to secure her first full-time job. Kevin Schulle, manager of desk top computing and educational technologies in the HSU technologies office, says he was…
Read MoreAbilene Celebrates National Tourism Week with full hotels, robust restaurants
May, in Abilene, is always a month when many out-of-towners enjoy the city’s hospitality. The city’s tourism infrastructure bursts at the seams as people pour into to town for university graduations and the long-running Western Heritage Classic. Abilene’s guests will be served by over 3,500 people who work in the tourism industry in Abilene, giving…
Read MoreGraduating Senior Hopes to Apply What She Has Learned to Helping Children in Africa
Tessa McGinnis is one of eight Hardin-Simmons University students who will walk the stage during graduation ceremonies with a perfect grade point average. During McGinnis’s time at HSU, she has participated in the HSU Honors Program, become an avid ballerina, a running enthusiast, and honed her interest in economics and finance into a dream to…
Read MoreAbilene Wednesday Rotary Club to Host Awards Luncheon for AISD Students
ABILENE, Texas – The Abilene Wednesday Rotary Club will be hosting an awards lunch for fifty-two AISD graduates who are participants in a federally-funded initiative that provides assistance to unaccompanied youth. During the lunch to beheld on Wednesday, May 15th at Sharon’s Barbeque, graduates will be recognized for overcoming obstacles to achieve the successful completion…
Read MoreHSU Students Help to Tell the Story of one of Texas’ Most Fabled Cowboys
When Charles Goodnight was just 20 years old and living in the Texas Panhandle, he was already on his way to becoming one of the most celebrated cowboy-rancher figures of Texas history. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Goodnight joined the Confederate States Army and later became part of a frontier regiment guarding against…
Read MoreMcMurry University to Launch Pre-College Summer Learning Program
McMurry University will launch the Pre-College Summer Learning Program this June 3-21. The program provides outstanding students entering 8th, 9th, and 10th grade the opportunity to earn college credit in courses uniquely designed for them in Art, English, Music, Computer Science, Business, and Mathematics. The cost per three-hour course is $300.00. For more information, contact…
Read MorePhysical fitness opportunities for citizens
ABILENE, Texas – The City of Abilene Recreation Division is offering a Co-Ed Volleyball League and a Woman’s Basketball League for the summer. The Co-Ed Volleyball League will feature rally point scoring. Games will be held on Monday and Thursday evenings from June 10through July 11. A championship round will follow. Games will be played…
Read MoreMcMurry University to hold Spring 2013 Commencement on May 11
ABILENE, Texas – Abilene businessman and city councilman Robert Briley will be the featured speaker at McMurry University’s 2013 Spring Commencement ceremony at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 11, in the Hunt Physical Education Center. McMurry will confer degrees on 175seniors at the event. Baccalaureate service for the graduates will be at 5:30 p.m. Friday, May 10,…
Read MoreHSU Athletic Hall of Fame Inductee Dies
John “Pete” Murray was a two-sport star for the Hardin-Simmons University Cowboys from 1952 to 1957, playing football in 1952, 1953, and 1956, and basketball from 1954 to 1957. He is one of only four Division I athletes to claim two team victories on the same day, playing football and basketball . During his senior…
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