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Graduation
Email: graduation@registrar.acu.edu
Web: www.acu.edu/graduation
Preparing to Graduate
* Each fall, students with more than 90 hours will receive an
Intent to Graduate card. This card will allow the student to
communicate their expected date of graduation to the
Registrar's Office.
* During the semester before graduation, students should run
an on-line Degree Evaluation and visit with their advisor
about the schedule for their last semester.
* Students should submit all CLEP tests and transcripts for
transfer work before their last semester.
* Students who do not complete graduation requirements in
the semester for which they intended to graduate must
declare a new graduation date with the Registrar's Office.
* All holds on a student account must be removed before the
student may purchase a gown and mortar board.
Graduation with Latin Honors
Honors designated at commencement are based on the student's
cumulative GPA and the number of hours earned at ACU by
the end of the previous semester and are subject to change. In
order to qualify for honors, baccalaureate students must
complete at least 64 earned hours at ACU. Students whose
averages are at least 3.6 graduate cum laude (with honor), 3.75
graduate magna cum laude (with high honor), and 3.9 graduate
summa cum laude (with highest honor). Courses taken
Credit/No-Credit or Pass/Fail do not count toward GPA
requirements for honors.
Class Rank
ACU does not rank students within the graduating classes, nor
does the university provide information about where students
fall by quartile with a graduating class. With multiple gradua-
tions per academic year, and because students graduating in the
same academic year are meeting requirements from different
catalog years (and thus, different curricula), the class rank or
quartile rank is an invalid assessment of comparative ability
for individual students.Student Life
Jean-Noel Thompson, Vice President and Dean for Student Life
ACU Box 29004; Abilene, Texas 79699-9004
McKinzie Hall, Room 135
Phone: 325-674-2067
Fax: 325-674-4831
Web: www.acu.edu/campuslife
In our commitment to equip ACU students for Christian service
and leadership throughout the world, Student Life creates
opportunities for student involvement beyond the classroom. In
addition to fostering a safe and vibrant campus life experience,
we are intentional in our efforts to promote holistic student
development.
Our core purpose is to instill within our students strong moral
character and wisdom-focused learning, manifested through
Christ-centered living. Through collaborative partnerships with
academic affairs, student services, and other campus depart-
ments, Student Life supports overall student success, culmi-
nating in graduation from ACU and a commitment to life-long
learning.
Student Life reports to the Vice President for Student Life and
consists of the following departments: Residence Life
Education and Housing; Student Organizations and Activities;
Student Productions (including Sing Song and Freshman
Follies); Spiritual Life and Student Ministries; Student Leader-
ship Development; Multicultural Enrichment, International
Student Services; Judicial Affairs; ACU Police Department;
Medical Clinic; University Counseling Center; the McGlothlin
Campus Center; Volunteer and Service Learning; Career
Services and Leadership Camps.
Residence Life Education and Housing
John Delony, Director
ACU Box 29004; Abilene, Texas 79699-9004
McKinzie, Room 120
Phone: 325-674-2066
Fax: 325-674-2041
Email: reslife@acu.edu
Web: www.acu.edu/residencelife
As a residential university, Abilene Christian University
provides on-campus residence halls and managed on-campus
apartments to support the development of a cohesive and
distinctive campus community and to enhance the total living
environment and experience. ACU believes that a student's best
opportunity for success is deeply rooted in the Christian
environment - integrating Christ-centered living, learning,
leadership, and faith.
ACU takes a developmental approach to residential living and
the college student experience by requiring all first and second-
year students to reside on campus, while also offering limited
upperclassman and graduate student housing in various
traditional and non-traditional residential environments. Taking
this developmental approach, the residence life staff at ACU is
deeply committed to a fun, healthy, studious, and vibrant
residential environment that fosters growth in students as theycontinue maturing as adults.
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