Education notebook: Abilene ISD students to receive free meals next school year
Abilene ISD announced in a news release that breakfast and lunch will be provided free of charge at every campus in the district throughout the 2022-23 school year.
The service will be made possible through the Community Eligibility Provision, a non-pricing meal service option for school districts under the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs, the release said.
Through the CEP, collection of meal applications for free, reduced-price and paid student meals is eliminated, instead allowing schools to offer meals at no charge.
In addition to providing nutritious meals to students, the district said, this new approach will reduce burdens on families and school leaders.
For information about the program, contact the Student Nutrition Department at 325-677-1444, Ext. 8152.
ACU names chief of staff for president's office
Abilene Christan University recently announced the hiring of Will Beasley for the role of chief of staff for the president's office.
The position, which is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the president's office, will be renamed from its current title of senior advisor to the president.
Beasley will succeed the current senior advisor to the president, Suzanne Allmon, who has announced she will retire May 31. Beasley began working with Allmon July 11.
Beasley for the past three years has been practicing law as a litigation associate at Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz P.C. in Knoxville, Tenn. He previously worked at ACU as assistant director of Leadership Camps, admissions counselor and associate director of recruiting.
Beasley is a 2011 ACU graduate, and received a juris doctorate from the University of Tennessee in 2019.
Tarleton State University receives business school accreditation
Tarleton State University's College of Business recently was awarded international accreditation from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, the school said in a news release.
The accrediation required a multi-year peer review and planning process, the release said, with fewer than five percent of business schools worldwide holding the accreditation.
"After years of collective endeavors among students, faculty, staff and administrators, Tarleton has distinguished itself as home to one of the world’s best business schools," said Dr. Chris Shao, dean of the College of Business.
ACU's Study Abroad facility opens in England
Abilene Christian University on July 12 celebrated the opening of a facility in Oxford, England, to serve as a residence for the school's Study Abroad program.
Upwards of two dozen students and faculty can be housed at the location, ACU said in a news release, which has eight bedrooms, six bathrooms, two kitchens, five reception rooms and other ameneties.
This is the first residence that ACU has owned in Oxford, the release said, having purchased the property in 2019.
As part of the celebration, ACU announced two new endowed scholarships for students studying abroad: the Clayton-Haught Study Abroad Endowed Scholarship and the Janine and Ron Morgan Study Abroad Endowed Scholarship.
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