Education Notebook: Award-winner newscaster at ACU on Saturday
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Emmy Award-winning ABC News correspondent John Quiñones will speak Saturday at Abilene Christian University.
He will speak at 9:30 a.m. at Hunter Welcome Center, with doors opening at 9. The event, sponsored jointly by the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and the Department of Mass Communication, is free and open to the public.
His visit comes the day after the celebration of Cinco de Mayo.
Quiñones will talk about his life in education, beginning as a young student who did not speak English. His parents were immigrants to the United States.
From that challenging start, he worked for more than 40 years at ABC News, serving as anchor for "20/20" and "Primetime." He won seven Emmys for his reporting.
In 2022, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund.
"John Quiñones’ message about the life-changing power of education will have a powerful impact on many people, but especially those who are or will be first-generation college students," said Abel Alvarez, director of Hispanic Serving Institution initiatives at ACU.
McMurry garden dedicated
McMurry on Saturday dedicated its new Centennial Garden, which includes a granite marker honoring longtime faculty member and iris grower Pug Parris.
Parris retired in 2020 as the second-longest tenured faculty member at McMurry. She saved irises when the original garden gave way to construction of the Furr Welcome Center addition at Radford Auditorium.
Last year, her irises were planted at the new garden, which is located at the southwest corner of Wah Wah Taysee Park on campus.
Prayer breakfast at HSU
The National Day of Prayer is Thursday but Hardin-Simmons will get a jump on things with its second Prayer Breakfast on Wednesday.
The event begins at 7:15 a.m., again in Mabee Athletic Complex. The program will go to 8:45 a.m.
The breakfast will offer prayer, breakfast and a chance to mingle with others.
It's free and open to the public.
Top scholar announcements coming
The Abilene ISD on May 9 will announce the top students at Abilene and Cooper high schools, along with the Academy of Technology, Engineering, Math and Science. The top 25 students will be honored at AHS and CHS, with a fewer at ATEMS, which has a much smaller enrollment.
The Wylie ISD has not yet announced when it will announced the top academic students in the Class of 2023.
Graduations are less than a month away.
Cooper seniors will commence May 26, with ATEMS and Abilene High scheduled for May 27.
Wylie will graduate May 26.
Abilene Christian High School seniors lead off, taking diplomas May 13.
This article originally appeared on Abilene Reporter-News: Education Notebook: Award-winner newscaster at ACU on Saturday
