SERVING YOU ADVANCING ACU Do you want to recommend a future student, volunteer, host an event or just learn more about how you can be involved with ACU where you live? To help foster relationships with alumni and future students, ACU has assigned personnel from its Advancement and Admissions offices to major markets in Texas as well as Nashville, Tennessee. A university relations manager (URM) focuses on establishing relationships with churches, schools, alumni and other friends; an admissions counselor (AC) reaches out to future students and their parents; and an advancement officer (AO) assists prospective donors seeking an opportunity to contribute funds to ACU. Through this territory team approach, these dedicated professionals can provide exceptional service to those who contribute so graciously to ACU’s mission and 21st-Century Vision.
ABILENE AND THE BIG COUNTRY Darci Halstead • AC • 325-674-2970, darcih@acu.edu Anthony Williams • AO • 325-829-4328, williamsa@acu.edu
WEST TEXAS AREA John Mark Moudy • Senior AC (Amarillo, Midland, Odessa) 325-674-2969, johnmarkm@acu.edu Anthony Williams • AO • 325-829-4328, williamsa@acu.edu
AUSTIN AREA Tunisia Singleton • URM (Austin / Central Texas) 512-450-4329 • tunisia.singleton@acu.edu Charles Gaines • AO • 512-713-0067, charles.gaines@acu.edu Allison Self • AC (Austin / Central Texas) 325-674-2654, aself@acu.edu
FORT WORTH AREA Brent Barrow • URM • 817-946-5917, brent.barrow@acu.edu Jacob Groves • AC (Erath, Hood, Johnson, Somervell, Tarrant counties) 325-674-2687, jacobg@acu.edu April Young • AC (Collin, Denton, Palo Pinto, Parker, Wise) 325-674-2814, aprily@acu.edu Nino Elliott • AO • 817-845-2260, nino.elliott@acu.edu
DALLAS AREA Toni Young • URM • 214-402-5183, toni.young@acu.edu April Young • AC (Collin) • 325-674-2814, aprily@acu.edu Ashley Hickman • AC (Dallas, Rockwall, Ellis, Kaufman) 325-674-2079, ashleyh@acu.edu Don Garrett • AO • 325-674-2213, don.garrett@acu.edu
HOUSTON AREA Carri Hill • URM • 713-582-2123, carri.hill@acu.edu Lindsay Palmer • AC • 325-674-2434, lindsayp@acu.edu Eric Fridge • AO • 713-483-4004, eric.fridge@acu.edu
SAN ANTONIO AREA Kerry Stemen • URM • 830-388-0615, kerry.stemen@acu.edu Jesse Luna • AC (San Antonio / South Texas) 325-674-2807, jessel@acu.edu Charles Gaines • AO • 512-713-0067, charles.gaines@acu.edu
NASHVILLE AREA / EASTERN U.S. Mark Meador • AO • 615-815-4360, meadorm@acu.edu
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ACU Moms provide a lifeline for each other and the students they support in Abilene Gina (Gomez ’85) Harrison is pretty sure she sees Marlene Mattox more often at ACU events than she does around their San Antonio, Texas, neighborhood. Mattox’s son, Christian (’20), attended high school with Harrison’s daughter, Kennedy (’19), and the families would interact occasionally. But they didn’t truly share a connection, Harrison said, until they became ACU Moms. That’s both a distinction and a program – a way for mothers and mother-like figures of future, current and former ACU students to identify with each other and the name for the events at which they regularly gather for a time of fellowship, networking, encouragement and prayer. They come from different areas and upbringings, even different churches. But they are united by the fact they are raising Wildcats. “ACU Moms events have a special way of connecting and intertwining lives,” said Harrison, who also is mother to Hunter (’13) and Marshall, a 2017 graduate of Texas A&M University. “Whether it is through common friendships, common experiences or even common trials, it has been an encouragement for me to know that there are believers experiencing some of the same things I am.” A group of Waco-area mothers kicked off ACU Moms several years ago after being inspired by similar groups at other Texas universities. Events are generally coordinated by local university relations managers (URMs) in the Texas cities of Austin, Dallas, Houston, Fort Worth and San Antonio, and often are hosted at one of the participating mom’s homes. Sometimes, the moms gather for an activity, such as attending a painting class or watching an inspirational movie. At the end of each semester, they pack finals care packages for their students (and often their student’s roommate or two), which the URMs or ACU Moms deliver to campus to hand out to students in time for studying. Students might say the care package creation is the most important thing that happens at ACU Moms events, joked Kerry (Smith ’89) Stemen, URM for San Antonio. But the purpose is much deeper. “The goal for ACU Moms is to fellowship and support each other,” said Stemen, mother of senior Emily (Stemen) Hughes and junior Darby. “I love that we are a group of mothers who come from all different backgrounds, but we share a common bond. We talk about how our children are learning, developing wonderful relationships and growing in their faith. We laugh together, cry together and pray together.”