“Abilene Christian is a great school. … I think it was the best decision I ever made in my life.”
STEVE SANDERS
– Kansas City Chiefs third-year running back Charcandrick West (’14), in “The Man Behind the Smile,” a profile of the former ACU star on the team’s website, chiefs.com. West led Kansas City in rushing in 2015 and has been an integral part of the Chiefs’ success in 2016.
Q UO TA BL E S “ PAUL WHITE
Silence is the most terrifying thing in the world. If you get silent long enough, all of the stuff you keep trying to push away with noise and activity will creep back in.”
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Don’t take my art lightly, just because it’s for children. … Abilene is in all my books. People will always find a reason in my fiction to stop here.”
– Bestselling, Emmy and Oscar award-winning children’s author, illustrator and filmmaker William Joyce, who spoke on campus Sept. 27, 2016, at a luncheon sponsored by ACU’s Center for Building Community. One of his characters, Art Atchison Aimesworth, lived in Abilene in 1908, as part of the story of Santa Calls, Joyce’s celebrated book that explains to the world that the Jolly Old Elf’s first stop each year is ACU’s hometown.
– ACU Bible, ministry and missions faculty member Randy Harris in an Aug. 30, 2016, Chapel presentation viewed more than 100,000 times on Facebook.
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I am like you in many ways. In fact, you and I are more alike than different.”
BECCA BORTNICK
– Hope Martin (right), daughter of Angie (Griggs ’92) and Tim (’92) Martin, M.D., speaking in Chapel on Oct. 26, 2016, during Down Syndrome Awareness Week. She presented with her friend, Ethan Etter (left), son of Cheryl (Perkins ’83) and Eric Etter (’87).
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