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U.S. Department of Education grants $3.6 million to ACU
Abilene Christian University’s Department of Psychology has been awarded $3.6 million in research funding from the U.S. Department of Education as part of the recently announced Mental Health Service Professionals Demonstration Grant. The award is the largest federal grant ACU has received in the last 15 years.
ACU names former PFSweb CEO as College of Business dean
ACU has appointed longtime technology and business executive Mike Willoughby (’86) as dean of the College of Business Administration. Willoughby spent 24 years at PFSweb, most recently as CEO and board director. He guided the 2,500-employee public company with up to $340 million in annual revenue.
Lassiter appointed to NCAA DI Men’s Basketball Committee
ACU vice president for athletics Zack Lassiter has been appointed to the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee, replacing former WAC commissioner Brian Thornton, who announced he was leaving the conference on Oct. 10. Lassiter will serve out the remaining four years of Thorton’s five-year term, which expires in 2029, on the 12-person committee.