This Week at Austin Peay: Virtual “Remembering Homecoming” celebration this week
October 5, 2020
Clarksville, TN – The Austin Peay State University (APSU) Honors Program will host a timely virtual panel discussion this week that examines how people can think more critically and carefully to be informed voters in the current political climate.
This Week at Austin Peay: We made it back to class! Let’s keep it going!
August 24, 2020
Clarksville, TN – We made it! As you attend the first week of classes at Austin Peay State University (APSU), remember a few things:
Mask distribution: On Monday and Tuesday, APSU cloth masks will be distributed in numerous areas across campus. You can find masks on tables at the entrances to academic buildings, at the ASK ME tents, in the Morgan University Center and at Public Safety.
APSU’s Ann Ross Bookstore now ties campus with downtown community
July 17, 2020
Clarksville, TN – After years of being hidden away inside of campus, the Austin Peay State University (APSU) Ann Ross Bookstore now has a more prominent home at the corner of College and Fourth streets in downtown Clarksville. The University officially opened the new, 13,000-square-foot location in late June, providing more space for merchandise and greater community access.
Civil War diary edited by APSU faculty wins Duke award
October 28, 2015
Clarksville, TN – In 1862, the author of “The American Stud Book,” a breed registry for thoroughbred horses, became one of the least popular people in Montgomery County. His name was Col. Sanders Bruce, and as an officer in the Union Army, he oversaw the military occupation of Clarksville during the Civil War.
“Well upon Christmas day Colonel Bruce with his ‘whiskey jug’ and several regiments took possession of this place and here they have been ever since,” Nannie Haskins Williams, a 16-year-old Clarksville resident, wrote in her diary a year later. “And here I am too still writing in my journal about those detestable blue coats for whom I have such a disgust.”