Austin Peay College of STEM announces plan to ‘prepare our students to thrive in a diverse and inclusive workplace’
October 27, 2020
Clarksville, TN – The Austin Peay State University (APSU) College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics on Friday released a diversity and inclusion statement and pledged to fight “any form of racism, discrimination or prejudice.”
As part of that pledge, the college announced an action plan to lower barriers that hinder equality and access to resources for underrepresented groups.
Austin Peay State University Technology Building. (APSU)
Coleman Tractor Company provides Kubota equipment for use at APSU Farm
June 6, 2020
Clarksville, TN – Coleman Tractor Company has expanded their partnership with Austin Peay State University (APSU) by extending their current contract with the University for two additional years.
Michael Stolitca (Kubota), Dr. Donald Sudbrink (APSU), Dr. Karen Meisch (APSU), Spencer Coleman. (Coleman Tractor)
APSU’s Amy Wright publishes new essay collection on entomophagy, or eating bugs
May 1, 2019
Clarksville, TN – The risotto had crickets in it. Dr. Amy Wright, Austin Peay State University (APSU) professor of languages and literature, knew the insects were dead, but something about their small faces bothered her.
“These were whole crickets, and they appeared to be looking back at us,” she said. “I said, ‘I don’t know if I can do this.”
Austin Peay State University professor Dr. Amy Wright.
Austin Peay State University agricultural sciences graduate realizing dream at Epcot
December 12, 2018
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Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University (APSU) graduate Khadejah Scott’s Epcot story involves wasps.
“They don’t sting, and they’re really small,” Scott said, “similar to the size of an ant when they’re at their biggest.”
But these wasps could deliver a big economic impact.
APSU graduate Khadejah Scott is working at Epcot’s greenhouses.
Austin Peay State University’s puppy dog bull, Frank the Tank, flush with champion ribbons
October 17, 2018
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Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University (APSU) Beef Cattle Show Team members affectionately call the bull “Frank the Tank”.
But competitors know the grand champion Simmental bull as Ace of Spades.
APSU’s Frank the Tank won grand champion at the Wilson County Fair.
NASA praises APSU for solar eclipse outreach
August 24, 2018
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Clarksville, TN – NASA recently honored Austin Peay State University with its Marshall Space Flight Center Group Achievement Award for the University’s help during the 2017 Great American Eclipse.
Austin Peay State University representatives Dr. Donald Sudbrink, center, professor and chair of the APSU Department of Agriculture; Bill Persinger, right, executive director for Public Relations & Marketing; and Bryan Gaither, lab manager for the Department of Physics, Engineering and Astronomy, accepted the award with other members of the Marshall Space Flight Center Solar Eclipse Team on August 22nd in Huntsville, AL.
Blick family honors son’s legacy with new APSU agriculture scholarship
August 9, 2017
Clarksville, TN – Brock Blick wanted some cows. That’s all the 11-year-old talked about (along with hunting and fishing and golf and baseball), especially after spending the day on his grandfather’s farm. Brock would come home at night and inform his father they needed more land to hold all his cows—he wanted 15.
“I said, ‘Ok, we’ll do that,’” Mark Blick, Brock’s father, said. “‘When you turn 15, we’ll buy some land, and we’ll get you some cows.’ He absolutely loved cows.”
Family establishes Brock Blick Endowed Scholarship in Agriculture at Austin Peay State University.
APSU Department of Agriculture receives $250,000 in farm equipment from Kubota, Coleman Tractor Company
June 5, 2017
Clarksville, TN – With 440 acres of land at the Farm and Environmental Education Center, Austin Peay State University Department Agriculture faculty and students already have the land they need to gain experience in hay and forage production.
But to continue their mission of educating students on current industry practices, department faculty said they recognized the need for an upgrade in its tools of the trade.
Coleman Tractor Company and Kubota Tractor Corporation donate farm equipment to APSU Department of Agriculture. (Austin Peay)
APSU Beef Cattle Show Team wins Second National Championship
March 13, 2017
Clarksville, TN – The Austin Peay State University Beef Cattle Show Team is barely older than the livestock it shows, but the program has quickly made a name for itself as a competitor on the local, state and national levels.
They only reinforced that reputation when Ruby, the team’s prize heifer, or young female cow, was named Reserve Division Champion Percentage Simmental at the 2017 Dixie National Livestock show, held this past February in Jackson, Mississippi.
APSU Beef Cattle Show Team’s prize heifer Ruby was named Reserve Division Champion Percentage at the 2017 Dixie National Livestock show.
Austin Peay State University Department of Agriculture to host Alumni Harvest, Farm Facility Open House
October 13, 2016
Clarksville, TN – When the Austin Peay State University Department of Agriculture was a long way from being the fastest-growing college department of agriculture in Tennessee that it is today, one man believed in the potential of both the department and the APSU Farm, a 440-acre plot of land now known as the Farm and Environmental Education Center.
“Dr. Gaines Hunt single-handedly kept the APSU Farm going for several years – sometimes with his own equipment, time and money,” John Bartee Jr., co-chair of the APSU agriculture advisory committee, said. “From an alumni perspective, he’s had a huge impact on the department and the university.”
APSU Farm and Environmental Education Center. (APSU)
