APSU students win Bbest Solo Hack, place second overall at Regional Hackathon
April 7, 2019
Austin Peay State University (APSU)
Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University (APSU) senior Susan Kersten recently won “Best Solo Hack” at the CatHacks hackathon at the University of Kentucky, and her teammates won second place overall at the competition for hack that helps teach people sign language.
The wins add to the hackathon success Austin Peay students have had this year.
From the left, Austin Peay State University students Aidan Murphy, Susan Kersten and Nathan Nickelson work on their hacks.
APSU celebrates 10 years of alternative break trips
March 19, 2019
Austin Peay State University (APSU)
Clarksville, TN – A few years ago, a group of Austin Peay State University (APSU) students found themselves deep in the Florida Everglades, helping clean up an abandoned military site.
Few people knew the installation existed because, during the Cold War, the U.S. Government kept 11,000-pound Nike Hercules missiles – all aimed at Cuba – at this hidden base.
Austin Peay State University Alternative Break Trips. (APSU)
APSU students tour the West during Spring Break with Govs Outdoors
March 12, 2019
Austin Peay State University (APSU)
Clarksville, TN – Eight Austin Peay-based students traveled west with Govs Outdoors during Spring Break, taking in sights such as the Grand Canyon, Petrified Forest National Park, the Devil’s Bridge and Cathedral Rock trails in Arizona, the Santa Rosa Blue Hole in New Mexico and the Cadillac Ranch in Texas.
Austin Peay State University students who went on the Grand Canyon trip were, from the left, Cody Bricker, Rebecca Thomack, Anaelle Maudet, Annabelle Spencer, Goodwin Brown, Alex Arriaga (on sign), Gwynevere Cardinal and Luis Soto.
Austin Peay State University students build relationships with students in Japan
February 28, 2019
Austin Peay State University (APSU)
Clarksville, TN – On January 24th, 2018, Austin Peay State University, in association with the Consul-General of Japan in Nashville, hosted a delegation of four Japanese citizens visiting Tennessee as part of the “Walk in the U.S., Talk on Japan” program, a key initiative of the Japanese government designed to promote cultural and political awareness of Japan in several major U.S. cities.
Austin Peay State University Students visited with Japanese Students at Kitakamakura.
APSU’s corpse flower not causing a stink yet – but it will
February 15, 2019
Austin Peay State University (APSU)
Clarksville, TN – When the corpse flower blooms, it emits an intense, foul odor. “We’re used to flowers with sweet smells that attract bees and butterflies,” Dr. Carol Baskauf, Austin Peay State University (APSU) biology professor, said.
“The nickname for this plant is ‘corpse flower’ because it smells like rotting, dead meat. It stinks terribly,” stated Baskauf.
Austin Peay State University’s towering corpse flower plant should bloom in four to six years. (APSU)
Austin Peay State University’s PELP juniors perform service work in Trinidad and Tobago
February 14, 2019
Austin Peay State University (APSU)
Clarksville, TN – Earlier this winter, when Parth Patel visited the Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago for the first time, he wasn’t expecting to find a Hindu temple tucked amid the island’s palm trees. “I’m Hindu,” Patel, an Austin Peay State University (APSU) junior, said.
“It was cool seeing the influence there because India is so far away. The temples were very traditional; one had scriptures on it, and I could understand the scriptures because they were in the same dialect,” stated Patel.
Emily Moore, a PELP junior and Austin Peay State University softball player, works with the construction supervisor at a Habitat site. (APSU)
APSU Govs Outdoors offers affordable trips to campus, community
February 13, 2019
Austin Peay State University (APSU)
Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University’s (APSU) Govs Outdoors, a program through University Recreation, offers about 10 trips every semester to members of the Foy Fitness & Recreation Center, including Austin Peay students, faculty and staff and members of the surrounding community.
Olivia Salamy, Austin Peay Govs Outdoors trip leader, led a trip in December to Indian Grave Point Caves near Lebanon, Tennessee.
APSU alumnus establishes the Emily Rawlins Allensworth Endowment in memory of his mother
February 12, 2019
Austin Peay State University (APSU)
Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University (APSU) alumnus Stephen K. Allensworth recently donated $28,000 to the APSU Foundation to honor the memory of his late mother by creating the Emily Rawlins Allensworth Endowment, an endowed scholarship program to benefit APSU students.
Emily was one of the first students to graduate from Austin Peay Normal School.
Emily Rawlins Allensworth
U.S. State Department diplomat to visit Austin Peay State University February 5th-6th
February 1, 2019
Austin Peay State University (APSU)
Clarksville, TN – This February, Austin Peay State University (APSU) students will get the rare opportunity to meet a top-level U.S. diplomat when M. André Goodfriend, director of the U.S. State Department’s Office of eDiplomacy, visits campus for a series of talks.
The Office of eDiplomacy, founded in 2003, seeks to “innovative diplomacy powered by knowledge leadership, superior customer support and collaborative technology.”
U.S. diplomat M. André Goodfriend to visit APSU Campus.
Austin Peay State University hosting Spring Graduation Gala February 26th-27th
January 28, 2019
Austin Peay State University (APSU)
Clarksville, TN – This February, the Austin Peay State University (APSU) Registrar’s Office will host the Spring 2019 Graduation Gala, and all APSU students participating in the Spring commencement ceremony are encouraged to attend this important, celebratory event from 2:00pm-5:30pm on February 26th, or from 10:00am-2:00pm on February 27th in the Morgan University Center Ballroom.
APSU Spring Graduation Gala set for February 26th-27th.
