Three Austin Peay graduates picked for coveted Japanese exchange program
June 11, 2019
Clarksville, TN – Recent Austin Peay State University (APSU) history graduate Justin Randall was home alone when the email alert popped on his screen. “I opened it up, and I just got really excited,” he said. “Actually, the neighbor called the cops because they thought I was getting murdered.”
APSU staffer, alumna to go to Japan to teach English
June 24, 2010
An Austin Peay State University staff member and alumna who pursued study-abroad courses as a student is leaving APSU to teach English as a second language in the Japanese Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program.
Brie Vogt (’09), who has worked in the Office of International Education since March 2008, will move to Bunga Takada, a city of less than 20,000 people next to the sea in Japan’s Oita Prefecture. She will relocate there at the end of the summer.
“I’ve been researching a lot of wonderful things about Japan and look forward to my new adventure,” Vogt said. [Read more]