The Clarksville Civil War Roundtable’s next meeting is January 18th, 2012
January 14, 2012
The 94th Meeting
Clarksville, TN – The next meeting of the Clarksville (TN) Civil War Roundtable will be on Wednesday, January 18th, 2012 at the Bone & Joint Center, 980 Professional Park Drive, right across the street from Gateway Hospital. This is just off Dunlop Lane and Holiday Drive and only a few minutes east of Governor’s Square mall. The meeting begins at 7:00pm and is always open to the public.
The meetings topic is “How Dover Tennessee Failed Public History and How Public History Failed Dover” [Read more]
New History Class to teach importance of preserving past
November 25, 2011
Clarksville, TN – Most of the papers had turned yellow and brittle. For years, they’d been hidden away in boxes inside offices in Stewart County. They were mostly old, out-dated legal documents, and since the county couldn’t afford to hire an archivist, they remained forgotten in their boxes.
Then one afternoon, Teresa Prober, a historian and history instructor at Austin Peay State University, volunteered to go through the papers. She was amazed by the historical significance of what she found.
“We found an original land grant from 1783, just sitting in a box,” she said. “We have a document with Sam Houston’s signature on it. In Stewart County.” [Read more]
Angel Tree Sign-Up
October 10, 2011
Clarksville, TN – The Salvation Army will be taking applications for its Christmas Assistance Program at 208 Kraft Street, Clarksville, for residents of Montgomery, Stewart, and Houston Counties the week of October 17th thru 21st.
Applications will be taken Monday, October 17th thru Friday, October 20th from 9:00am to 12:00pm and that same Monday thru Thursday from 1:00pm to 3:00pm. All low-income families needing toys for their children (ages birth thru 12 years) and Seniors, age 60 & over, needing food assistance may apply. [Read more]
APSU P.E. Majors help disabled with sports, fitness skills
September 29, 2011
Clarksville, TN – Service learning in the classrooms is gaining acceptance in higher education as a way for students to help the community using the knowledge learned. One class is doing just that this semester.
For 30 minutes every Friday in the Dunn Center, students in the adaptive physical education course teach basic sports and fitness skills such as throwing and catching to clients of varying disabilities in the Progressive Directions Inc. program, which provides mental retardation services in Montgomery and Stewart counties.
APSU students Ashlon Adams (left) and Brian Bourland play basketball with Dee during an adapted physical education class September 23rd in the Dunn Center. (Photo by Beth Liggett, APSU photographer)
APSU Educational Opportunity Center awarded $1.8M Grant
September 27, 2011
Clarksville, TN – The U.S. Department of Education has awarded Austin Peay State University a $1.8 million grant to continue funding the successful Educational Opportunity Center (EOC).
The EOC received funding for five years, from 2011–2016, for $373,614 per grant year. The EOC funding falls under Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 and is part of the TRiO Programs. The program is designed to assist low-income adults in entering college by helping them to overcome class, social and cultural barriers to higher education. [Read more]
APSU’s Hardin Publishes Two New Editions of Popular Education Books
September 12, 2011
Clarksville, TN – One of the most important skills an education student needs to learn before taking a job as a new teacher is how to manage a classroom properly. Without this ability, all of his or her training and good intentions will slip away in the face of unruly or uninterested students.
But as public school classrooms became more diverse in the early 1990s, a single strategy for managing students no longer seemed practical. Dr. Carlette Hardin, dean of the Austin Peay State University College of Education, decided to collect some of the best management models being practiced in classrooms across the country, and in 2004, she published her findings in a new textbook titled “Effective Classroom Management: Models and Strategies for Today’s Classrooms.” [Read more]
Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation preparing for 73rd annual membership meeting
September 12, 2011
Clarksville, TN – The 73rd annual meeting of Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation is scheduled Saturday, September 24th at Rossview High School, 1237 Rossview Road, in Clarksville.
The meeting is open to all members of CEMC. [Read more]
Water Education for Teachers Workshop
September 6, 2011
Fort Donelson National Battlefield
Dover, TN – Please join APSU staff, Fort Donelson staff, and volunteers on November 5th, from 9:00am – 3:00pm for a day filled with hands-on activities about water resources in Tennessee.
One portion of the workshop will be held at the Stewart County Visitor Center, located nearby the entrance to the national park. In the afternoon, educators will apply the information they’ve learned at Fort Donelson. [Read more]
Organizations Invited to Apply for ABC Grants to Fund Arts Activities
July 26, 2011
Clarksville, TN – The Clarksville Arts & Heritage Development Council invites organizations seeking funding for artistic and cultural projects that benefit the community to apply for an Arts Build Communities (ABC) grant.
Arts Build Communities (ABC) is a program funded by the Tennessee General Assembly and administered by the Clarksville Arts & Heritage Development Council (AHDC) in cooperation with the Tennessee Arts Commission (TAC). ABC grants offer financial support for arts projects in all disciplines such as dance, music, opera/musical theater, theater, visual arts, design arts, crafts, photography, media arts, literature, interdisciplinary, and folk arts.
August 9th is the Deadline for Tennesseans to Register with FEMA
June 30, 2011
Nashville, TN – Tennesseans who suffered losses due to severe spring weather have about six weeks remaining to apply for assistance. August 9th is the last day the Federal Emergency Management Agency will accept applications for individual assistance.
State and federal officials continue to encourage anyone with damage or other losses in the disaster-designated counties to register. “You may think you don’t need assistance, but you could later have disaster related losses,” said TEMA Director James H. Bassham “Registration with FEMA is free. It’s better to get your name in the system before the August 9th deadline. After that date, it will be too late.” [Read more]
