Mason Rudolph Golf Course and practice facility to host Nike Golf “Demo Day”
Clarksville, TN – Golfers in the Clarksville, Fort Campbell area who want to play their best golf, might want to visit the Mason Rudolph Golf Course and practice facility this weekend, as representatives from Nike Golf will host a “demo day” to showcase their new clubs for 2012. [Read more]
Clarksville Downtown Market opens it’s 2012 Season May 19th
Clarksville, TN – The Clarksville Downtown Market will open it’s season May 19th from 8:00am to 1:00pm. More local vendors than ever have signed on so this will be our biggest year yet!
The market will be open every Saturday from May 19th to October 20th, 2012
This year, the market will offer several different produce vendors with fresh local fruits and vegetables to plenty of baked goods and local honey. [Read more]
Customs House Museum to hold Open House Saturday to celebrate reopening of the 1898 Building
Clarksville, TN – On Saturday, April 28th, the Customs House Museum and Cultural Center reopens the 1898 building after months of renovation with an Open House event! All galleries, including the Explorer’s Gallery, will be accessible. Everyone is invited to come out and see the changes.
Customs House Museum and Cultural Center
APSU awards two top student honors at 2012 Honors and Awards Day ceremony
Clarksville, TN – Two Austin Peay State University students who have been involved with various activities surrounding the mathematics received the two top student awards during APSU’s annual Academic Honors and Awards Day ceremony, held Tuesday, April 24th.
Kathryn L. Mattingly was named the recipient of the William McClure Drane Award, and Kaci Robertson received the Harvill-Civitan Citizenship Award. [Read more]
Fort Defiance Interpretive Center to have Abraham Lincoln over
Clarksville, TN – A meet and greet with an Abraham Lincoln impersonator is planned for 2:00pm Saturday, May 12th, 2012, at the Fort Defiance Civil War Park and Interpretive Center, located at 120 Duncan Street.
The event will feature Mr. Whit McMahan as President Abraham Lincoln, and will include a brief speech. Visitors to the event are encouraged to bring their own blankets and chairs.
For a more information, please visit www.fortdefianceclarksville.com or call 931.472.3351.
APSU Employees note their various accomplishments
Austin Peay State University
Clarksville, TN – Several faculty and staff members at Austin Peay State University announce their recent professional and scholarly activities.
Philip Voorhees became president of the Tennessee Association on Higher Education and Disability during the organization’s annual conference on April 13th.
Lynette Taylor, Martin Golson and Philip Voorhees recently were awarded a TBR Diversity Access Grant for serving at-risk students. [Read more]
Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department and YMCA introduce new Yoga in the Park series
Clarksville, TN – The Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department and the Clarksville YMCA are teaming up for a new fitness series this spring and summer.
The 6-week Yoga in the Park series will begin May 16th at McGregor Park, located at 640 North Riverside Drive. [Read more]
Robert Penn Warren and the High School Connection
Robert Penn Warren
Clarksville, TN – Ask the average college-bound high school student who Robert Penn Warren is and you might hear that the student has no idea that he was a writer.
Most probably the student wouldn’t be able to tell you that Warren was a graduate of Clarksville High School in 1921 or that he was born in Guthrie, Kentucky.
Even fewer would know that he is uniquely the winner of three Pulitzer Prizes, one for fiction and two for poetry; no other Pulitzer Prize winner can claim this accolade. [Read more]
APSU to graduate record 1,000-plus students May 4th
Austin Peay State University
Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University will award degrees to 1,075 students – the largest class in APSU history – during its 83rd Spring Commencement on Friday, May 4th in the Dunn Center.
More students are graduating from APSU because of the University’s increased efforts to offer students more opportunities to finish their degrees faster. One of those opportunities is APSU’s new Winter Term, which launched in December 2011. Some of the students will be able to graduate May 4th because they took a course during Winter Term. [Read more]
Clarksville Marina’s Next Phase is under way
Clarksville, TN – Clarksville Mayor Kim McMillan is announcing two new developments toward the opening of Clarksville’s Marina at Liberty Park.
“The developer, Cumberland River, LLC, began mobilizing the slips this week with the first shipment arriving today. As we’ve previously discussed, they are being assembled off-site and are then brought in for installation. The installation process is now underway. This is an important step as we move ever closer to being able to fully use the marina,” Mayor McMillan said. [Read more]
