APSU 2018: A Year in Review
Austin Peay State University (APSU)
Clarksville, TN – In 2018, Austin Peay State University (APSU) continued to make headlines as the institution unveiled its first doctoral degree program, led the state in serving military-connected students and became the fastest-growing public university in Tennessee.
Austin Peay State University Students gather in the Dunn Center for Freshman Convocation on August 24th, 2018. (Denzil Wyatt, APSU)
Clarksville’s Customs House Museum January 2019 Exhibits and Activities
Clarksville’s Customs House Museum
Clarksville, TN – The Customs House Museum and Cultural Center is located in historic downtown Clarksville, Tennessee. Come explore an entire city block featuring large gallery spaces filled with fine art, science and history.
Some of the events in January at the Museum are: Christmas Town, The Nature of Things: Alison & Frank Lyne, New to the Collection, Eric L. Hansen: The Dollhouse Series, Hands-on Activities: Winter Science and Champagne & Chocolate Fundraiser.
Christmas Town
Meet Wilf the cat, another APSU Paws to Care success story
Austin Peay State University (APSU)
Clarksville, TN – Scott Shumate thought he was going to get a cat. The IT analyst for Digital Services at Austin Peay State University’s Felix G. Woodward Library had a cat lined up last summer – his friends had a stray but weren’t allowed to have pets.
APSU student Scott Shumate adopted Wilf from Paws to Care.
Last Chance to View Exhibits at the Customs House Museum
Customs House Museum and Cultural Center
Clarksville, TN – As December comes to a close, so does some of the exhibits at the Customs House Museum amd Cultural Center. Viewers have until December 31st to take in the photography of Price Harrison and the paintings of award-winning artist Camille Engel.
Nashville-based painter Camille Engel is a self-taught artist known for her hyper-realism nature paintings. Engel works in the “indirect layering” technique of the Dutch Masters to create her art.
Eastern Red Cedar by Camille Engeln
Meet the APSU art student who created a moving cardboard chair
Austin Peay State University (APSU)
Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University (APSU) art student Jeremy Vega utters the phrase often: “I kinda went a bit overboard.”
He used a version of the phrase to describe a robot he built entirely with cardboard: “I kind of went over.”
Austin Peay State University art student Jeremy Vega.
City of Clarksville to offer Christmas tree recycling
Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department
Clarksville, TN – Beginning Wednesday, December 26th, 2018 the Clarksville Parks and Recreation Forestry Division, the Clarksville Tree Board, and the Clarksville Department of Electricity will offer Clarksville residents fresh-cut Christmas tree recycling at Heritage Park.
Clarksville Parks and Recreation urges residents to drop off trees at Heritage Park starting December 26th for recycling.
Clarksville Parks and Recreation offers New Aquatic Classes at New Providence Pool
Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department
Clarksville, TN – The Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department’s New Providence Pool, the only public indoor pool in the City of Clarksville, is open and offering new aquatic classes and event for its winter indoor season.
Aqua Cycling and Infant Swimming Resource Self-Rescue classes to be held at Clarksville Parks and Recreation’s New Providence Pool.
GIS student creates digital map of Austin Peay State University through time, not space
Austin Peay State University (APSU)
Clarksville, TN – Rachael Perkins, a first-semester geoscience student, probably knows more about Austin Peay State University (APSU) history than most people on campus.
She can tell you about William Stewart, the professor who studied meteorology before he died in 1877.
New APSU leadership society inducts large inaugural class
Austin Peay State University (APSU)
Clarksville, TN – In recent years, Austin Peay State University (APSU) has marketed itself as a training ground for future leaders, and that reputation was reinforced this fall when the University founded a new chapter of the National Society of Leadership and Success (NSLS).
Austin Peay State University’s National Society of Leadership and Success chapter has 450 APSU Students join.
Clarksville Civil War Roundtable to hold next meeting on December 19th, 2018
Clarksville Civil War Roundtable
Clarksville, TN – The next meeting of the Clarksville Civil War Roundtable will be on Wednesday, December 19th, 2018 at the Bone & Joint Center, 980 Professional Park Drive, right across the street from Tennova Heathcare. 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. Members please bring a friend or two – new recruits are always welcomed.
Ulysses S. Grant
