Junior Auxiliary of Clarksville host 4th annual Cheers for Charity – tickets on sale now
Clarksville, TN – Looking for something fun to do? How about a wine tasting with some added flair? Junior Auxiliary of Clarksville will host the 4th annual Cheers for Charity on Saturday, April 11th at the Sango Event Center. Tickets are on sale now!
Cheers for Charity is an evening of wine tasting with a little competition! Each team, consisting of two people, will bring three bottles of the same wine.
Upon check in, two bottles are bagged and numbered for tasting. The third bottle is set aside to be awarded to the winning teams. [Read more]
New APSU scholarship honors late Clarksville teacher Lynda Conner
Clarksville, TN – When Lynda Wilkerson Conner attended Austin Peay State University in the early 1960s, she had a hard time finding a place to do her student teaching. Clarksville was a small, quiet town in those days, with a population of about 22,000 people and only a handful of public schools scattered around the area.
In order to fulfill her student teaching requirement and graduate, Conner had to travel nearly an hour out of town to a rural school in Greenbriar, Tennessee.
Dr. Carlette Hardin, dean of the Martha Dickerson Eriksson College of Education, Lynda Conner (cousin with same name), APSU President Alisa White, Lawrence Conner, Larry Conner and Melynda Conner commemorate the creation of the Lynda Conner Education Scholarship for Student Teaching. (Taylor Slifko/APSU)
APSU College of Education continues to shine after 60 years of national accreditation
Clarksville, TN – Earlier this academic year, Austin Peay State University’s Martha Dickerson Eriksson College of Education was reaccredited under the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) standards, ensuring that APSU’s teacher candidates will be fully prepared to enter classrooms across the United States.
“For a school like Austin Peay, national accreditation is really important because our students go all over the country,” Dr. Carlette Hardin, dean of the Martha Dickerson Eriksson College of Education, said. “When they go to another state, it’s important that their state licensure board knows that our students came from a nationally accredited program.”
APSU graduate David Kennedy (’12). (Beth Liggett/APSU)
Austin Peay State University Department of Mathematics and Statistics places first in MAA Math Jeopardy Competition
Clarksville, TN – If the answer is “The best in the southeast,” then the question is “What is Austin Peay State University?”
The APSU Math Jeopardy team recently bested 27 other schools to take home the 2015 Mathematical Association of America (MAA) Jeopardy championship at the MAA Southeastern Section meeting, held March 12th-14th on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. [Read more]
Oasis Café Earns National Recognition for CMCSS
Montgomery County, TN – Clarksville-Montgomery County School System (CMCSS) will be among a small handful of districts nationwide to receive an honorable mention at the National School Boards Association Magna Awards ceremony this week.
CMCSS joined four other districts in Georgia, California, South Carolina and Louisiana in being honored for “taking bold and innovative steps to improve the lives of their students and their communities.”
Two students participating in the Oasis Café program met with State Education Commissioner Candice McQueen and CMC School Board Chairman Jimmie Garland. (CMCSS)
APSU engineering tech department working with STEM classrooms
Clarksville, TN – On a gray January afternoon, Ihab Habib, Austin Peay State University associate professor of construction engineering technology, traveled to Nashville to inspect an elaborate waterslide. The slide’s designers—fifth grade students at Croft Middle School—crowded around Habib, eager to explain the intricacies of their project.
“It was exciting for the students to design different slide structures and compete among one another,” Habib said. [Read more]
Montgomery County Health Department Receives Recognition
Montgomery County – The Montgomery County Health Department has earned Level 1 Recognition in the annual Excellence in Tennessee recognition program administered by the Tennessee Center for Performance Excellence (TNCPE).
TNCPE is Tennessee’s only statewide quality program and is patterned on the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program, the national standard for recognizing performance excellence through innovation, improvement, and visionary leadership. [Read more]
Austin Peay State University professor of biology Dr. Amy Thompson named to ASCP’s 40 Under 40
Clarksville, TN – Bitten by a spider while shaking out a towel on one sunny afternoon, Austin Peay State University assistant professor of biology Dr. Amy Thompson did the first logical thing after an encounter with an eight-legged pest – she buried her nose in a book.
“At first, I thought it was a bee sting, but then I noticed the spider scurrying off,” Thompson said. “So being an academic, I was like, ‘oh gosh, I have to find out more about this spider.’”
Dr. Amy Thompson, professor of biology at Austin Peay State University.
ClarksVillain Roller Girls hosts West Kentucky Rockin’ Rollers this Saturday, March 14th
Revenge of the Nerds: a Pi Day Bout
Clarksville, TN – The ClarksVillain Roller are serving up more than their usual hard hits on the track this Saturday; its National Pi Day (3.14) so come on out for a slice of pie at the concession stand, and your chance to pie your favorite derby girl in the face during half time!
In their “Revenege of the Nerds” bout Saturday, March 14th the ClarkVillains will take on the West Kentucky Rockin’ Rollers at the Clarksville Speedway.
Austin Peay’s 21st Annual Governors Bass Tournament set for May 16th
Clarksville, TN – As final remnants of last week’s snow and ice storm quickly melt away and temperatures rise into the 60s, it is a reminder the 21st annual Austin Peay State University Governors Bass Tournament is just around the corner.
This year’s edition will be held Saturday, May 16th, at Kentucky Lake, with registration and boat launching from Paris Landing, Tennessee, State Park. Last season’s tourney drew 227 boats.
Boats heading out at the start of last years Governors Bass Tournament.
