Hope Pregnancy Center to hold Mother Son Character Ball this Weekend
Clarksville, TN – Hope Pregnancy Center announces the first annual Mother Son Character Ball, to be held Friday and Saturday, November 8th and 9th.
Event is open to mothers, grandmothers, uncles or any female role model, and young men in grades K through 12, as well as college age. [Read more]
Austin Peay State University’s Lisa Lewis publishes tap dance textbook
Clarksville, TN – Dr. Lisa Lewis, Austin Peay State University associate professor of Health and Human Performance, has spent much of her life in a pair of tap shoes.
As a young dancer, she trained under tap legends such as Gregory and Maurice Hines and Al Gilbert, and she later traveled the country during her career as a professional dancer.
Beginning Tap Dance by Dr. Lisa Lewis
Habitat for Humanity of Montgomery County accepting applications from families in need
Clarksville, TN – Habitat for Humanity of Montgomery County Tennessee is currently accepting applications for its homeowner program.
Executive director Shelby Logsdon reminds the community that the non-profit Christian organization’s mission is to provide “a hand up, not a hand out” by partnering with qualified families to provide decent, safe, affordable housing.
Habitat for Humanity Homeownership Program
Clarksville Street Department offers Yard Debris Pick-Up Service
Clarksville, TN – Clarksville Mayor Kim McMillan encourages Clarksville residents to take advantage of a service to help keep Clarksville clean.
The Street Department is offering to pick up yard debris, leaves and limbs for Clarksville residents. [Read more]
Clarksville Weekly Market Snapshot from Frazier Allen for the week of November 3rd, 2013
Clarksville, TN – As expected, the Federal Open Market Committee did not alter the pace of asset purchases (currently $85 billion per month). The FOMC noted that “the recovery in the housing sector slowed somewhat in recent months,” but removed the phrase (from the September 18th statement that “the tightening of financial conditions observed in recent months, if sustained, could slow the pace of improvement in the economy and labor market.”
That suggests that the Fed could still begin to taper the pace of asset purchases at the December policy meeting if the economic data between now and then are strong enough (although that’s not seen as likely).
Frazier Allen
APSU Provost Lecture Series presents English professor Daniel Shea, October 31st
Clarksville, TN – An Austin Peay State University English professor will present the next session of the Provost Lecture Series this week at APSU.
Dr. Daniel Shea, APSU associate professor of English, will present at 3:00pm, Thursday, October 31st, in the Morgan University Center, Room 303. He will discuss his paper, “Time Travel by Bicycle: The Country, the City, and the Cyclist in Late-Victorian England,” which uses accounts of bicycling in Victorian novels to examine how people moved easily between antiquated rural communities and modern cities during that era’s agricultural depression.
APSU Profesor Dr. Daniel Shea
Austin Peay State University well represented at Ohio Valley History Conference
Clarksville, TN – The Austin Peay State University Department of History and Philosophy put on a strong showing at the annual Ohio Valley History Conference at Western Kentucky early this month with several faculty members giving presentations.
Austin Peay State University history faculty members participate in the Ohio Valley History Conference.
APSU professors discuss zombies at Nashville Comic-Con and Atlanta symposium
Clarksville, TN – “It would take a perfect storm to achieve a pandemic of zombie apocalypse proportion,” Dr. Amy Thompson, Austin Peay State University associate professor of biology, said during a recent talk at the Nashville Comic Con event.
Although a zombie apocalypse is purely fictional, she does think the recent zombie craze offers an opportunity to engage students in important, real-life topics, such as the 2009 H1N1 pandemic.
Dr. Antonio Thompson and Dr. Amy Thompson are spreading the word about the new scholarly book they are co-editing, “The Real World Implications of a Zombie Apocalypse.” (Photo by Beth Liggett/APSU staff)
Woodward Library Society supports APSU library
Clarksville, TN – In 2005, the Austin Peay State University Felix G. Woodward Library had around 185,000 visitors a year. Today, with a renovated lobby, new computers and study areas, a writing center and a Starbucks coffee shop, the yearly door count is around 653,000.
“Eight years ago, we had 185,000 for the whole year, and now we’re going to see 100,000 students come in this month,” Joe Weber, director of the library, said.
APSU Felix G. Woodward Library
Clarksville Parks and Recreation Report for October 27th, 2013
Clarksville, TN – The weekly Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department Recreation Report provides Clarksvillians with a glimpse at the activities and events that are available from the Parks and Recreation Department for them to enjoy together as a family.
This weeks highlights include: Handmade Holidays Vendor Deadline, Civil War Carbine Demo, Boxing Cardio, Historic Clarksville Photography Exhibit, Winter Gym Program, and the new Maternity Aerobics.
Civil War Carbine Demonstration
