This Week at APSU: Austin Peay State University offers free Art + Design Day for aspiring Art Students
Clarksville, TN – On Saturday, February 15th, 2020 the Austin Peay State University (APSU) Department of Art + Design will host its annual College Art + Design Day for high school students at 9:00am-3:00pm in the Art + Design Building.
Austin Peay State University Department of Art + Design to hold College Art + Design Day for high school students on February 15th. (APSU)
APSU’s Di Paolo Harrison looks at femicide for sixth scholarly book
Clarksville, TN – Last year, The Wall Street Journal published a disturbing article with the headline, “Women in Latin America Are Being Murdered at Record Rates.” In the piece, journalist Juan Forero explained that “Women die disproportionately at the hands of men throughout much of Latin America.”
Austin Peay State University professor Di Paolo Harrison. (APSU)
APSU College of Business offers free 2020 tax prep to qualifying individuals
Clarksville, TN – No matter how painful it is, everyone has to file their federal income taxes. Even Benjamin Franklin commented on this quasi law of nature when he wrote, “in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.”
Austin Peay State University business students during a previous VITA class. (APSU)
APSU Public Relations and Marketing wins five awards for excellence
Clarksville, TN – The Austin Peay State University (APSU) Office of Public Relations and Marketing was recently honored for its work by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) – Southeast District III, winning five awards.
The awards were announced in January and will be awarded at the 2020 CASE III annual conference February 9th-12th in Orlando, Florida.
A screen capture of Austin Peay State University’s silver medal-winning GovLife profile of Mallory Fundora. (APSU)
This Week at APSU: Science on Tap, AP Day, Jiha Moon
Clarksville, TN – “I’m about to ruin ‘Finding Nemo’ for you.” That’s the warning Austin Peay State University (APSU) biology professor Dr. Mollie Cashner had while sharing a sneak peek at February 4th’s Science on Tap presentation: “The Weird, Wonderful World of Animal Sex.”
Clownfish are a good example of just how weird sex can be in the animal world. (Danny de Bruyne/FreeImages)
Clarksville’s new Korean language instructor Soseul Park
Clarksville, TN – When Soseul Park first arrived in Mexico, she didn’t expect to hear so much Korean popular music – or K-pop – on the radio. Songs by BTS and Red Velvet – songs she heard all the time back home in Busan, South Korea – kept following her through the Latin American nation, and whenever she met someone new, they usually wanted to talk about their favorite K-pop bands.
Soseul Park
Austin Peay State University’s Science on Tap to explore “Weird, Wonderful World of Animal Sex”
Clarksville, TN – “I’m about to ruin ‘Finding Nemo’ for you.” That’s the warning Austin Peay State University (APSU) biology professor Dr. Mollie Cashner had while sharing a sneak peek at February 4th’s Science on Tap presentation: “The Weird, Wonderful World of Animal Sex.”
Clownfish are a good example of just how weird sex can be in the animal world. (Danny de Bruyne/FreeImages)
Meet Greta Hollar: APSU alumna, blogger, social media influencer
Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University (APSU) alumna Greta Hollar has made a career of connecting to others by sharing her unique experiences online. Through her travel and style blog and her vibrant social media presence, she expresses her fresh take on current trends, lifestyle tips and travel.
Greta Hollar earned an M.A. in corporate communication from Austin Peay State University. (APSU)
APSU mathematics students serve and learn in Jamaica during winter break
Clarksville, TN – On a brutally humid afternoon in May Pen, Jamaica, Austin Peay State University (APSU) student Sara Grey went missing. One minute, she was following Dr. Jackie Vogel, APSU professor of mathematics, up a dark stairwell in one of the city’s poorest schools, and the next minute she was gone.
“I turned and said, ‘Where’s Sara?’” Vogel recalled.
Austin Peay State University students in Jamaica. (APSU)
CTS to put Three New Buses into Service
Clarksville Transit System rolls out more fuel-efficient Hybrid Vehicles
Clarksville, TN – The Clarksville Transit Service will place three new hybrid buses into service on February 1st, 2020 continuing a trend of updating the fleet with more modern and fuel-efficient vehicles.
These new buses replace three others that were more than 13 years old and had more than
2 million miles, collectively, on them.
Clarksville Transit System has added three new fuel-efficient hybrid buses to its fleet, replacing three high-mileage conventional fuel vehicles. Mayor Joe Pitts joined CTS Director Paul Nelson and some CTS staff members Wednesday for a tour of the new vehicles.
