Austin Peay State University to participate in joint Veterans Day program
Clarksville, TN – All U.S. veterans – including those fallen during war, prisoners of war and missing in action – will be honored during a joint Veterans Day ceremony on November 8th at Fort Campbell, KY.
Austin Peay State University is one of several postsecondary institutions participating in the program, which will be held at 11:00am, Tuesday, November 8th in the auditorium of the Glenn English Army Education Center. The event is free and open to the public. [Read more]
Cattle donation allows APSU Agriculture Department to expand offerings
Clarksville, TN – In August of 2010, the Austin Peay State University Department of Agriculture had the unfortunate designation as being both a small and growing program within the University. Its student population had increased by about 20 percent in two years, but the department only had three full-time faculty members.
“We needed an additional faculty member to help us teach the increase in students, but late that summer, I was getting word we might not get a new position,” Dr. Donald Sudbrink, chair of the APSU Department of Agriculture, said. “Then we received this wonderful donation, and so many positive things happened in rapid succession. It was a game changer for us.”
Chad Pugh, with the APSU Department of Agriculture, gives visitors a tour of the University’s Environmental Education Center, or APSU Farm, during last week’s Preserving the Pride Celebration. (Photo by Beth Liggett/APSU Public Relations and Marketing).
November Chamber of Commerce Events
Clarksville, TN – The Clarksville Area Chamber of Commerce announces upcoming events during the month of November.
On Saturday, November 5th, at 7:30am, The Chamber’s Military Affairs Committee will host the 19th Annual Veterans Day Breakfast at APSU’s Morgan University Center. The cost is $12.00 and will include a buffet style breakfast and a salute to our Veterans. Major General James C. McConville will serve as the keynote speaker for this year’s breakfast. For more information contact Yvonne Pickering at 931.245.4340 or yvonnep@clarksville.tn.us. [Read more]
Ceremony to honor Joel Plummer planned
Montgomery County, TN – State Senator Tim Barnes has announced that Montgomery County officials will hold an unveiling ceremony for the Joel Plummer Memorial highway on Friday, November 4th, commemorating the life of a public servant who made Montgomery County his home and his life.
Plummer was born in Montromery County where he lived his entire life. After serving in the U.S Navy during the Korean War, he returned home and was appointed deputy sheriff at the age of 22. Joel Plummer was eventually elected Sheriff of Montgomery County, was Montgomery County Trustee, Montgomery County Executive (now County Mayor) and was Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Safety from 1975-1979. [Read more]
APSU launches new Pave the Way campaign
Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University has launched the new Pave the Way campaign, allowing individuals to purchase a brick paver as a lasting tribute to someone – all while supporting the University.
The personalized brick pavers will be placed along the walkway between the Marks Building and Blount Hall on the main campus. [Read more]
Inspect a Career Day at Miller-Motte Technical College
Clarksville, TN – High School students getting ready for their future and adults wanting to change their careers will get the opportunity to “inspect” a career at Miller-Motte on Saturday, November 5th, 2011.
Miller-Motte will open its doors at 10:00am with faculty and staff answering questions and demonstrating skills used in careers available after finishing one of the programs offered at Miller-Motte Technical College. [Read more]
City of Clarksville announces Fall Debris Clean Up 2011
Clarksville, TN – Mayor Kim McMillan has announced that the city of Clarksville Street Department will begin picking up yard debris, leaves and limbs, November 1st-November 27th, 2011.
Yard debris, such as leaves must be placed in biodegradable paper bags or cardboard boxes and placed near the street. [Read more]
APSU History Professor contributes to new scholarly work on Israel
Clarksville, TN – Early in the morning on May 31st, 2010, a group of Israeli commandos boarded a Turkish ship in the Mediterranean Sea, filled with pro-Palestinian activists. The boat was part of an aid-flotilla, seeking to break the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip. The commandoes planned to bring the ship into the nearby port of Ashdod, but a scuffle soon broke out between the soldiers and the passengers. When the shooting stopped, nine activists were dead and several soldiers were wounded.
The incident sparked an international crisis, with media outlets across the globe picking up the story. Dr. Christos Frentzos, an Austin Peay State University associate professor of history, watched the ongoing news coverage from a unique vantage point. He was in Israel during those tumultuous days as part of a counterterrorism fellowship, sponsored by the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies. [Read more]
12th Annual Halloween “Candy Buy Back” to support area charities in Clarksville-Montgomery County
Clarksville, TN – Clarksville Dental Center (CDC) is holding its 12th annual “Candy Buy Back”. The doctors say the reasons are many, in addition to the fact that one never knows exactly what is in your child’s bag.”All that sugar hurts the child’s teeth and puts on body weight as well” says Dr. Edington.
The doctors at CDC are offering $1.00 per pound of candy, and they will match that dollar with another dollar to be donated to a Clarksville/Montgomery County charity.
Clarksville Dental Center's Candy Buy Back
Austin Peay Athletics shows steady progress in latest NCAA Graduation success report
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Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University’s athletics department received its annual NCAA graduation success rate report, which included the current federal graduation rates for each of the department’s 13 sports.
According to the NCAA’s graduation success rate (GSR), Austin Peay graduated 73 percent of its student-athletes who entered college in 2001, improving on its percentage from the previous year (71 percent). It is the third consecutive year Austin Peay has shown improvement in its graduation-success rate. [Read more]
