BAND Foundation donates $100,000 to Austin Peay State University Southeastern Grasslands Initiative
October 5, 2018
Austin Peay State University (APSU)
Clarksville, TN – The BAND Foundation of Washington, D.C., recently donated $100,000 to the Austin Peay State University Foundation as a contribution for the ongoing effort to fund the Southeastern Grasslands Initiative (SGI) at APSU.
BAND also issued a dollar-for-dollar challenge gift to SGI, agreeing to match up to $250,000 of funds raised through the end of 2019.
APSU Associate Professor of Biology, Dr. Dwayne Estes, leads a tour through Baker Prairie Natural Area.
APSU Industry Summit inspires local leaders to envision the future
October 4, 2018
Austin Peay State University (APSU)
Clarksville, TN – Frank Tate, executive director of the Clarksville-Montgomery County Industrial Development Board, knows how to brag. If you’re going to make a bold statement, you’d better be able to back it up. On Wednesday morning, during the Alignment of Community and Education Industry Summit, hosted by Austin Peay State University’s College of STEM, he told a packed audience of local business, civic and educational leaders that Clarksville-Montgomery County is the best place in all of Tennessee to live, work, play and thrive. In his words, it’s “ideal.”
Austin Peay State University President Alisa White and Clarksville Mayor Kim McMillan talk before the summit.
Austin Peay’s Tower Club commemorates 60 years of support to the University
October 2, 2018
Austin Peay State University (APSU)
Clarksville, TN – The Austin Peay State University (APSU) Office of University Advancement hosted more than 200 guests at the APSU farm on Friday, September 21st, 2018 for the 60th Annual Tower Club Dinner.
60th Annual Tower Club Dinner was held Friday at the APSU Farm.
APSU Board of Trustees approves new Military Family Resource Center
September 17, 2018
Austin Peay State University
Clarksville, TN – On Friday, September 14th, 2018 Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam, who will leave office when his term ends later this fall, visited Austin Peay State University, and he asked the school’s Board of Trustees what he should tell his successor about the University. Don Jenkins, a trustee, immediately mentioned Austin Peay’s military focus.
“This is a very military-friendly town, but it’s an incredibly military-friendly college,” he said.
Austin Peay State University President Alisa White and Board Chair Mike O’Malley present Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam with an APSU hat.
APSU names retired Brigadier General Scott Brower as inaugural military adviser in residence
September 16, 2018
Austin Peay State University
Clarksville, TN – On September 1st, 2018 retired Brigadier General Scott E. Brower, former deputy commanding general of the 101st Airborne Division, joined Austin Peay State University’s (APSU) senior leadership team as the institution’s first military adviser in residence.
In this new role, Brower will advise the APSU leadership team on how the University can better serve its military students and help the University optimize the process of recruiting, enrolling and graduating military-connected students.
Austin Peay State University names retired Brigadier General Scott E. Brower as APSU’s first military adviser in residence.
Austin Peay State University Advancement to host 60th Annual Tower Club Dinner on September 21st
September 13, 2018
Austin Peay State University ( APSU )
Clarksville, TN – The Austin Peay State University Office of University Advancement will host the 60th Annual Tower Club Dinner at 6:00pm Friday, September 21st, 2018 at the APSU Farm, 1991 Pickens Road in Clarksville.
Attendees will include Tower Club members and their guests. The cost of dinner will be included as a benefit of membership. In honor of the 60th Anniversary of the Tower Club, current members may invite potential new members to attend at no cost.
APSU University Advancement assistant vice president Kris Phillips.
Coca-Cola Bottling Works of Tullahoma, Inc. endows scholarship at APSU
September 8, 2018
Austin Peay State University
Clarksville, TN – Coca-Cola Bottling Works of Tullahoma, Inc. recently pledged $25,000 to the Austin Peay State University Foundation to establish an endowed scholarship program benefiting APSU students.
The agreement was finalized in July 2018. Coca-Cola will present the University with a check for the endowment during the halftime program of the APSU football game at 6:00pm on September 8th at Fortera Stadium.
Coca-Cola Bottling Works of Tullahoma, Inc. establishes a scholarship program for APSU Students.
Hageman Estate gives more than $600,000 to APSU programs in Biology Department
September 4, 2018
Austin Peay State University (APSU)
Clarksville, TN – Dr. Ben Stone, Austin Peay State University emeritus professor, grew up the second youngest of seven children, so his interests in biology and education didn’t often make it into the family’s crowded, dinner table conversations.
“In 1953, there wasn’t much encouragement from my family to go to college,” he said.
The late John and Hilda Hageman believed in education and the mission of Austin Peay State University.
APSU’s first dog, Yahtzee, known as “cuddler” and “sock stealer”
August 30, 2018
Austin Peay State University
Clarksville, TN – A sock recently went missing inside Archwood, the historic house where Austin Peay State University’s president lives.
The missing garment belonged to Elliott Herzlich, husband of APSU President Alisa White, and the couple decided not to call campus police because they immediately identified a suspect – Yahtzee, the first dog of Austin Peay.
Yahtzee chases a ball.
City of Clarksville to open BCycle station at APSU
August 28, 2018
City of Clarksville
Clarksville, TN – The City of Clarksville and Austin Peay State University are partnering to open a Clarksville BCycle station on campus and offer currently enrolled APSU students free annual bike-share memberships.
Thanks to an award-winning “Great Green Idea” by former SGA President Frank Burns, the support of the Student Government Association and the Sustainable Campus Fee Committee, a new station with 10 BCycles has been installed at the Foy Recreation Center.
Gleaming new BCycles, customized with special APSU graphics, stand ready for use at the new Clarksville BCycle station near APSU’s Foy Recreation Center. The station will be dedicated Thursday.
