Tennessee Governor Bill Lee, Commissioner Bob Rolfe announce Amazon to Create 500 New Jobs in Clarksville
August 18, 2021
Amazon’s fourth fulfillment center project in Tennessee in roughly 18 months
Nashville, TN – Tennessee Governor Bill Lee, Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Bob Rolfe, and Amazon officials announced today that the company will establish a new, state-of-the-art fulfillment center in Clarksville.
Austin Peay State University faculty edits Diary that provides glimpse of Clarksville during Civil War
August 5, 2020
Clarksville, TN – In the mid-1980s, an old store ledger was found inside a local smokehouse. At first glance, it seemed like little more than trash, but then someone opened the yellowed, water-stained pages and read surreal accounts of Clarksville during the Civil War.
“Clarksville is almost depopulated,” the ledger recorded. “All the escaped soldiers have been ordered to the main army via Clarksville before the Yankees get in. I ripped the stripes off a young man’s coat over at Uncle W’m’s this evening that he might not be detected on his journey. Once I enjoyed sewing them, but now I take them off as willingly.”
Austin Peay State University professor of history Dr. Minoa Uffelman holds the Diary of Serepta Jordan. (APSU)
Austin Peay State University College of Science and Mathematics renamed College of STEM
June 30, 2017
Clarksville, TN – In the next decade, analysts predict that Amazon, Apple, Google or Tesla will become the world’s first trillion-dollar, publicly traded company.
The astounding growth of these companies—Barclays predicts Amazon will triple its revenue by 2027—is leading many to argue that America’s economic future has become dependent on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) education.
Austin Peay State University Chemistry Class. (APSU)
APSU Career Services welcomes Amazon to Campus
October 25, 2016
Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University’s Office of Career Services welcomed Amazon to campus in September 2016. The University was among the first 12 schools from across the country selected to participate in Amazon’s new Warrior Ambassador Program.
Through this program, the company’s Warrior Ambassadors (military veterans that work at Amazon) will visit the veteran centers and career centers at universities located near Amazon fulfillment centers across the nation.
The campus of Austin Peay State University. (APSU)
Altra Federal Credit Union hosts Teens and Money Seminar on April 11th, 2015
March 21, 2015
Clarksville, TN – Altra Federal Credit Union will host a free Teens and Money Seminar for high school students on Saturday, April 11th from 10:00am – 12:00pm at their Madison St. branch located at 1600 Madison Street, Clarksville, TN 37043.
“This is a great way to learn valuable financial skills for the future,” said Cheryl Dutton, Vice President of Marketing for Altra Federal Credit Union. [Read more]
Geek The Library Campaign kicks off at Clarksville-Montgomery County Public Library
October 28, 2014
Clarksville, TN – The Clarksville-Montgomery County Public Library is kicking off our “Geek the Library” campaign to raise awareness about the importance of your local library. Get ready to add a new verb to your vocabulary—“geek.”
Everyone is passionate about something—whether it’s superheroes, art or composting. What you love is what you “geek.” Here at the library, we geek serving others, providing free books, movies, music, and children’s services to our community, and encouraging life-long learning both through our physical collection and in the virtual world through online resources–just to name a few things. [Read more]
APSU’s new course suggestion tool gains national spotlight in higher education
April 20, 2011
Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University has gained national attention in the higher education circle with the launch of its new Course Recommendation System, which helps to pair a student with courses that best fit his/her talents and program of study.
The Chronicle of Higher Education, a Washington, D.C.-based weekly publication of news and information for college and university faculty members and administrators, featured APSU’s new tool in its April 10th, 2011 issue. The article is titled “The Netflix Effect: When Software Suggests Students’ Courses.” [Read more]
APSU develops course suggestion tool similar to Netflix, Amazon
April 13, 2011
Clarksville, TN – If you’ve been online lately, then perhaps you have bought a book recommended to you by Amazon, watched a movie that Netflix suggested that you would enjoy or listened to music selected for you by Pandora.
In a similar vein, as part of a commitment to student success, Austin Peay State University has created a Course Recommendation System that helps pair a student with courses that best fit his/her talents and program of study. [Read more]
