APSU’s Center for Service-Learning & Community Engagement ramps up sustainability efforts with compost machine
October 25, 2017
Clarksville, TN – One of the missions of Austin Peay State University’s Center for Service-Learning & Community Engagement is to keep things local.
From its S.O.S. Food Pantry that takes donations and makes them available for needy students to its Victory Gardens and egg-producing chickens that generate fresh food, the Center has a keen interest in taking care of its own.
Director of the APSU Center for Service Learning & Community Engagement, Alexandra Wills and Student Worker, Leslie Warren demonstrate the new waste compost on campus.
Austin Peay State University student David Woods begins work on tree inventory of Clarksville campus
July 13, 2017
Clarksville, TN – There is a tree near the Browning and McCord Buildings on the campus of Austin Peay State University that has seen it all.
Over the years, the massive oak has watched Austin Peay grow from a normal school to a college to a University with over 10,000 students, all the while withstanding the passage of time — and the pounding of an F4 tornado that devastated Clarksville in 1999.
Austin Peay State University GIS Major David Woods is cataloguing all the trees on the main APSU campus.
Austin Peay’s Courtney Cousin, Colleen White receive Harold Love Outstanding Community Service Award
May 12, 2017
Clarksville, TN – When Courtney Cousin walked across the stage to accept her Bachelor in Business Administration in business marketing from Austin Peay State University in early May, it was an affirmation of her work in the classroom.
One month earlier, Cousin’s tireless work in the community was recognized as the APSU senior joined APSU biology instructor Colleen White in receiving the 2017 Tennessee Higher Education Commission Harold Love Outstanding Community Service Award.
APSU’s Courtney Cousin
Austin Peay State University students performed service work in New Orleans during winter break
January 25, 2017
Clarksville, TN – A group of Austin Peay State University students spent a week volunteering on Alternative Break Trips through the APSU Center for Service-Learning & Community Engagement at the end of the winter break.
Collectively, these students completed more than 200 hours of community service with several organizations in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Austin Peay Students worked with the New Orleans Audubon Nature Institute and volunteered with many of its branches, including the Audubon Zoo, the Aquarium of the Americas and the Audubon Center for Research of Endangered.
Austin Peay State University spotlights student community service at High Impact Practices Showcase
December 13, 2016
Clarksville, TN – The Austin Peay State University Center for Service-Learning and Community Engagement, in association with the departments of Career Services and International Education and the Office of Undergraduate Research, held a High Impact Practices (H.I.P.) Showcase on November 30th, highlighting the work of University students and professors in applying learning to real-world scenarios over the past year.
Over 150 people attended the event, which saw 30 students present their experiences in high impact practices.
Austin Peay State University held a High Impact Practices (H.I.P.) Showcase on November 30th.
APSU students complete more than 400 hours of service during fall break
October 19, 2016
Clarksville, TN – During last week’s fall break, three groups of Austin Peay State University students participated in Alternative Break Trips through the University’s Center for Service-Learning & Community Engagement. Collectively, these students completed more than 400 hours of community service.
Austin Peay State University students complete more than 400 hours of service during fall break
Austin Peay State University service-learning class teaches computer literacy to senior citizens
October 8, 2016
Clarksville, TN – Forget your cell phone, your tablet or any other mobile device, and try to imagine that you’re sitting at a desktop computer for the very first time. How do you use the mouse? What is the “F1” button for on the keyboard? How do you access the Internet?
“Technology has been pervasive in my life since kindergarten, so there’s a lot of things about computers that we take for granted,” Blake Crozier, an Austin Peay State University computer science student, said. “Things that we intuitively understand have to be taught with sensitivity to many senior citizens.”
APSU Computer Science student Blake Crozier teaches Computer Literacy to a Senior Citizen.
Austin Peay State University hosts first Freshman Service Project of the year
August 30, 2016
Clarksville, TN – When new Austin Peay State University students arrived on campus earlier this month, the APSU Center for Service-Learning and Community Engagement invited them to participate in the University’s first Freshman Service Project.
The Freshman Service Project was created to educate new students about Austin Peay’s growing emphasis on volunteering and service.
APSU students packed 10,000 meals during the first Freshman Service Project of the Year.
Austin Peay State University students spend week volunteering on alternative break trip to Ecuador
July 7, 2016
Clarksville, TN – A group of Austin Peay State University (APSU) students recently returned from Quito, Ecuador, where they spent a week volunteering with the University’s Center for Service-Learning & Community Engagement on its second international alternative break trip.
Collectively, these students completed over 200 hours of community service.
Austin Peay Students travel to Ecuador to do volunteer work.
Austin Peay State University students spend week volunteering at South Carolina animal sanctuary
June 21, 2016
Clarksville, TN – A group of Austin Peay State University students recently spent a week volunteering on an Alternative Break Trip through the University’s Center for Service-Learning & Community Engagement. Collectively, these students completed approximately 360 hours of community service.
Austin Peay Students volunteer at the South Carolina Coastal Animal Rescue & Educational Sanctuary (SC-Cares)
