APSU alumni to share experiences with students at 2013 Career Networking Event

Austin Peay State University

Clarksville, TN – Many successful alumni will return to Austin Peay State University in February to spend time with students about to enter the work force.

The 2013 Career Networking Event will be from 9:00am-1:00pm, Wednesday, February 20th in the Morgan University Center Ballroom. [Read more]

First Thursday Art Walk in Downtown Clarksville December 6th

Clarksville, TN – Produced by The Downtown Clarksville Association, First Thursday Art Walk is a free, self-guided tour spanning a five block radius that combines visual art, live music, engaging events and more in the heart of Downtown Clarksville.

With 10+ venues, bars and businesses participating each month, the First Thursday Art Walk in Clarksville is the ultimate opportunity to savor and support local creative talent.

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APSU makes impression at Tennessee Academy of Science’s Centennial Meeting

Austin Peay State University

Clarksville, TN – Earlier this month, a group of Austin Peay State University students and faculty members traveled to Vanderbilt University and made an impressive showing at the Tennessee Academy of Science’s Centennial Meeting.

During that meeting, which celebrated the 100th gathering of the state’s top scientific and mathematical minds, several members of the APSU community were recognized for their outstanding work. In the math and computer science competition of the meeting, chaired by APSU associate professor of mathematics Dr. Ben Ntatin, APSU students placed first and second in oral presentations of their research. [Read more]

APSU introduces My Future to work with Degree Compass

Clarksville, TN – This week and next, students at Austin Peay State University are registering for their spring semester courses, and many of them are using the Degree Compass course recommendation tool to help them decide which courses to take.

Now, there is another computerized planning tool that works with Degree Compass. Called My Future, the new program suggests which majors are the best fit for each student’s academic talents. [Read more]

APSU faculty and students attend National Science Foundation workshop in Knoxville Tennessee

Austin Peay State University

Clarksville, TN – Scientists in all fields often face the challenge of explaining to the public why their research is important. Scientific jargon and technical terms often bog down interviews and simple conversations, occasionally leaving people more confused than when they started listening to these individuals.

On November 7th, a group of Austin Peay State University faculty members and students traveled to Knoxville for a National Science Foundation workshop that addressed this exact problem. [Read more]

APSU Creative Writing Club hosting Playfest at Roxy Regional Theater November 28th

Austin Peay State University

Clarksville, TN – At 7:00pm on November 28th, a group of Austin Peay State University students will showcase their creative writing skills as dramatists with the inaugural Playfest event at the Roxy Regional Theater.

The evening will feature eight plays, around 10 minutes each, by student members of the APSU Creative Writing Club (CWC).

“The plays are novice in nature, but I think that’s quite refreshing,” club member Renee Ramsey said. “There’s a certain beauty that comes with the amateur level, and we guarantee you’ll see something you’ve never seen before.” [Read more]

New service-learning class providing language help for APSU students and local Hispanic community

Clarksville, TN – On a recent Tuesday night, a group of Austin Peay State University students gathered inside a local church – Iglesia Casa de Restauracion. About half of the students went into a makeshift classroom to help adult members of the Clarksville Hispanic community learn English.

At the end of the 45-minute lesson, those Hispanic students then became the teachers, helping the APSU students with their Spanish skills.

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Austin Peay State University opens Theatre and Dance Season November 14th with Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night

Clarksville, TN – There’s a small book on Darren Michael’s desk filled with black and white images of shorthaired flappers and young jazz musicians from the 1920s. Earlier in the semester, the Austin Peay State University associate professor of theater flipped through the book to find the right look for his new adaptation of William Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night.”

“We’re setting it in the late 1920s in the coastal Carolina and Florida area,” he said. “There’s a lot of art deco going on. There will be a lot of early blues and early jazz music playing through it. It’s a lot of fun.” [Read more]

APSU Physics Students send high altitude balloon into stratosphere

Clarksville, TN – On a recent Tuesday afternoon, a farmer in rural Scottsville, KY, spotted a strange, shimmering object in one of his fields. He wasn’t quite sure what to make of it. It appeared to be nothing more than a Styrofoam beer cooler, wrapped in aluminum foil, with a parachute attached to it.

“What in the world is this?” he reportedly said. Another man with him said it looked like a weather balloon, so the farmer picked up the unusual box and took it back to his garage. The next morning, as he drove down a nearby highway, he happened upon a group of Austin Peay State University students wading through the weeds and tall grass along the side of the road.

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Madison Street United Methodist Church to hold Pops Concert October 26th

Clarksville, TN – The Madison Street United Methodist Church Pops Concert will be held on Friday, October 26th, 2012, at 7:00pm

The Concert features The Madison Street Chancel Choir, VocalEase from Austin Peay State University and The Clarksville Youth Chamber Choir.

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