This Week at APSU: Art + Design Faculty Triennial exhibition wraps up this week
October 19, 2020
Clarksville, TN – The Austin Peay State University (APSU) Art + Design Faculty Triennial runs through October 23rd, 2020.
The triennial showcases the artwork of our dedicated and talented APSU Art + Design faculty.
360º video allows online virtual walk through of Austin Peay State University’s Art + Design Faculty Triennial. (APSU)
This Week at APSU: Halloween Concert to spook Austin Peay State University Campus on Tuesday
October 28, 2019
Clarksville, TN – The Austin Peay State University (APSU) Department of Music will host its 35th annual Percussion Ensemble Halloween Concert at 6:00pm and 8:00pm Tuesday, October 29th, 2019 at the Mabry Concert Hall.
The Austin Peay annual Percussion Ensemble Halloween Concert is at 6:00pm and 8:00pm Tuesday, October 29th. (APSU)
Austin Peay State University commemorating Women’s Suffrage anniversary with year of Special Events
September 4, 2019
Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University (APSU) is celebrating the anniversary of Women’s Suffrage with a year of special events.
On the unbearable hot morning of August 26th, 1920, anyone fanning themselves with that day’s Nashville Tennessean newspaper saw a frontpage photo of Gov. A. H. Roberts signing the state’s passage of the 19th Amendment.
A model of the proposed Clarksville statue honoring the 19th amendment.
10 APSU students graduate from inaugural Foundations of Minority Leadership program
April 24, 2019
Austin Peay State University (APSU)
Clarksville, TN – This January, Austin Peay State University (APSU) unveiled a new leadership course designed specifically for African American men in the Achievers and Scholars Mentoring Initiative on campus, and on April 23rd, 2019 the University honored the first 10 graduates of the course during a special ceremony in the APSU Wilbur N. Daniel African American Cultural Center.
Austin Peay State University has 10 students graduate from Foundations of Minority Leadership program. (APSU)
APSU graduate student Celeste Malone lands highly competitive Twitter editorial internship
March 30, 2018
Clarksville, TN – Since 2009, Celeste Malone has been an active Twitter user. From watching live broadcasts to simply tweeting, there is always something for her to explore.
This summer, the APSU Communication graduate student will be using her Twitter and news reporting skills for Periscope — Twitter subsidiary — as an editorial intern in San Francisco, California. She was selected out of 65,000 applications for the position.
Celeste Malone
Austin Peay State Univesity “Achievers and Scholars” attend Knoxville conference
February 20, 2018
Clarksville, TN – Within the Wilbur N. Daniel African American Cultural Center at Austin Peay State University, located in Clement 120, a select group of African-American undergraduate students participate in a mentoring program called the Achievers and Scholars Initiative.
The purpose of this program is to ensure the academic and personal success of African-American males, while increasing the University’s retention and graduation rates for this student population.
Austin Peay Students attend 13th Annual Black Issues Conference at the University of Tennessee.
APSU Department of History to host talk, symposium on Clarksville, African-Americans and the Civil War on October 27th-28th
October 19, 2017
Clarksville, TN – Upon issuing the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, more than three million slaves in Confederate areas were recognized as free by the Union.
The Union army wasted little time recruiting those newly freed men into service, with some 1,800 Clarksville residents answering the call, joining the Union army as members of the United States Colored Troops (USCT) in ceremonies on the Clarksville public square.
Austin Peay assistant professor of history Dr. Kelly Jones.
“Ain’t I a Woman!” to headline Asanbe Diversity Symposium at Austin Peay State University on March 16th
March 2, 2017
Clarksville, TN – Slated for next month at Austin Peay State University, The Asanbe Diversity Symposium will spotlight the lives of four powerful African American women with a performance of “Ain’t I a Woman!” by nationally acclaimed performance group, The Core Ensemble.
The performance takes place on March 16th at 1:00pm in the Trahern Theatre. A panel discussion will take place at 2:30pm in the Wilbur N. Daniel African-American Cultural Center. The Asanbe Diversity Symposium is free and open to the public.
Austin Peay State University Trahern Building. (APSU)
Marcelius Braxton hired as new director of APSU’s Wilbur N. Daniel African American Cultural Center
July 1, 2016
Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University has hired Marcelius Braxton as the new director for the APSU Wilbur N. Daniel African American Cultural Center effective July 1st.
Braxton previously worked at Missouri University of Science and Technology, where he served as a student service coordinator for the University’s Student Diversity, Outreach and Women’s Programs (SDOWP).
Marcelius Braxton
Noted novelist, activist Marnie Mueller to speak at APSU’s Asanbe Diversity Symposium
March 20, 2016
Clarksville, TN – The path that Marnie Mueller would forge during her career was, in many ways, foreshadowed by the circumstances that led to the first moments of her life.
Born to Caucasian American parents during World War II, Mueller nonetheless was born behind the barbed wire fences of a Northern California segregation camp designed to keep Japanese Americans contained during the war effort.
Marnie Mueller to give lecture “The Color of Citizenship: The Impact of the Japanese American Internment During WWII—Then and Now” at APSU’s Asanbe Diversity Symposium, March 24th.
