Marquis Hill Blacktet headlines 56th Mid-South Jazz Festival at Austin Peay State University
March 28, 2017
Clarksville, TN – The 56th Annual Mid-South Jazz Festival at APSU will be headlined by Virtuoso trumpeter Marquis Hill and the Marquis Hill Blacktet.
Held in collaboration with the Clarksville Community Concert Association, the Jazz Festival will be held on Saturday, April 1st at 7:30pm.
Marquis Hill Blacktet to headline 56th Mid-South Jazz Festival at APSU on Saturday, April 1st.
Incoming Austin Peay State University student Armstrong awarded student leadership honor by American Spirit Awards
March 27, 2017
Clarksville, TN – Before Northeast High School senior Rebecca Armstrong matriculates to Austin Peay State University this fall, the Clarksville resident will have the unique opportunity to represent the state of Tennessee as a part of the annual American Spirit Awards.
Held June 8th-10th at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans, the American Spirit Awards celebrates individuals and organizations whose work reflects the values and spirit of those who served the country during the era of World War II.
Future APSU Student Rebecca Armstrong to be part of annual American Spirit Awards.
First meeting of Austin Peay State University Board of Trustees set for March 30th
March 22, 2017
Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University’s inaugural Board of Trustees will convene for its first meeting at 416 College Street on Thursday, March 30th at 1:30pm. The public is invited to attend this historic event.
The campus of Austin Peay State University. (APSU)
APSU hosting 2017 College of BusinessCareer Connections Fair on April 4th
March 22, 2017
Clarksville, TN – Next month, Austin Peay State University College of Business students and alumni will have an opportunity to meet with local and regional employers seeking full-time and internship/co-op candidates during the 2017 College of Business Career Connections Fair.
Job Fair
APSU professor Christopher Bailey joins vocal group Tenore on North American tour
March 21, 2017
Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University associate professor of theatre and dance Christopher Bailey had the opportunity to tour North America as a member of the award-winning vocal group Tenore, this past January.
Bailey joined as a reserve member of the four-man group for the January leg of its “The Impossible Dream” tour, performing in seven western states, as well as Canada. Bailey was featured on dates at, among others, venues in Los Angeles, New Orleans and Edmonton, Alberta.
APSU’s Christopher Bailey
APSU Geography Program examines Global Environment and Development
March 20, 2017
Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University associate professor of geography Dr. Christine Mathenge last summer sat on a rocky cliff at an ancient religious site in Kisii, Kenya, and stared at the meager, metal roof homes that glimmered in the valley below.
In addition to those homes, she saw several large boulders that could be used to create an elaborate economy of expensive flooring tiles, ornate sinks and carvings and sculptures, but the area’s landowners have yet to tap the value of the rocks dotting their landscape.
APSU’s Dr. Christine Mathenge in Kisii, Kenya
Shelby Bottom Duo’s “A Musical History of Joe Hill & The Early Labor Movement” comes to Austin Peay on March 27th
March 19, 2017
Clarksville, TN – On Monday, March 27th, 2017 acoustic folk artists Shelby Bottom Duo, based in Nashville, will bring their multimedia musical history to the campus of Austin Peay State University.
The show, which is free and open to the public, will take place in the Morgan University Center, rooms 303 and 305 from 5:00pm-7:00pm.
Shelby Bottom Duo
APSU student Graves lands full-time social media internship with Disney
March 18, 2017
Clarksville, TN – When Austin Peay State University student Cassidy Graves graduates in May with a bachelor’s degree in communication, she will quickly be trading in her monocle for mouse ears.
That’s because in June, Graves is set to relocate to Florida, where she will join Disney as a full-time, professional intern with the House of Mouse’s Talent Acquisition Communications team.
APSU student Cassidy Graves
APSU team wins regional Math Jeopardy competition
March 17, 2017
Clarksville, TN – A team from Austin Peay State University’s Department of Mathematics and Statistics recently won the Math Jeopardy Championship at a competition held during the 2017 Southeastern Section meeting of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA). The APSU team defeated 26 other teams from colleges and universities in the Southeast.
Austin Peay fielded two teams, mentored by Dr. Nicholas Kirby, assistant professor of mathematics, and Dr. Ben Ntatin, professor of mathematics.
Team from Austin Peay wins regional Math Jeopardy Championship.
APSU student Tia Jones discuses overcoming abuse in memoirs, titled “Come See a Man”
March 17, 2017
Clarksville, TN – Tia Jones, a communication student at Austin Peay State University was in Germany, serving her country in the U.S. Army, when her past finally caught up to her.
A native of Goldsboro, North Carolina, Jones grew up in a self-described broken home. Raised by her mother, Jones did not meet her biological father during her early years, and in his absence, a six-year-old Jones found suffering as the victim of sexual assault at the hands of her mother’s boyfriend.
Tia Jones
