Nashville recording artist Maggie Rose to perform concert at unveiling of newly renamed Fortera Stadium, April 23rd
April 18, 2016
Concert part of ceremony to unveil newly renamed Fortera Stadium
Clarksville, TN – On Saturday, April 23rd, Austin Peay State University and Fortera Credit Union celebrate a new era in Governors Football with the unveiling of the newly renamed Fortera Stadium, capped off with a concert by Nashville recording artist Maggie Rose in the stadium lot.
Rose’s performance will conclude a day’s worth of activities, beginning with a noon baseball game, as the Governors take on Eastern Kentucky in Raymond C. Hand Park. At 1:00pm, Governors Softball will compete against Jacksonville State at Cheryl Holt Field.
Maggie Rose to perform at newly renamed Fortera Stadium.
APSU’s 22nd Annual Governors Bass Tournament to be held May 14th
April 14, 2016
APSU Sports Information
Clarksville, TN – The 22nd annual APSU Governors Bass Tournament is less than two months away.
This year’s edition, which benefits APSU Athletics, is Saturday, May 14th, at Kentucky Lake, with registration and boat launching from Paris Landing State Park. Last season’s tourney drew more than 200 boats.
The tournament will benefit Austin Peay State University athletics. More than $12,000 dollars in prize money will be awarded.
Austin Peay Governors Bass Tournament
APSU names seasoned senior executive Moses as interim dean of College of Business
April 13, 2016
Clarksville, TN – Dr. Charles T. Moses, an internationally renowned expert in business strategy and entrepreneurship, was given an interim appointment as dean of the Austin Peay State University College of Business. He will begin his new role at APSU on May 1st, 2016.
Moses previously served as an associate professor of management and interim dean of the School of Business Administration at Clark Atlanta University, where he helped create Centers of Excellence in Supply Chain and Financial Planning and a Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurial Development.
APSU’s Dr. Charles T. Moses
Feeling Lucky? Join the Clarksville Civitan $10,000 Scavenger Hunt at Rivers and Spires
April 12, 2016
Clarksville, TN – What would you do with an extra $10,000 in your pocket? Join the Clarksville Civitan $10,000 Scavenger Hunt at the Rivers and Spires Festival and you could possibly walk away with $10,000.
It’s easy, and anyone 18-and-over can enter for free! New to the hunt this year is three $250.00 cash door prizes in addition to the $10,000 Scavenger Hunt.
The 2016 Rivers and Spires Festival is the gameboard for this fun pick-to-win game, sponsored by the Clarksville Civitan Club.
Clarksville Civitan Club’s $10,000 Scavenger Hunt at the Rivers and Spires Festival
Green Day’s “American Idiot” Rocks the Roxy Regional Theatre, April 29th – May 14th
April 11, 2016
Clarksville, TN – Combine a multi-platinum album and a multimedia partnership with CDE Lightband with a multi-talented group of artists from Austin Peay State University and a dozen high-energy performers from around the nation — and brace yourself for a two-time Tony and Grammy Award-winning blockbuster.
Green Day’s critically-acclaimed powerhouse album comes to life this spring on the corner of Franklin and First in historic downtown Clarksville. Boldly taking the American musical where it has never gone before, the Roxy Regional Theatre opens the energy-fueled rock opera of youthful disillusion, Green Day’s “American Idiot”, on Friday, April 29th, at 8:00pm.
Roxy Regional Theatre’s “American Idiot” stars (Top L to R) Joseph Spinelli, Charles Robinson and Ryan Alvarado.
Austin Peay State University’s Phi Alpha Theta students perform well at regional history conference
April 10, 2016
Clarksville, TN – Dr. Stephen Carls, professor and chair of the department of history at Union University, and Peeps go way back.
Besides just enjoying the spongy yellow candies, Carls can appreciate a bit of shared history as both Peeps and Union’s Phi Alpha Theta (PAT) history honor society chapter, which he has served as advisor for since 1983, were founded the same year: 1953.
APSU’s Phi Alpha Theta students attend national honor society’s annual regional conference on the campus of Union University.
Copy of rare Pembroke Collection coin archive now housed at Austin Peay University Archives and Special Collections
April 9, 2016
Clarksville, TN – Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke, was a great many things during his life. A British statesman during the reigns of King William III and Queen Anne, Herbert served, at different times, as First Lord of the Admiralty, Lord High Admiral of the Royal Navy and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
In his private life, Herbert was also a prolific collector, amassing a vast array of, among other things, works of art and classical sculpture.
A historic coin book donated by an Austin Peay alumni.
Former Chicago Tribune Editor and Tennessean Reporter Jim Squires to Keynote 12th Annual Clarksville Writers Conference, June 2nd – 3rd, 2016
April 9, 2016
Former Chicago Tribune Editor and Tennessean Reporter Jim Squires to Keynote 12th Annual Clarksville Writers Conference
Clarksville, TN – The Clarksville Arts & Heritage Development Council, in partnership with Austin Peay State University and the Tennessee Arts Commission, is pleased to announce the Twelfth Annual Clarksville Writers Conference, being held June 2nd and 3rd, 2016, on the campus of Austin Peay State University.
We are very honored to have as this year’s keynote speaker Jim Squires, former Tennessean reporter, former Chicago Tribune editor and author of much-buzzed-about political Roman a clef West End, published under the pen name Crockett White.
Jim Squires
Austin Peay State University Department of Art and Design to hold US Bank Open Exhibition April 15th-16th
April 8, 2016
Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University’s Department of Art and Design will host the 2016 US Bank Open Exhibition April 15th-16th, during Clarksville’s Rivers and Spires Festival.
The Open Exhibition is an opportunity for artists living in and around Montgomery County to exhibit their work, sell their work and to help raise money for APSU art scholarships.
Austin Peay State University Choral Activities hosting “The Big Sing” on April 12th
April 7, 2016
Clarksville, TN – As another academic year nears its end, APSU choral activities celebrates the grand finale of the choral season with the biggest collection of vocal talent to date in the third annual “The Big Sing.”
On April 12th at 5:30pm, upwards of 158 singers from Austin Peay State University and Paducah Tilghman High School will join together at the George and Sharon Mabry Concert Hall on the University campus in a free performance of a wide range of vocal compositions.
Austin Peay State University Choirs and Paducah Tilghman High School join for third annual “The Big Sing” on April 12th.
