Rivers and Spires applications for Miss River Queen and Vendors due
February 27, 2013
Clarksville, TN – The Rivers & Spires Festival is currently accepting applications for the Miss River Queen and Teen Pageants as well as applications for volunteers and vendors.
The 11th annual Rivers & Spires Festival will be held April 18th-20th, 2013 in Historic Downtown Clarksville. This event has five stages of entertainment with over 100 entertainers performing all three days.
Rivers and Spires Festival
Austin Peay State University Dance Program expands Reputation
February 26, 2013
Clarksville, TN – In 2005, Austin Peay State University developed a dance minor program with one faculty member and a handful of students. Seven years later, the program has three full-time faculty members and several graduates enrolled in Master of Fine Arts programs around the country.
The name “Austin Peay” is also becoming more familiar in collegiate dance circles, with the school having choreographed pieces selected two years in a row to be performed at the American College Dance Festival gala performance.
APSU assistant professor of dance Margaret Rennerfeldt, associate professor of dance Marcus Hayes and chair of the APSU Area of Theatre and Dance Brian Vernon inside one of the APSU dance studios.
Austin Peay alumna, family begin new nursing scholarship
February 26, 2013
Clarksville, TN – Mary Windham was known for her nursing and administrative accomplishments before coming to Austin Peay State University in the 1960s to teach and later organize the School of Nursing.
But that wasn’t her greatest gift.
Her greatest gift was making people feel special, encouraging them to be and do their best, her daughter, Dr. Emily Windham, said. [Read more]
Young Women’s Leadership Symposium to be held at Austin Peay State University April 5th
February 25, 2013
Clarksville, TN – An Austin Peay State University faculty member will lead the third annual Young Women’s Leadership Symposium on April 5th.
Dr. Marsha Lyle-Gonga, assistant professor of political science, will conduct the symposium, which has an anticipated enrollment of 100 women, from 8:30am-4:30pm, April 5th in the Morgan University Center Ballroom. The one-day seminar is designed to increase the political efficacy of women ages 16-24 through leadership development and civic engagement activities. [Read more]
Poet Blas Falconer to read at Austin Peay State University March 1st
February 24, 2013
Clarksville, TN – Dr. Blas Falconer, an award-winning poet and an associate professor of English at Austin Peay State University, will read from his new collection of poems, “The Founding Wheel,” during a special reading at 8:00pm, March 1st, in the Morgan University Center.
The event is free and open to the public.
Dr. Blas Falconer
Noted environmental landscape artist to speak at APSU Biology Honors Seminar February 25th
February 22, 2013
Clarksville, TN – In the early 1770s, the American naturalist William Bartram headed south to explore the pristine, untouched region that would soon become known as the Southeastern United States of America.
Instead of forests and farms, he discovered wide, grassy savannahs spreading across Georgia and Alabama. He jotted down details of this terrain and drew pictures of the land in his notebook. [Read more]
Noted activist and social critic Dr. Marc Lamont Hill to speak at Austin Peay State University February 26th
February 22, 2013
Clarksville, TN – Dr. Marc Lamont Hill is a hard person to classify. He is an academic, serving as an associate professor at Columbia University. He also appears regularly on CNN, MSNBC and the Fox News Channel as a respected commentator and journalist.
Some know him simply as a writer, penning articles for the New York Times and authoring books such as “Beats, Rhymes and Classroom Life: Hip-Hop Pedagogy and the Politics of Identity.”
Austin Peay State University Annual Dance Concert February 27th through March 3rd
February 21, 2013
Clarksville, TN – The Austin Peay State University dance minor is only seven years old, but from February 27th through March 3rd, the program’s faculty and students plan to unveil just how far they’ve come in the last few years.
At 7:30pm throughout that week, and at 2:00pm on that Sunday, the APSU Area of Theatre and Dance will present its annual dance concert, “Out on a Limb,” in the Trahern Theater. [Read more]
APSU Football Stadium funding approved by Tennessee Building Commission
February 19, 2013
New Architect Images Released
Clarksville, TN – The State Building Commission approved Thursday, February 14th an increase in funding of $900,000 for renovations to Austin Peay State University’s Governors Stadium.
The additional funds were required to cover higher than expected construction costs and were provided by private gifts and a one-time plant fund investment, Mitch Robinson, vice president of finance and administration, said. The total expected cost of the project is revised to $16.9 million, he said.
Architect schematics from Rufus Johnson Associates show how the APSU football stadium will look after renovations.
APSU Visiting Writers Series presents Blas Falconer Poetry Reading March 1st
February 19, 2013
Clarksville, TN – On Friday, March 1st, 2013 there will be a Poetry Reading by Blas Falconer at Austin Peay State University, The reading will start at 8:00pm at the Morgan University Center.
Poet and editor Blas Falconer will read from his new collection of poems, The Foundling Wheel (Four Way Books, 2012).
Associate professor of English at Austin Peay State University Blas Falconer.
