APSU launches new Pave the Way campaign
November 1, 2011
Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University has launched the new Pave the Way campaign, allowing individuals to purchase a brick paver as a lasting tribute to someone – all while supporting the University.
The personalized brick pavers will be placed along the walkway between the Marks Building and Blount Hall on the main campus. [Read more]
APSU History Professor contributes to new scholarly work on Israel
November 1, 2011
Clarksville, TN – Early in the morning on May 31st, 2010, a group of Israeli commandos boarded a Turkish ship in the Mediterranean Sea, filled with pro-Palestinian activists. The boat was part of an aid-flotilla, seeking to break the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip. The commandoes planned to bring the ship into the nearby port of Ashdod, but a scuffle soon broke out between the soldiers and the passengers. When the shooting stopped, nine activists were dead and several soldiers were wounded.
The incident sparked an international crisis, with media outlets across the globe picking up the story. Dr. Christos Frentzos, an Austin Peay State University associate professor of history, watched the ongoing news coverage from a unique vantage point. He was in Israel during those tumultuous days as part of a counterterrorism fellowship, sponsored by the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies. [Read more]
Austin Peay Athletics shows steady progress in latest NCAA Graduation success report
October 29, 2011
APSU Sports Information
Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University’s athletics department received its annual NCAA graduation success rate report, which included the current federal graduation rates for each of the department’s 13 sports.
According to the NCAA’s graduation success rate (GSR), Austin Peay graduated 73 percent of its student-athletes who entered college in 2001, improving on its percentage from the previous year (71 percent). It is the third consecutive year Austin Peay has shown improvement in its graduation-success rate. [Read more]
Tangled taxonomy next topic of APSU Provost Lecture Series
October 29, 2011
Clarksville, TN – Clarifying a tangled taxonomy for a genus is the focus of the next Provost Lecture Series at Austin Peay State University.
Dr. Dan Frederick, professor of geology and geography, will present “The Foraminiferal Genus Lenticulina: Revising a tangled taxonomy” from 3:00pm-4:30pm, Thursday, November 3rd in the Morgan University Center, Room 307.
All presentations in the Provost Lecture Series are free and open to the public. [Read more]
Austin Peay State University to have annual AP Debate Forum on November 2nd
October 28, 2011
Clarksville, TN – The Austin Peay State University Department of Communication will hold its eighth annual AP Debate Forum from 6:00pm-8:00pm, Wednesday, November 2nd in the Music and Mass Communication Concert Hall. The debate is free and open to the public.
The topic for this debate is “Resolved: In order to ensure more productive citizenship, all American citizens, who have graduated high school and reached the age of 18, must immediately complete no less than two years of military service, or participate in national or international service missions.” [Read more]
APSU’s 2011 Homecoming features two sports events open to public
October 27, 2011
APSU Homecoming
Clarksville, TN – The Austin Peay State University National Alumni Association will sponsor both a golf tournament and 5K scholarship run during Homecoming 2011, and those will be open to the public.
The 33rd Annual Homecoming Golf Tournament will be at 8:00am, Friday, October 28th at Swan Lake Golf Course. Cost is $60.00 per person, and advance registration is required. Fee includes ditty bag, refreshments on the golf course and light lunch. The event, sponsored by Budweiser of Clarksville, is chaired by alumnus Frazier Allen (’99). [Read more]
APSU at Fort Campbell to have Student Appreciation Day
October 26, 2011
Clarksville, TN – The Austin Peay Center at Fort Campbell will hold a Student Appreciation Day from 11:30am-2:00pm, Thursday, October 27th in the Glenn English Education Center at Fort Campbell, KY.
The event is free and open to the public.
The University’s culinary arts program will provide refreshments, and door prizes will be given. Students are encouraged to attend to meet their academic department representative.
For more information, please call the Austin Peay Center at Fort Campbell, 931.221.1400.
Acclaimed performance artist Tim Miller comes to APSU as Acuff Chair
October 26, 2011
Clarksville, TN – Several years ago, the internationally acclaimed performance artist Tim Miller began a romantic relationship with an Australian citizen. Things went well at first, but when the couple looked at settling down in America, they encountered an unexpected obstacle – immigration.
Normally that isn’t too much of a problem for binational relationships. If the couple is serious, they’ll simple marry, allowing the other partner to remain in this country legally. But Miller’s situation was different. He was gay.
“If you have an international partner, but you’re not allowed to marry, how do you deal with that,” Marcus Hayes, associate professor of theater and dance at APSU, said. [Read more]
Annual G.H.O.S.T. Event Draws Near
October 25, 2011
Clarksville, TN – G.H.O.S.T. (Greater Halloween Options for Safe Trick-or-Treating) is Austin Peay’s Student Government Association’s most successful and well-known community outreach event.
Held annually around Halloween each year, the event provides children from surrounding communities to trick-or-treat in a safe and controlled environment. Austin Peay student organizations also use G.H.O.S.T. as an outlet to promote their groups and assist in making the occasion fun and interactive for children and their families.
G.H.O.S.T. at APSU
November 15th Salon Series Lecture at APSU to Discuss Harlem Renaissance
October 25, 2011
Brian Johnson
Clarksville, TN – In the early 20th century, some of the country’s leading African American writers – including Zora Neale Hurston, Countee Cullen, Langston Hughes and Claude McKay – found a home for their works in the influential journal, “The Crisis: A Record of the Darker Races.”
The magazine’s long-serving editor, W.E.B. Du Bois, the first African-American Ph.D. graduate of Harvard University, championed these writers, ushering in that pivotal period in American literature known as the Harlem Renaissance. But what many people don’t realize is that the literary movement was born out of the strained relationships between these writers, Du Bois and the journal’s white benefactors. [Read more]
