4th Annual Women’s Football Clinic
July 18, 2011
Ladies are you ready for some football!
Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University’s football coaching staff will host the fourth-annual Women’s Football Clinic, Saturday, July 23rd in the Dunn Center.
For the fourth-straight year, APSU has served as host to the clinic that features informative presentations by the coaching staff as-well-as an entertaining hands-on demonstration of some fun football drills, explanation of the rules by an OVC Official, equipment, nutrition, training and strategy. APSU head coach Rick Christophel, along with his assistant coaches, will provide instruction.
Women's Football Clinic
What Is Jin Shin Jyutsu and How Can It Help Me?
July 13, 2011
Christina Burawa
Clarksville, TN– Most people have a reluctance, even a fear, of trying new things. A healing technique that has a Japanese name and involves another person touching your body may make many Tennesseans feel that it’s not something they want to encounter.
Jin Shin Jyutsu (pronounced “jin-shin-jit-soo”) may seem new and different, but I can assure you it’s neither something to avoid nor is it something to fear. It is an age-old healing technique that originated in Japan about 1900 when Jiro Murai, a philosopher, recovered from a life-threatening illness after he rediscovered its methods. The words themselves mean “the art of the Creator in the person of compassion.”
This healing art involves having a therapist gently touch specific points on one’s body while you lie fully clothed on a massage table with, if you like, a small pillow under your head and a larger one under your knees. If you’re fortunate, you’ll have therapist Christina Burawa helping you rid yourself of stress and pain. [Read more]
APSU plans grand opening of Castle Heights residence hall in August
July 13, 2011
Phase II to begin this Fall
Clarksville, TN – Campus excitement is building in anticipation of the new Castle Heights residence hall at Austin Peay State University – especially since it is the first new student housing project since Hand Village opened in July 2004.
A grand opening for Castle Heights is slated for 10:00am, Thursday, August 11th. The public is invited to attend the celebration at the new facility, located on the corner of Robb Avenue and Marion Street. The event will feature a tour, refreshments and a brief ceremony.
The new Castle Heights residence hall at Austin Peay State University.
Several APSU faculty, staff noted for achievements
July 12, 2011
Clarksville, TN – Several faculty and staff members at Austin Peay State University were noted recently for various achievements, appointments and accomplishments.
Carol Clark, director of Community and Business Relations and executive assistant to the president, was appointed by the Montgomery County Commission to serve on the Clarksville-Montgomery County Library Board. [Read more]
2011 Tailgate Alley Registration now available
July 10, 2011
APSU Sports: Men’s Football
Clarksville, TN – With Austin Peay State University’s football season just around the corner, the Athletics Department is now taking 2011 Tailgate Alley registration forms.
The Govs kick off the 2011 season with a pair of road games – September 3rd at Cincinnati and September 17th at Memphis – before the home schedule begins with a September 24th, Ohio Valley Conference game against Eastern Kentucky.
Austin Peay's Tailgate Alley. (Austin Peay Sports Information)
Noted East Tennessee Novelist Greene to Give July 13th Reading at APSU
July 9, 2011
Clarksville, TN – Up in the foothills of East Tennessee’s Smoky Mountains, a few old timers still tell folk stories of spirits and curses. The fog that hangs low over their porches and sloping front yards lends a mystical quality to their words. It’s as if these men and women live in the secluded last bastion of a magical world, untouched by the modern influence of science. [Read more]
New APSU Biogeography Class to Take Students to Rocky Mountains
July 7, 2011
Clarksville, TN – The base camp, consisting of a few tents and sleeping bags, will sit in a secluded valley, in the shadow of the 14,000-foot Blanca Peak in Colorado. At night, when the exhausted team of researchers returns from their 2,000-foot hike to get some rest, they’ll have to bundle up to warm themselves against the cold air blowing down the mountain.
“Even in the summer, there’s still snowpack on the mountain,” Dr. Christopher Gentry, Austin Peay State University assistant professor of geography, said. [Read more]
New Robertson Endowment to Fund Photography Scholarships at APSU
July 7, 2011
Clarksville, TN – In 2009, Dover resident Jim Robertson made an unprecedented phone call to Austin Peay State University. He wanted to know if the University’s art department was interested in taking his extensive collection of celebrated photography prints off his hands.
The prints included valuable pieces by such 20th century photography icons as André Kertész and Ruth Bernhard.
The donation, aside from stunning the APSU art faculty, gave the University one of the most impressive photography collections in the region.
APSU President Tim Hall and Jim Robertson sign paperwork establishing the Robertson Endowment at APSU. (Photo by Beth Liggett/APSU Public Relations and Marketing)
APSU Students produce Monograph on City’s Public Art Pieces
July 6, 2011
Clarksville, TN – Throughout the city of Clarksville, a number of statues and other pieces commemorate the history of the local community, honor heroes and celebrate the spirit of the town.
There’s the statue of John Montgomery, for whom Montgomery County is named, located in front of City Hall, facing Strawberry Alley downtown. The legend of Wilma Rudolph, Clarksville’s most famous woman athlete who was the first female to win three gold medals in the Olympics in 1960 in Rome, Italy, is preserved in her classic crossing-the-finish-line pose at McGregor Park at the intersection of College Street and Riverside Drive. [Read more]
Tennessee Business Tax Seminar set for July 26th in Clarksville
July 6, 2011
Clarksville, TN – In cooperation with the Tennessee Department of Revenue, Austin Peay State University’s Center for Extended and Distance Education will again host the annual Tennessee Business Tax seminar from 8:00am-5:00pm, Tuesday, July 26th in the Morgan University Center. [Read more]
