APSU Extended Ed offers classes; early registration discount on selected courses
June 16, 2010
Develop a new skill, explore a new idea, learn a new language or seek a new career with a class from Austin Peay State University’s Center for Extended and Distance Education. Register early and receive a 10 percent discount on selected courses. Preregistration is required for each course. [Read more]
2010 Relay For Life of Montgomery County TN
June 15, 2010
Saturday, June 19th, 2010 at 12:00pm at APSU – University Recreation Field
Contact: chelsea.stoner@cancer.org
The American Cancer Society Relay For Life is a life-changing event that gives everyone in communities across the globe a chance to celebrate the lives of people who have battled cancer, remember loved ones lost, and fight back against the disease. At Relay, teams of people camp out at a local high school, park, or fairground and take turns walking or running around a track or path. Each team is asked to have a representative on the track at all times during the event. Because cancer never sleeps, Relays are overnight events up to 24 hours in length. [Read more]
Forever Plaid at the Spring Salon Series
June 11, 2010
Austin Peay State University along with John McDonald and Tom Thayer of the Roxy Regional Theatre offered attendees of the APSU Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts’ Spring Salon Series a sneak preview of the upcoming Musical Forever Plaid.
Christopher Burawa from the APSU Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts had this to say after seeing the preview yesterday said, “The 4 young actors bring it all: doo wop, plaid, and panache!”
Nine Austin Peay teams post best-ever APR marks
June 10, 2010
Austin Peay State University’s athletics department received its full Academic Progress Rate (APR) report from the National Collegiate Athletics Association, Wednesday. Nine of the department’s 15 athletic programs posted best-ever marks in multi-year APR.
Each academic year, each athletics team calculates its APR for the year, based on the eligibility, retention and graduation of each scholarship student-athlete. The APR was developed by the NCAA as a more real-time assessment of teams’ academic performances than the six-year graduation-rate calculation provides, the APR awards two points each term to student-athletes who meet academic-eligibility standards (one point) and who remain with the institution (one point). A team’s APR is the total points earned by the team at a given time divided by the total points possible. [Read more]
Central Art Teachers Exhibit Work at Austin Peay Downtown Gallery
June 9, 2010
For 16 years, Vicki Ranck has taught art to sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders at Montgomery Central Middle School, and she relies on her experience as an Austin Peay State University alumnus to motivate the young artists in her classroom.
“We had an excellent art program and professors at our disposal at APSU,” she said. “I tell (the students) my room is set up like a ‘mini’ APSU in that there are centers of study to explore.”
Ranck’s analogy of a “mini APSU” however extends beyond her classroom to encapsulate the three campuses off Highway 49 that make up Montgomery Central Elementary, Middle and High schools. Or rather, a “mini APSU art department” resides in those buildings because Ranck is one of four APSU alumni teaching art at those schools. [Read more]
APSU eyes enrollment boom with record numbers in summer school
June 9, 2010
Just like last fall when enrollment topped record numbers, Austin Peay State University again has reason to celebrate – this time, for the summer session.
Summer I enrollment opened June 7th with 2,746 students, an increase of 15.6 percent from the start of Summer I in 2009 when 2,375 started the summer term.
This is the University’s largest summer enrollment ever. The increase is the direct result of efforts to increase summer enrollment. [Read more]
Two APSU Professors to Present at Annual Clarksville Writers Conference
June 4, 2010
Two members of the Austin Peay State University community will be featured presenters at this year’s Sixth Annual Clarksville Writers Conference, to be held July 28th-31st on the University campus.
Dr. Blas Falconer, associate professor of English, and Dr. Howard Winn, professor emeritus of history, will speak with attendees, offering encouragement and insights into the field of writing. [Read more]
Evening of Virtuoso Guitar Performances – Part 3
June 4, 2010
Austin Peay State University Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts presented “The Beatles to Bluegrass: An Evening of Virtuoso Guitar” May 28th at 7:00pm featuring world-renowned guitarists Stanley Yates, Mir Ali and Richard Smith.
Evening of Virtuoso Guitar Performances – Part 2
June 4, 2010
Austin Peay State University Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts presented “The Beatles to Bluegrass: An Evening of Virtuoso Guitar” May 28th at 7:00pm featuring world-renowned guitarists Stanley Yates, Mir Ali and Richard Smith.
Evening of Virtuoso Guitar Performances – Part 1
June 4, 2010
Austin Peay State University Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts presented “The Beatles to Bluegrass: An Evening of Virtuoso Guitar” May 28th at 7:00pm featuring world-renowned guitarists Stanley Yates, Mir Ali and Richard Smith.
