First Tennessee Bank Promotes Three Bankers In Clarksville
December 11, 2018
First Tennessee Bank
Nashville, TN – First Tennessee Bank announces that it has promoted Derek Dobbs, Brittney Doyle and Chastity Hyde to manager of the bank’s three financial centers in Clarksville.
All three will report to Charlene Williams, senior vice president and regional sales manager.
Michael Wright and Quality Manufacturing Systems, Inc. endow computer science scholarship at Austin Peay State University
December 8, 2018
Austin Peay State University (APSU)
Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University (APSU) alumnus Michael Wright and Quality Manufacturing Systems, Inc. (QMSI) recently funded an endowed scholarship through the APSU Foundation to benefit Computer Science and Information Technology (CSIT) students.
The endowment will be known as the Michael Wright/QMSI Endowed Scholarship. Money from the endowment will be designated for incoming freshmen.
Navy Master Chief Mamudu Cole to speak at APSU Military and Veteran Recognition Ceremony December 12th
December 6, 2018
Austin Peay State University (APSU)
Clarksville, TN – Force Master Chief Mamudu K. Cole, the highest-ranking noncommissioned officer in the U.S. Navy Education and Training Command and Austin Peay State University alumnus, will be the guest speaker at Austin Peay’s Winter 2018 Military and Veteran Recognition Ceremony next week.
The ceremony, set for 5:30pm on Wednesday, December 12th, 2018 in the Morgan University Center Ballroom, honors Austin Peay’s graduating students who are veterans, reservists or active-duty military personnel.

Navy Master Chief Mamudu Cole to speak at the Austin Peay State University Winter 2018 Military and Veteran Recognition Ceremony.
Austin Peay State University Board of Trustees revise policies, conduct other business during winter meeting
December 5, 2018
Austin Peay State University (APSU)
Clarksville, TN – The Austin Peay State University (APSU) Board of Trustees hosted its winter meetings on November 29th and 30th, 2018 on the APSU campus.
The Board’s Academic Policies and Programs/Student Life Committee, Business and Finance Committee, Audit Committee and Executive Committee all met on Thursday, with the full board convening on Friday morning.
APSU’s Dr. Doris Davenport to deliver APSU commencement address on December 14th
December 4, 2018
Austin Peay State University (APSU)
Clarksville, TN – Dr. Doris Davenport, Austin Peay State University (APSU) professor of nursing and recipient of the 2018 National Alumni Association Distinguished Professor Award, will deliver the keynote address during the University’s winter commencement on Friday, December 14th, 2018.
Austin Peay, Montgomery Central High School Spanish Students team up to teach classes to Senior Citizens
December 4, 2018
Austin Peay State University (APSU)
Clarksville, TN – Earlier this year, several residents of Fieldstone Place Assisted Living decided they wanted to learn a new language. This group of senior citizens approached Chesney Lancaster, Lifestyle 360 director at Fieldstone, and asked how they could go about taking classes. Lancaster immediately turned to one of the community’s best educational resources – Austin Peay State University (APSU).
APSU acting and counseling students collaborate on disaster training
December 3, 2018
Austin Peay State University (APSU)
Clarksville, TN – The survivors were ushered into a large room where they sat in groups, trying to figure out what just happened. One young woman simply cried, unable to control herself.
When family members arrived, the lack of information led to shouting matches, and a group of counseling graduate students, trying to offer help, quickly found themselves overwhelmed.

Austin Peay State University students at the APSU Morgan University Center for a disaster training exercise.
APSU graphic design students create new logo for Coca-Cola Bottling Works of Tullahoma
November 30, 2018
Austin Peay State University (APSU)
Clarksville, TN – Earlier this year, when executives with Coca-Cola Bottling Works of Tullahoma discussed creating a new company logo, they reached out to one of their newest clients – Austin Peay State University (APSU).
On July 1st, 2017, the company became the campus’ exclusive beverage provider, and a year later, Rachel Bush, associate professor of art, heard the company wanted to host a logo design contest. She contacted the Tullahoma office with a different idea.

The new logo, designed by Austin Peay State University graphic design students, for Coca-Cola Bottling Works of Tullahoma.
Acuff Chair Jones to perform December 1st in Austin Peay Mabry Concert Hall
November 30, 2018
Austin Peay State University (APSU)
Clarksville, TN – The acclaimed pianist Warren Jones, a distinguished long-time faculty member at Manhattan School of Music and the Music Academy of the West, will present a free public concert to the Clarksville community at 7:30pm, Saturday, December 1st, 2018 in the Austin Peay State University (APSU) Mabry Concert Hall.
New APSU “Explore Your World” journal highlights creative side of studying abroad
November 28, 2018
Austin Peay State University (APSU)
Clarksville, TN – Smartphone photos are fine for most tourists, but when Austin Peay State University (APSU) student Amir Elraheb first experienced the splendor of Madrid, Spain, he pulled out his watercolors to truly capture the city.
“It’s sort of like a photograph, but when you are painting you have to pay attention to the details of whatever you’re looking at so much harder, so scenes are engrained in my head,” Elraheb, an Austin Peay State University foreign language major, said.














