Austin Peay State University Advancement to host 60th Annual Tower Club Dinner on September 21st
September 13, 2018
Austin Peay State University ( APSU )
Clarksville, TN – The Austin Peay State University Office of University Advancement will host the 60th Annual Tower Club Dinner at 6:00pm Friday, September 21st, 2018 at the APSU Farm, 1991 Pickens Road in Clarksville.
Attendees will include Tower Club members and their guests. The cost of dinner will be included as a benefit of membership. In honor of the 60th Anniversary of the Tower Club, current members may invite potential new members to attend at no cost.
APSU University Advancement assistant vice president Kris Phillips.
Principal with LA Philharmonic to visit APSU as Acuff Chair for Clarinet Day
September 12, 2018
Austin Peay State University
Clarksville, TN – On Sunday, September 23rd, 2018 Boris Allakhverdyan, principal clarinet in the Los Angeles Philharmonic, will visit Austin Peay State University for the APSU Department of Music’s annual Clarinet Day celebration.
The day will consist of master classes, recitals, breakout sessions from regional clarinet professors and teachers, vendors with mouthpieces, reeds, music and instruments to try and a clarinet choir for all participants.
Boris Allakhverdyan, principal clarinet in the Los Angeles Philharmonic, to visit Austin Peay State University.
APSU, local teacher team up to offer free coding classes for young students
September 12, 2018
Austin Peay State University
Clarksville, TN – When Bridget Cloud first offered free junior computer coding classes at Clarksville-Montgomery County Public Library, she had one class and a few young students. But the number of students – and of classes – grew quickly.
“The interest for the little kids, it just kept going and going and going,” she said.
Northeast High School’s Bridget Cloud, standing, is founded and leads Clarksville Junior Coders. “We’ll be working on something, and the kids will get off track,” she said. “That’s what’s so cool is they’ll get off track, and they’ll find something else, and they’ll call me over, and we’ll get all excited together.” (Dr. James Cloud, APSU)
APSU theater, dance students secure record number of internships
September 10, 2018
Austin Peay State University
Clarksville, TN – For the past three months, 18 students from the Austin Peay State University Department of Theatre and Dance have been busy gaining valuable work experience through a variety of internships and summer study opportunities across the country.
This year’s students span rising sophomores to seniors and represent all four concentrations offered through the department.
For the past three months, 18 students from the Austin Peay State University Department of Theatre and Dance have been busy gaining valuable work experience through a variety of internships and summer study opportunities across the country.
APSU School of Nursing donates stethoscopes to Guyana
September 10, 2018
Austin Peay State University (APSU)
Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University (APSU) says that earlier this summer, The Stabroek News, “Guyana’s Most Trusted Newspaper Since 1986,” published a story about that country’s nurses needing stethoscopes.
Many of the nurses, working for Guyana’s Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), often have to scrounge for working stethoscopes while examining patients.
Nurses in Guyana wear stethoscopes donated by Austin Peay State University nursing faculty.
APSU senior Jordan Miller’s research focuses on self-driving car technology
September 8, 2018
Austin Peay State University
Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University student Jordan Miller’s research project this summer might change the way you see the road.
Or, more specifically, it might change the way your car sees the road.
APSU Student Jordan Miller
Coca-Cola Bottling Works of Tullahoma, Inc. endows scholarship at APSU
September 8, 2018
Austin Peay State University
Clarksville, TN – Coca-Cola Bottling Works of Tullahoma, Inc. recently pledged $25,000 to the Austin Peay State University Foundation to establish an endowed scholarship program benefiting APSU students.
The agreement was finalized in July 2018. Coca-Cola will present the University with a check for the endowment during the halftime program of the APSU football game at 6:00pm on September 8th at Fortera Stadium.
Coca-Cola Bottling Works of Tullahoma, Inc. establishes a scholarship program for APSU Students.
APSU College of Grad Studies sees record enrollment for fall
September 6, 2018
Austin Peay State University
Clarksville, TN – Thomas Thornton knew he was pushing it. Classes were set to begin the next week at Austin Peay State University, so if he wanted to enroll in graduate school, he needed to do it that afternoon.
“I just knew I was being a slacker and hadn’t signed up yet,” Thornton, a Clarksville High School science teacher, said.
Austin Peay graduate students stand during commencement after receiving their graduate hoods. (Kim Balevre, APSU)
Hageman Estate gives more than $600,000 to APSU programs in Biology Department
September 4, 2018
Austin Peay State University (APSU)
Clarksville, TN – Dr. Ben Stone, Austin Peay State University emeritus professor, grew up the second youngest of seven children, so his interests in biology and education didn’t often make it into the family’s crowded, dinner table conversations.
“In 1953, there wasn’t much encouragement from my family to go to college,” he said.
The late John and Hilda Hageman believed in education and the mission of Austin Peay State University.
APSU Community School of the Arts offers low-pressure learning
September 3, 2018
Community School of the Arts at Austin Peay State University
Clarksville, TN – The Community School of the Arts at Austin Peay State University spans all age groups and skill levels, and the offerings continue to grow.
“We’re offering classes for everyone, from little kids to adults, beginner to intermediate to advanced. Our goal, our mission is really being put into practice,” said Dr. Janice Crews, director of APSU Center for Excellence of the Creative Arts (CECA), which runs the school.
Now is your chance to sign up for the next set of Community School of the Arts at Austin Peay State University painting, music, dance, theater and writing classes that begins September 10th.
