APSU alum Jeffery Gray competing in Food Network’s “Holiday Baking Championship”
November 10, 2020
Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University (APSU) alum Jeffery Gray, a fine arts major turned baker, is competing in this year’s “Food Network “Holiday Baking Championship.” In the first episode, which aired on November 2nd, Gray is given the nickname “Santa from Atlanta” because his love for creativity and baking shined.
Austin Peay State University alumni Jeffery Gray. (Food Network)
APSU professor experiences COVID-19 pandemic up close in Belize
June 24, 2020
Clarksville, TN – On a sweaty afternoon in early March, Dr. Harold Young, Austin Peay State University (APSU) assistant professor of political science, found himself dumped by a taxi on a street in Chetumal, Mexico, near that country’s southern border with Belize.
Austin Peay State University assistant professor Dr. Harold Young crossing the border between Mexico and Belize. (APSU)
Austin Peay State University acting graduate lands yearlong Atlanta theatre internship
May 31, 2020
Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University (APSU) alumni Corey Finley, who graduated with a bachelor’s degree in acting this spring, has landed a highly sought one-year acting internship at Actors Express in Atlanta.
Austin Peay State University graduate Corey Finley. (APSU)
Clarksville Civil War Roundtable to hold next meeting on October 16th, 2019
October 8, 2019
Clarksville, TN – The next meeting of the Clarksville (TN) Civil War Roundtable will be on Wednesday, October 16th, 2019 at the Bone & Joint Center, 980 Professional Park Drive, right across the street from Tennova Hospital. This is just off Dunlop Lane and Holiday Drive and only a few minutes east of Governor’s Square mall. The meeting begins at 7:00pm and is always open to the public.
Our speaker this month is Dr. David E. Gregg. His topic is – “John Bell Hood’s Muscle Shoals, Alabama Encampment, 1864”
Confederate General John Bell Hood
APSU to host world premiere of new play by Oscar- and Pulitzer-winning writer John Patrick Shanley
June 24, 2019
Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University (APSU) assistant professor of acting and directing Talon Beeson doesn’t like to brag, but he couldn’t help himself during a recent recruiting event in Ohio.
Along with promotional materials about the APSU Department of Theater and Dance, he brought along a simple flyer announcing the department’s 2019-20 season.
John Patrick Shanley
Clarksville Civil War Roundtable to hold next meeting on June 19th, 2019
June 14, 2019
Clarksville, TN – The next meeting of the Clarksville (TN) Civil War Roundtable will be on Wednesday, June 19th at the Bone & Joint Center, 980 Professional Park Drive, right across the street from Tennova Healthcare. This is just off Dunlop Lane and Holiday Drive and only a few minutes east of Governor’s Square mall.
The meeting begins at 7:00 pm and is always open to the public.
Brad Butkovich will talk about “The Battle of Allatoona Pass” at the next Clarksville Civil War Roundtable meeting.
Austin Peay State University’s Sarah Bailey performs with classical-crossover icon Sarah Brightman
April 5, 2019
Austin Peay State University (APSU)
Clarksville, TN – For a late Valentine’s Day present, Dr. Christopher Bailey desperately wanted to get his wife tickets to the Sarah Brightman concert in Atlanta. Nine years earlier, on their first date, the couple bonded over their mutual love for the classical-crossover superstar who originated the role of Christine Daaé in Andrew Lloyd Weber’s “The Phantom of the Opera.” Bailey, an Austin Peay State University (APSU) musical theater professor, might have even owned a cardboard Sarah Brightman CD display as a teenager.
Christopher and Sarah Bailey snap a selfie before they perform with Sarah Brightman.
Austin Peay State University senior Sierra Salandy to represent Tennessee at Miss Black U.S. Ambassador pageant
March 15, 2019
Austin Peay State University (APSU)
Clarksville, TN – Sierra Salandy’s last year in college typifies her entire time at Austin Peay State University (APSU).
Busy. And amazing.
She started off the semester as a legislative intern in the Tennessee General Assembly (one of a record 11 from APSU this year). And during her first week on Capitol Hill, she found out she’d won the crown of Miss Black Tennessee US Ambassador.
Austin Peay State University senior Sierra Salandy is serving as legislative intern in state Sen. Brenda Gilmore’s office at the Tennessee General Assembly. (APSU)
Austin Peay State University Public Relations and Marketing honored by CASE III for its excellence
March 11, 2019
Austin Peay State University (APSU)
Clarksville, TN – The Austin Peay State University (APSU) Office of Public Relations and Marketing was recently honored for its work by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) – Southeast District III.
An Award of Excellence-winning photo of the APSU campus last winter.
APSU’s first Saudi master’s student hopes to spread what she’s learned in home country
June 24, 2018
Austin Peay State University
Clarksville, TN – Hanan Alghamdi’s face brightened with a smile when she learned she was Austin Peay State University’s first-ever master’s degree recipient from Saudi Arabia.
“I feel proud of what I am,” said the Master of Arts in Teaching recipient.
“I started from zero and now I see myself as …” she said before breaking off, adding later as her smile returned, “I did it. I did it.”
Hanan Alghamdi
