Austin Peay State University to have annual AP Debate Forum on November 2nd
October 28, 2011
Clarksville, TN – The Austin Peay State University Department of Communication will hold its eighth annual AP Debate Forum from 6:00pm-8:00pm, Wednesday, November 2nd in the Music and Mass Communication Concert Hall. The debate is free and open to the public.
The topic for this debate is “Resolved: In order to ensure more productive citizenship, all American citizens, who have graduated high school and reached the age of 18, must immediately complete no less than two years of military service, or participate in national or international service missions.” [Read more]
APSU’s 2011 Homecoming features two sports events open to public
October 27, 2011
APSU Homecoming
Clarksville, TN – The Austin Peay State University National Alumni Association will sponsor both a golf tournament and 5K scholarship run during Homecoming 2011, and those will be open to the public.
The 33rd Annual Homecoming Golf Tournament will be at 8:00am, Friday, October 28th at Swan Lake Golf Course. Cost is $60.00 per person, and advance registration is required. Fee includes ditty bag, refreshments on the golf course and light lunch. The event, sponsored by Budweiser of Clarksville, is chaired by alumnus Frazier Allen (’99). [Read more]
APSU at Fort Campbell to have Student Appreciation Day
October 26, 2011
Clarksville, TN – The Austin Peay Center at Fort Campbell will hold a Student Appreciation Day from 11:30am-2:00pm, Thursday, October 27th in the Glenn English Education Center at Fort Campbell, KY.
The event is free and open to the public.
The University’s culinary arts program will provide refreshments, and door prizes will be given. Students are encouraged to attend to meet their academic department representative.
For more information, please call the Austin Peay Center at Fort Campbell, 931.221.1400.
Acclaimed performance artist Tim Miller comes to APSU as Acuff Chair
October 26, 2011
Clarksville, TN – Several years ago, the internationally acclaimed performance artist Tim Miller began a romantic relationship with an Australian citizen. Things went well at first, but when the couple looked at settling down in America, they encountered an unexpected obstacle – immigration.
Normally that isn’t too much of a problem for binational relationships. If the couple is serious, they’ll simple marry, allowing the other partner to remain in this country legally. But Miller’s situation was different. He was gay.
“If you have an international partner, but you’re not allowed to marry, how do you deal with that,” Marcus Hayes, associate professor of theater and dance at APSU, said. [Read more]
Annual G.H.O.S.T. Event Draws Near
October 25, 2011
Clarksville, TN – G.H.O.S.T. (Greater Halloween Options for Safe Trick-or-Treating) is Austin Peay’s Student Government Association’s most successful and well-known community outreach event.
Held annually around Halloween each year, the event provides children from surrounding communities to trick-or-treat in a safe and controlled environment. Austin Peay student organizations also use G.H.O.S.T. as an outlet to promote their groups and assist in making the occasion fun and interactive for children and their families.
G.H.O.S.T. at APSU
November 15th Salon Series Lecture at APSU to Discuss Harlem Renaissance
October 25, 2011
Brian Johnson
Clarksville, TN – In the early 20th century, some of the country’s leading African American writers – including Zora Neale Hurston, Countee Cullen, Langston Hughes and Claude McKay – found a home for their works in the influential journal, “The Crisis: A Record of the Darker Races.”
The magazine’s long-serving editor, W.E.B. Du Bois, the first African-American Ph.D. graduate of Harvard University, championed these writers, ushering in that pivotal period in American literature known as the Harlem Renaissance. But what many people don’t realize is that the literary movement was born out of the strained relationships between these writers, Du Bois and the journal’s white benefactors. [Read more]
APSU Senior Art Exhibits Planned this Fall
October 24, 2011
Clarksville, TN – This fall, 15 young artists at Austin Peay State University will present highly original new works during a series of free exhibits in the campus’ Trahern Building.
The students, working in a variety of media from painting to photography to ceramics, are enrolled in Austin Peay’s Senior Thesis Exhibition class, taught by assistant professor of art Paul Collins. The class requires that students present their work in a public setting in order to earn their Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. [Read more]
Impacts of invasive species in freshwater ecosystems next APSU Provost Lecture Series
October 23, 2011
Clarksville, TN – Biological invasions have been attracting more attention in recent years. However, invasive species are not a new problem; historically, they have been transported to different geographical locations around the globe.
Freshwater and marine ecosystems are easily accessible areas that allow for invasive hitchhikers to reach a new geographical area either deliberately or unintentionally. This will be the focus of the next Provost Lecture Series at Austin Peay State University. [Read more]
26th Annual APSU Percussion Ensemble Halloween Concert set for October 28th
October 22, 2011
Clarksville, TN – “If I have to describe in one word what’s going to be going on with this concert,” Dr. David Steinquest said, leaning forward and rubbing his hands, “it would be ‘magic.’”
He lifted his eyebrows as he spoke, as if the word itself contained supernatural properties. It’s the type of showmanship one comes to expect from the Austin Peay State University professor of music, especially at this time of year.
Every October for the last 26 years, Steinquest has hosted the APSU Percussion Ensemble’s Halloween Concert – an enormously popular performance that blends music with the mayhem of the season. This year’s concert will consist of two performances at 6:00pm and 8:00pm on October 28th in the APSU Music/Mass Communication Concert Hall.
The APSU Percussion Ensemble's 2010 Halloween Concert
APSU nursing student earns honor in Army nursing course
October 21, 2011
Clarksville, TN – An Austin Peay State University nursing student graduated at the top of her class at the U.S. Army’s Critical Care Nursing Course at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C.
Capt. Jessica Fetter, an Army Nursing Corp reservist in the 4203rd U.S. Army Hospital in Nashville TN, graduated from the course in August, achieving a final grade of 96 percent and earning her the distinction of Distinguished Honor Graduate. [Read more]
