This Week at APSU: ‘Frozen II’ artist Heather Abels to speak at Austin Peay State University
February 24, 2020
Clarksville, TN – The Austin Peay State University Department of Art + Design, with support from The APSU Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts, is pleased to welcome award-winning senior matte painter & environment designer, Heather Abels, to Austin Peay State University.
Senior matte painter Heather Abels works at her Clarksville home office.
Clarksville’s Customs House Museum March 2020 Exhibits, Activities
February 23, 2020
Clarksville, TN – The Customs House Museum and Cultural Center is located in historic downtown Clarksville, Tennessee. Come explore an entire city block featuring large gallery spaces filled with fine art, science and history.
Some of the events in March at the Museum are: Women of the Neighborhood, Wonders of the West, The Artwork of HAPI (Healing Arts Project, Inc.), Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Dunwody Boehm Porcelain Collection, Apron Strings: Ties to the Past, I Have a Voice: Traveling Exhibition from Tennessee State Museum, and Hands-On Explorers: Dr. Seuss Science.
Customs House Museum and Cultural Center
APSU languages and literature students to present their scholarship at international conferences
February 21, 2020
Clarksville, TN – Five Austin Peay State University (APSU) languages and literature students are headed to Las Vegas next month to present their scholarly research at the Sigma Tau Delta International Convention. Sigma Tau Delta is an international English honor society with a strong, student-run chapter at Austin Peay State University.
Austin Peay State University languages and literature students Calie Benke, Jessica Emerson, Micaela Cuellar, Gabriela DiCarlo and Arizona Hurn. (APSU)
Candlelight Ball auction to raise money for APSU scholarships
February 21, 2020
Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University (APSU) Candlelight Ball is set for Saturday, March 14th, 2020.
Charlie Daniels, the Country Music Hall of Famer known for “sawing on a fiddle and playing it hot,” helped reinvigorate that 400-year-old instrument with his 1979 hit, “The Devil Went Down to Georgia.”
Austin Peay State University Candlelight Ball Auction features incredible items including a signed Charlie Daniels fiddle.
APSU receives Clarksville-Montgomery County Community Health Foundation grant to connect campus to Clarksville Greenway
February 19, 2020
Clarksville, TN – The Clarksville-Montgomery County Community Health Foundation (CMCCHF) recently awarded nearly $400,000 in grant funding to the Austin Peay State University (APSU) Foundation to connect the APSU campus to the Clarksville Greenway.
Austin Peay State University students using a BCycle from the APSU campus station. (APSU)
APSU professor David Rands selected for prestigious Japanese fellowship
February 18, 2020
Clarksville, TN – An Austin Peay State University (APSU) professor is one of 13 scholars from around the world – and one of only three in the United States – chosen for an in-depth three-week fellowship in Ise, Japan.
Austin Peay State University associate professor Dr. David Rands. (APSU)
APSU to have Heather Abels speak, February 26th
February 17, 2020
Clarksville, TN – The Austin Peay State University Department of Art + Design, with support from The APSU Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts, is pleased to welcome award-winning senior matte painter & environment designer, Heather Abels, to Austin Peay State University.
Senior matte painter Heather Abels works at her Clarksville home office.
This Week at Austin Peay State University: Polar Plunge at Foy Pool to raise money for Special Olympics
February 17, 2020
Clarksville, TN – Join hundreds of brave souls from 10:00am-noon on Saturday, February 22nd, 2020 at the Austin Peay State University (APSU) Foy Fitness and Recreation Center pool and support Special Olympics Tennessee athletes by taking a chilly dip.
Austin Peay State University to hold annual Polar Plunge this Saturday, February 22nd. (APSU)
Austin Peay State University welcomes Erica Weiss, showrunner for CBS’s The Red Line, in March
February 16, 2020
Clarksville, TN – From March 2nd-5th, 2020, the Austin Peay State University Department of Theatre and Dance and the APSU Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts (CECA) will welcome Jeff Awards-nominated theatre director, independent filmmaker and television writer/producer Erica Weiss to campus for a series of workshops and public events.
Erica Weiss, 2020 Acuff Chair
Patrick and Ruth Fitch create Fitch Family Science Endowment for APSU students
February 15, 2020
Clarksville, TN – Patrick and Ruth Fitch recently made a generous contribution to the Austin Peay State University Foundation to establish the Fitch Family Science Endowment to benefit APSU students.
Patrick and Ruth Fitch. (APSU)
