Arbor Day Foundation recognizes APSU as Tree Campus USA for third year
February 28, 2018
Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University has received recognition for the third year in a row by the Arbor Day Foundation, recognizing the campus as a Tree Campus USA.
To obtain this distinction, Austin Peay State University has met the five core standards for sustainable campus forestry required by Tree Campus USA, including establishment of a tree advisory committee, evidence of a campus tree-care plan, dedicated annual expenditures for its campus tree program, an Arbor Day observance and the sponsorship of student service-learning projects.
Austin Peay State University Campus. (APSU)
APSU Police Department awarded accreditation by Tennessee Association of Chiefs of Police
February 27, 2018
Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University’s Police Department recently received accreditation by the Tennessee Association of Chiefs of Police through its Tennessee Law Enforcement Accreditation Program.
The program requires police departments complete a three-phase process, including review by the independent reviewing authority, in addition to meeting 160 standards.
Austin Peay State University Police Department receives Tennessee Association of Chiefs of Police accreditation.
Clarksville’s First Thursday Art Walk to be held March 1st, 2018
February 27, 2018
Clarksville, TN – Produced by The Downtown Clarksville Association, First Thursday Art Walk is a free, self-guided tour spanning a 5-block radius that combines visual art, live music, engaging events and more in the heart of Downtown Clarksville.
With 10+ venues, bars and businesses participating each month, the First Thursday Art Walk in Clarksville is the ultimate opportunity to savor and support local creative talent.
First Thursday Art Walk in downtown Clarksville
APSU arts and letters students collaborate on new Shakespeare podcast
February 26, 2018
Clarksville, TN – At first, it sounds like the set-up to a joke—a voice actor, a Restoration-era drama scholar and a sound engineer walk into a bar (or coffee shop, in this case).
But instead of hijinks, these three Austin Peay State University professors discuss a bold collaborative project to connect students from different disciplines and provide an entertaining resource for the community.
APSU Students creating Restoration and 18th-century adaptations of a Shakespeare’s play.
Austin Peay State University geosciences professors bring new geologic insights to Nevada’s high desert region
February 26, 2018
Clarksville, TN – The high desert region of Northeastern Nevada is known for its sparse, khaki-colored landscape, but if you happened to be passing through the area eight to 16 million years ago, it would have looked completely different.
“Our research indicates that Northeastern Nevada was transected by a greater than 190-kilometer-long fault zone bordering grasslands with rivers and lakes where ancient rhinoceroses, camels, and horses grazed in the shadow of a series of large, explosive volcanoes that periodically erupted voluminous hot clouds of volcanic ash that torched the landscape,” Dr. Phyllis Camilleri, Austin Peay State University professor of geology, said.
Camel Bone.
Clarksville Parks and Recreation launches “Bike Walk Clarksville”
February 24, 2018
Clarksville, TN – Bike Walk Clarksville, a group of citizens on a mission to promote a more bicycle and pedestrian-friendly community, got rolling this week with a formative meeting at Wilma Rudolph Events Center.
The next meeting is scheduled for 6:00pm Tuesday, March 13th, 2018 at a site to be announced soon. Organizers have set up online sites to inform and connect members.
The popularity of Clarksville’s BCycle bike-sharing system helped inspire the newly formed ‘Bike Walk Clarksville’ citizens group.
Austin Peay State University student Aristeo Ruiz named SEIFC Fraternity Man of the Year
February 24, 2018
Clarksville, TN – At the awards banquet during the Southeastern Interfraternity Conference (SEIFC) Annual Leadership Academy in Atlanta, Georgia, Austin Peay State University student Aristeo S. “Ari” Ruiz was named SEIFC’s Gregory R. Singleton Fraternity Man of the Year.
“This award means a lot for me because it has given me a platform to say that we all need to reignite the purpose for fraternity and sorority life and go back to the basics – our values,” Ruiz said.
Austin Peay State University student Aristeo S. “Ari” Ruiz named SEIFC’s Gregory R. Singleton Fraternity Man of the Year.
The All State staff earns 10 awards at Southeast Journalism Conference
February 23, 2018
Clarksville, TN – The All State, student newspaper at Austin Peay State University, earned two first place awards in Best News Editorial Artist/Illustrator and On-site Op-ed Writing and eight additional awards from the annual Southeast Journalism Conference during on Friday, February 16th, 2018.
The All State staff show their 10 awards from the the annual Southeast Journalism Conference.
APSU’s Osvaldo Di Paolo Harrison publishes fifth scholarly work on Hispanic crime fiction
February 23, 2018
Clarksville, TN – In 1978, the Spanish crime novelist José García Martínez-Calín created Gay Flower, a tough private detective reminiscent of Mikey Spillane’s Mike Hammer and Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlow.
Flower’s adventures through the hardboiled underworld of 1940s Los Angeles helped revive crime fiction in Spain and Latin America, but Martínez-Calín is rarely mentioned in academic journals or invited to the genre’s many celebrated literary festivals, like Spain’s popular Semana Negra (Black Week).
APSU professor Dr. Osvaldo Di Paolo Harrison with his recently published book “Queer Noir Hispanico”.
Austin Peay State University students present 17th annual production of “The Vagina Monologues”
February 22, 2018
Clarksville, TN – The Austin Peay State University Women’s and Gender Studies Program and the Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance announce the 17th annual production of Eve Ensler’s award-winning play, “The Vagina Monologues,” scheduled for February 23rd at 7:00pm in the APSU Clement Auditorium.
17th annual production of “The Vagina Monologues,” set for February 23rd at 7:00pm in the APSU Clement Auditorium.
