APSU successful in accreditation process
September 29, 2020
Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University (APSU) recently completed its fifth-year accreditation review successfully without requiring any additional reports.
The review, which is part of the overall accreditation process from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), is completed by institutions approximately half way between the full 10-year reaffirmation process.
Austin Peay State University Campus. (APSU)
Customs House Museum to reopen Explorers’ Landing and Family Art Studio, October 4th
September 29, 2020
Clarksville, TN – For the first time in over six months, the Customs House Museum and Cultural Center is reopening Explorers’ Landing and the Kiwanis Family Art Studio.
Beginning October 4th, 2020 the ever-popular kid’s areas will be open for visitors with a few new precautions in place to ensure safe play for families.
Customs House Museum and Cultural Center’s Explorers’ Landing and Family Art Studio
APSU art faculty to present works during ‘Art + Design Faculty Triennial’
September 29, 2020
Clarksville, TN – The Austin Peay State University (APSU)The New Gallery, with support from The Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts and the Department of Art + Design, is pleased to present the Art + Design Faculty Triennial to continue an exciting 2020-2021 exhibition season.
Austin Peay State University Art + Design “Faculty Triennial” set for September 28th – October 23rd, 2020. (APSU)
APSU economics professor named Harvard Kennedy School research fellow
September 27, 2020
Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University (APSU) assistant Professor of Economics Elif E. Demiral Saglam just entered her first semester, but already has made advancements within her career scope – most recently becoming a research fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School for the upcoming academic year.
Austin Peay State University Assistant Professor of Economics Dr. Elif Demiral Saglam. (APSU)
APSU receives Best Overall Organization Award for outstanding environmental stewardship
September 26, 2020
Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University (APSU) was recently awarded the Best Overall Organization Award for a large organization by the Clarksville-Montgomery County Green Certification Program, and the University is now in the program’s Platinum Level.
Austin Peay State University Campus. (APSU)
APSU single-parent students to get assists through new scholarship from Fortera Foundation
September 25, 2020
Clarksville, TN – Fortera Credit Union’s recently established Fortera Foundation has made a generous donation to create and endow the Fortera Foundation Bridge Scholarship at Austin Peay State University (APSU).
Miss Austin Peay 2021 receives highest honor for young Americans
September 24, 2020
Clarksville, TN – Noelle Thompson, Miss Austin Peay 2021, will receive a Congressional Award Gold Medal on Saturday, September 26th, 2020, at the Austin Peay State University (APSU) Morgan Student University Center Ballroom for spending more than 1,800 hours serving the community through the Break Through 4 a Buddy program.
Miss Austin Peay 2021 Noelle Thompson. (APSU)
Clarksville Downtown Market voted “#1 Market in America”
September 24, 2020
Clarksville tops 1,200 markets that competed in online vote
Clarksville, TN – The best place to live in America now has the “#1 Market in America.”
The Clarksville Downtown Market presented by CDE Lightband was crowned the overall “People’s Choice” winner and earned the $1,000 first prize after months of voting in the American Farmland Trust’s 12th Annual Farmers Market Celebration. Chartered in 1980, the American Farmland Trust focuses on protecting farmland, promoting sound farming practices, and keeping farmers on the land.
The Clarksville Downtown Market, coordinated by the Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department, began in 2010 and has grown in popularity each year.
Vendors, patrons and Clarksville Parks and Recreation have combined to make the Clarksville Downtown Market the ‘#1 Market in America.’
APSU partners with Fort Campbell in northern long-eared bat, white-nose syndrome study
September 24, 2020
Clarksville, TN – The Austin Peay State University (APSU) Department of Biology is partnering with Fort Campbell, Kentucky, in an Intergovernmental Support Agreement (IGSA) to survey the base for endangered bat species.
In the partnership, Fort Campbell provides funding for Dr. Catherine Haase, an assistant biology professor, three of her graduate students and their equipment.
Austin Peay State University team: Sarah Zirkle, from the left, Sarah Krueger, Trevor Walker and Dr. Catherine Haase have been researching bats at Fort Campbell since July. (APSU)
APSU graduate programs set record enrollment for Fall 2020
September 24, 2020
Clarksville, TN – For the third year in a row, the Austin Peay State University (APSU) College of Graduate Studies has set an enrollment record, with more than 1,180 students signing up this fall for master- and doctoral-level classes.
Austin Peay State University Dean of the College of Graduate Studies Dr. Chad Brooks. (APSU)
