Austin Peay State University Ranger Challenge team to make second straight trip to Sandhurst competition
March 12, 2020
Clarksville, TN – For the second straight year, the Austin Peay State University (APSU) Ranger Challenge team has earned a spot at Sandhurst, the world’s premier international academy military skills competition.
Austin Peay State University ROTC cadet Cherady Fine trains at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, recently. (APSU)
APSU students discover bacteriophages: Danno, Otwor, Scumberland
March 11, 2020
Clarksville, TN – Ten Austin Peay State University (APSU) students last semester took advantage of a unique global research opportunity, and their work led to the discovery of three new bacteria-infecting viruses called bacteriophages, aka phages.
Austin Peay State University student Heath Simpson. (APSU)
Austin Peay State University adds custom coding camps, classes to Junior Coders offerings
March 11, 2020
Clarksville, TN – The Austin Peay State University (APSU) Department of Computer Science and Information Technology has introduced a new way to experience the popular Junior Coders camps it offers.
APSU now will build custom coding camps or classes to fit the needs of area schools or student organizations.
Austin Peay State University worked with Clarksville Academy to offer a two-week custom camp in January. (APSU)
City of Clarksville debuts “Cause for Applause” for staff
March 10, 2020
Clarksville, TN – Clarksville Mayor Joe Pitts honored 90 City of Clarksville employees for outstanding job performance in the inaugural “Cause for Applause” program.
High-achieving City of Clarksville employees get Shining Star and Rising Star awards.
APSU coordinates campus response to last week’s violent storms
March 10, 2020
Clarksville, TN – Last week, after several devastating storms and tornadoes moved through the Middle Tennessee area, members of the Austin Peay State University (APSU) community began reaching out to the students, faculty and staff who live in those counties.
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee surveys recent tornado damage.
This Week at APSU: Candlelight Ball auction to raise money for Austin Peay State University scholarships
March 9, 2020
Clarksville, TN – 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.” More than 40 years later, his influence continues to transform the music genre, and attendees at the Austin Peay State University (APSU) Candlelight Ball this spring will get a chance to own a piece of country music history when the school auctions off a signed Charlie Daniels fiddle.
Charlie Daniels
Tennessee Williams’ “A Streetcar Name Desire” plays the Roxy Regional Theatre, March 13th-28th
March 7, 2020
Clarksville, TN – One of the greatest works of American theatre is coming to the Roxy Regional Theatre, Clarksville’s oldest professional theatre, this month.
Dr. Joseph & Nancye Britton proudly present Tennessee Williams’ Pulitzer Prize-winning play “A Streetcar Named Desire” at the Roxy Regional Theatre, opening Friday, March 13th, at 8:00pm. In keeping with the theatre’s pay-what-you-can opening night tradition, all tickets not pre-sold at the regular price will go on sale at 7:30pm that evening for a $5.00 minimum donation.
(Clockwise from top left) Sara Anderson, Adam Zarowski, Emma Jordan and Matthew Combs star in “A Streetcar Named Desire” at the Roxy Regional Theatre, March 13th-28th
APSU history chair Cameron Sutt heading to Iceland to give talk on Hungarians during Viking Era
March 7, 2020
Clarksville, TN – Dr. Cameron Sutt, historian, professor and chair of the Austin Peay State University (APSU) history and philosophy department, is traveling to Iceland to deliver a talk on Hungarians during the Viking Era.
Austin Peay State University professor Dr. Cameron Sutt. (APSU)
APSU alumni create the Duvall Family Scholarship Endowment
March 6, 2020
Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University alumni Billy and Wendy Duvall recently made a generous contribution to the APSU Foundation to establish the Duvall Family Scholarship Endowment to benefit APSU students.
The Duvall Family creates scholarship endowment to benefit Austin Peay State University students. (APSU)
Clarksville Area Chamber of Commerce March 2020 Events
March 6, 2020
Clarksville, TN – The Clarksville Area Chamber of Commerce announces upcoming events during the month of March.
On March 4th, 2020 the Chamber will hold it’s monthly Clarksville Young Professionals (CYP) at 12:00 noon at the Clarksville-Area Chamber of Commerce Office – 25 Jefferson Street, Suite T.
