Austin Peay State University names 2019 alumni award winners
August 1, 2019
Clarksville, TN – This November, during Austin Peay State University’s 2019 Homecoming celebration, the University will honor six distinguished individuals with this year’s APSU Alumni Awards.
The 2019 honorees are Outstanding Service Award recipients Dee Boaz and Shan Smith (’78); Outstanding Young Alumni Award recipients Catie Clinard (’11) and Bryan Johnson (’04); and Outstanding Alumni Award recipients Khandra Smalley (’05) and Richard Bibb (’65).
The campus of Austin Peay State University. (APSU)
Clarksville’s Customs House Museum August 2019 Exhibits and Activities
July 18, 2019
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 August at the Museum are:The Biggest and Most Important Things: A Duo Exhibition by Michelle & Aaron Grayum, Odyssey: An Exhibition of Recent Works by Paul Harmon, Jim Diehr: Imagined Perspectives, Revisiting New York: A Photographic Essay by Norman Lerner and Sunday Family Fun Learning Day: Create an Alien.
Customs House Museum and Cultural Center
Advance Financial to hold Free Backpack Give Away Saturday, July 19th
July 17, 2019
Clarksville, TN – On Friday, July 19th, 2019, Advance Financial will be celebrating Back-To-School in Tennessee by giving away 100 new backpacks to Clarksville-Montgomery County area students.
Advance Financial on Madison Street to hold Backpack Giveaway for Local Students this Friday.
APSU Clay Target Team wins four team titles, seven individual titles at state championships
June 25, 2019
Clarksville, TN – The Austin Peay State University (APSU) Clay Target Team won four collegiate team state titles last week at the Tennessee Scholastic Clay Target Program championships in Nashville Tennessee.
Team members also claimed seven individual titles. Here are the honors:
Austin Peay State University Clay Target Team (L to R) Makayla Boisseau, coach Marty Moore, Wylie Randall, John Michael Baggett and Hunter Purviance.
APSU Department of Music establishes scholarship in honor of Norma Jean Smith
June 11, 2019
Clarksville, TN – A scholarship to benefit students has been established by the Austin Peay State University (APSU) Department of Music to honor the memory of the late Norma Jean Smith.
Smith was an administrative assistant at APSU for 36 years. She worked in the Department of Music from 1990 to 2015.
The Norma Jean Smith Scholarship has been created by the Austin Peay State University Department of Music. (APSU)
Clarksville’s First Thursday Art Walk to be held June 6th, 2019
May 31, 2019
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.
Dunbar Cave State Park, Port Royal State Historic Park to hold National Trails Day Hikes, June 1st
May 30, 2019
Nashville, TN – On Saturday, June 1st, 2019, Tennessee State Parks will celebrate National Trails Day with free guided hikes at all 56 state parks. Dunbar Cave State Park and Port Royal State Historic Park will be holding hikes led by park rangers.
This will be the third of the state parks’ signature hikes this year, following First Day Hikes in January and Spring Hikes in March. Thus far, 4,787 park visitors have participated in the hikes.
Dunbar Cave State Park Visitor Center.
Clarksville’s Customs House Museum June 2019 Exhibits and Activities
May 20, 2019
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 May at the Museum are: Remembering D-Day: 75th Anniversary, Batter Up! Celebrating America’s Pastime, Here Comes the Bride, Annual Staff Art Show, Bold Strokes: The Art of Sandy Spain and Flying High.
Customs House Museum and Cultural Center
Clarksville Civil War Roundtable to hold next meeting on May 15th, 2019
May 8, 2019
Clarksville, TN – The next meeting of the Clarksville Civil War Roundtable will be on Wednesday, May 15th at the Bone & Joint Center, 980 Professional Park Drive, right across the street from Tennova Healthcare – Clarksville. This is just off Dunlop Lane and Holiday Drive and only a few minutes east of Governor’s Square mall. The meeting begins at 7:00pm and is always open to the public. Members please bring a friend or two – new recruits are always welcomed.
“John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and the Era of Reassessment” is the topic for the next Clarksville Civil War Roundtable meeting.
APSU Department of Theatre, Dance and Nashville Children’s Theatre partner for Apprentice Program
May 4, 2019
Nashville, TN – The Austin Peay State University (APSU) Department of Theatre and Dance and Nashville Children’s Theatre (NCT), the nation’s oldest professional theatre for young audiences and the largest theatre in Middle Tennessee recently partnered on an apprentice program to help APSU students further their collegiate careers by engaging directly inside the industry.
Austin Peay State University’s Dr. Christopher Bailey and Margaret Rennerfeldt, along with three APSU students Hannah Clark, Treston Henderson and Shane Kopishke, meet with Ernie Nolan (center), artistic director of the NCT. (APSU)
