Guitar Virtuoso Stanley Yates to give Free Concert at Austin Peay State University
September 14, 2012
APSU Guitar Professor Stanley Yates To Perform Free Concert
Stanley Yates
Clarksville TN – Internationally-renowned concert guitarist and APSU Professor of Music Dr. Stanley Yates will present a recital of solo and chamber music at 7.30pm on Thursday, September 27th in the Concert Theater of the Music-Mass Communication Building on the APSU campus.
His program will include solo guitar music by baroque composer Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello, Czech composer Stepan Rak, and Brazilian guitarist Baden Powell de Aquino.
The concert will also include the first modern performance of a recently-discovered early nineteenth-century adaption for violin, viola and guitar of Mozart’s popular opera ‘The Magic Flute,’ assisted by APSU violin professor Dr. Emily Hanna Crane and Nashville violist Michael O’Gieblyn.
Clarksville’s Downtown Market voted #1 in Tennessee for third straight year
September 6, 2012
In the 2012 America’s Favorite Farmer’s Markets Contest
Clarksville, TN – Clarksville’s Downtown Market at Public Square has been voted #1 in the state of Tennessee and #19 in the nation for large markets, in the 2012 America’s Favorite Farmers Markets contest which is hosted each year by American Farmland Trust. This is the third year in a row the Clarksville Downtown Market has won first place in the state of Tennessee.
The online contest was a nationwide challenge to see which of America’s farmers markets can rally the most support from their communities- and support we did receive! Thanks to everyone that voted! [Read more]
APSU history professor Kristofer Ray to appear on Discovery Channel mini-series “How Booze Built America”
September 6, 2012
Clarksville, TN – In the early 1790s, about 13,000 federal soldiers marched into rural western Pennsylvania to put down a small uprising. The farmers in the area had turned violent, destroying each other’s property, attacking and kidnapping law enforcement officers and formulating plans for an assault on nearby Pittsburgh.
Then-President George Washington was not pleased, so he sent in the troops.
Mike Rowe, host of the Discovery Channel’s “Dirty Jobs,” recently talked with APSU associate professor of history Dr. Kristofer Ray for an upcoming Discovery Channel program “How Booze Built America.”
APSU Acuff Chair of Excellence holder for 2012-13 to be Noted Writer David Huddle
August 30, 2012
Austin Peay State University
Clarksville, TN – Earlier this year, the award-winning writer David Huddle was contacted by Dr. Amy Wright, Austin Peay State University assistant professor of creative writing. Both writers hailed from rural Wythe County, VA, and after a bit of reminiscing about local haunts they both knew, Wright asked Huddle a question.
How would he, a two-time National Endowment of the Arts fellow and author of more than 17 books of poetry, fiction and essays, like to spend a few months this fall and next spring in Clarksville, working with APSU creative writing students? [Read more]
Customs House Museum opens Impressions of Reality September 20th
August 24, 2012
Clarksville, TN – Internationally awarded Nashville visual artist Camille Engel will show her contemporary realism paintings in a rare solo exhibition from September 20th through November 4th at the Customs House Museum and Cultural Center in Clarksville, Tennessee.
Impressions of Reality will feature her still lifes, trompe l’oeils, and her trademark birds.
Engel Sunflower
Austin Peay State University named “2012 Great College To Work For”
August 8, 2012
Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University is one of the best colleges in the nation to work for, according to a new survey by The Chronicle of Higher Education.
In addition, APSU was the only public university in Tennessee to make the list.
The results, released today in The Chronicle’s fifth annual report on The Academic Workplace, are based on a survey of more than 46,000 employees at 294 colleges and universities.
Customs House Museum’s Crouch Gallery Full of Inspiration
August 3, 2012
Clarksville, TN – Tennessee’s Cumberland Furniture Guild debuts its juried theme show in the Crouch Gallery of the Customs House Museum on August 9th. The exhibit, entitled Inspirations & Origins, showcases hand-crafted works including both traditional and whimsical. Artisans’ muses will accompany each piece.
Graham Campbell’s side table.
Clarksville Mayor Kim McMillan introduces Clarksville TV
August 1, 2012
Clarksville, TN – Clarksville Mayor Kim McMillan is introducing a new opportunity to learn more about Clarksville through the City’s new cable television channel.
“CDE Lightband customers may have noticed a new addition a couple of months ago. Channel 3 on CDE Lightband is Clarksville TV.” [Read more]
APSU employees share their accomplishments
August 1, 2012
Clarksville, TN – Several faculty and staff members at Austin Peay State University announce their recent professional and scholarly activities.
Dr. Chad Brooks, associate professor of biology, co-authored an article about an amphibian-lethal virus in west Tennessee, and the article is published in the latest edition of Herpetological Review. The title of the article was “Further presence of ranavirus infection in amphibian populations of Tennessee, USA.” [Read more]
Clarksville Montgomery County School System Teachers receive $20,000 Grant from Dow Corning Foundation
July 27, 2012
Clarksville, TN – The Dow Corning Foundation has approved a $20,000 grant to Clarksville-Montgomery County School System to fund the Teacher Extern Program, started this summer with 10 local industries, including Hemlock Semiconductor Group’s Clarksville site.
The program partners math and science teachers from CMCSS with engineers and industry professionals to better understand real life application of the subject they teach.
Hemlock Semiconductor Group Site Manager Terry Strange (right) presents a $20,000 Dow Corning Foundation grant to CMCSS Director Dr. B.J. Worthington. The grant will fund teacher externships.
