{"id":16809,"date":"2013-11-25T12:00:42","date_gmt":"2013-11-25T18:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=16809"},"modified":"2013-11-25T03:22:19","modified_gmt":"2013-11-25T09:22:19","slug":"apsu-student-government-association-puts-on-strong-showing-at-intercollegiate-event-in-nashville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2013\/11\/25\/apsu-student-government-association-puts-on-strong-showing-at-intercollegiate-event-in-nashville\/","title":{"rendered":"APSU Student Government Association Puts on Strong Showing at Intercollegiate Event in Nashville"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-47306\" title=\"Austin Peay State University - APSU\" alt=\"Austin Peay State University - APSU\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/apsu-logo-200x123.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"123\" \/>Clarksville, TN<\/strong> \u2013 Austin Peay State University\u2019s Student Government Association was well represented earlier this month at the Tennessee Intercollegiate State Legislature (TISL).<\/p>\n<p>The TISL is a forum for the top echelon of the state&#8217;s campus leaders to exchange ideas, express their opinions and learn how government works.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The TISL&#8217;s Senate and House of Representatives, which first convened in 1966, meet in the legislative chambers of the State Capitol each November.<\/p>\n<p>Nine students with APSU\u2019s Student Government Association were selected to attend, submit legislation and debate on the floor of the State House.<\/p>\n<p>Among the highlights of the weekend was the award presentation, which took place on November 17th. APSU student John \u201cJed\u201d Dugger, a first-year communications graduate student, won the prestigious Carlisle Award, regarded as the oldest and most prestigious award for individuals attending TISL.<\/p>\n<p>The award is named in honor of TISL&#8217;s founder, Dr. Douglas Carlisle. Only 10 senators and legislators, among hundreds in attendance, are selected for this award. Dugger currently serves APSU\u2019s SGA as a Graduate Senator.<\/p>\n<p>This marks the third consecutive year that a member of APSU\u2019s delegation has won the Carlisle Award for outstanding contributions to TISL.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clarksville, TN \u2013 Austin Peay State University\u2019s Student Government Association was well represented earlier this month at the Tennessee Intercollegiate State Legislature (TISL). The TISL is a forum for the top echelon of the state&#8217;s campus leaders to exchange ideas, express their opinions and learn how government works.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[23,10697,262,17022,512,825,17024,21454,17023],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xGYI-4n7","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16809"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16809"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16810,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16809\/revisions\/16810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}