{"id":20958,"date":"2015-08-07T14:00:56","date_gmt":"2015-08-07T19:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=20958"},"modified":"2015-08-07T03:19:48","modified_gmt":"2015-08-07T08:19:48","slug":"new-apsu-student-health-building-named-after-wayne-and-marianne-ard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2015\/08\/07\/new-apsu-student-health-building-named-after-wayne-and-marianne-ard\/","title":{"rendered":"New APSU student health building named after Wayne and Marianne Ard"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AustinClarksville, TN<\/strong> – Earlier this year, Wayne Ard, president of Ard Construction, met Austin Peay State University President Alisa White for breakfast at a local restaurant. The conversation that morning quickly turned to Ard\u2019s wife, Marianne, who passed away a few months earlier in December 2014.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy wife was an education freak,\u201d Ard told President White. \u201cShe felt that every high school student should have a college education. She said that education was something you can\u2019t get too much of. So today, in Marianne\u2019s honor, I\u2019ll make a pledge to you.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Former Church of Christ Student Center (left) and Marianne Ard (right). CCSC will become the Wayne and Marianne Ard Building and will house health services and counseling services.<\/p><\/div>\n

Ard pledged a major financial gift to the University, which will fund, in Marianne\u2019s name, several scholarships for generations of deserving APSU students.<\/p>\n

In recognition of this extreme generosity, White announced that Austin Peay\u2019s new student health services building will be named the Wayne and Marianne Ard Building. The Tennessee Board of Regents approved the name earlier this summer.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor several decades, the Ards have been great friends of this University, and I\u2019m honored that Wayne has chosen to honor his late wife, Marianne, in this way,\u201d White said. \u201cTheir love and generosity will be a part of the spirit of this building, which will be a place of healing for many of our students.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Wayne and Marianne Ard Building will occupy a prominent location on the APSU campus, in the former Church of Christ Student Center at the corner of University Avenue and College street. Austin Peay purchased the building last year, and the University plans to move health services and counseling services into the newly renovated space next fall.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey (the Ards) both have been generous supporters of Austin Peay State University and many other charitable endeavors in this community,\u201d Fred Landiss, a longtime friend of the Ards, said. \u201cMarianne was very unassuming, and I am sure that she would not relish the attention she is getting, but I know that she would be pleased that Wayne and her family are continuing to support Austin Peay with this gift.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 1989, when the University needed $60,000 to fund a Chair of Excellence in business, Ard Construction announced it would build a house in the St. Bethlehem community and donate the profits from the sale to the APSU Foundation.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe sincerely thank Wayne Ard for this unique gift to the university,\u201d then-President Oscar Page said in a February 8th, 1989 issue of The All State, APSU\u2019s student newspaper.<\/p>\n

In 1990 and 1991, Marianne served as co-chair of the APSU Candlelight Ball Committee. Along with chair Judy Landiss, she helped raise $25,000 that year to bring the famous General Jackson Showboat to Clarksville.<\/p>\n

[320left]\u201cHowever, they were faced with one major problem; flooding on the Cumberland River would prevent to General Jackson from being able to maneuver under the bridge at Ashland City,\u201d Fred Landiss, Judy\u2019s husband, said. \u201cThey had to notify the 325 ball goers of the last minute cancellation and reschedule the event\u2014an ordeal that would make them even greater friends for another nearly 30 years.\u201d<\/p>\n

Landiss and other friends will be able to recall fond memories of the couple\u2019s generosity, including the great parties the Ards hosted, whenever they pass the building on College Street.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe miss Marianne, but her legacy of the giving of her time, talent and resources continues,\u201d Landiss said.<\/p>\n

A special naming ceremony, honoring the Ards, will take place at the site next spring. Details about that event will be announced at a later date.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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