{"id":26292,"date":"2018-09-17T09:47:32","date_gmt":"2018-09-17T14:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=26292"},"modified":"2018-09-17T09:47:32","modified_gmt":"2018-09-17T14:47:32","slug":"apsu-board-of-trustees-approves-new-military-family-resource-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2018\/09\/17\/apsu-board-of-trustees-approves-new-military-family-resource-center\/","title":{"rendered":"APSU Board of Trustees approves new Military Family Resource Center"},"content":{"rendered":"

Austin Peay State University<\/h2>\n

\"AustinClarksville, TN<\/strong> – On Friday, September 14th, 2018 Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam, who will leave office when his term ends later this fall, visited Austin Peay State University, and he asked the school\u2019s Board of Trustees what he should tell his successor about the University. Don Jenkins, a trustee, immediately mentioned Austin Peay\u2019s military focus.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a very military-friendly town, but it\u2019s an incredibly military-friendly college,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Austin Peay State University President Alisa White and Board Chair Mike O\u2019Malley present Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam with an APSU hat.<\/p><\/div>\n

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A few minutes later, the board unanimously voted to convert one of Austin Peay\u2019s College Street properties (the former Jenkins and Wynne Lincoln-Mercury Building) into a Military Family Resource Center.<\/p>\n

The repurposed building will have the potential to house several of the University\u2019s existing academic and support programs in one location, including the Military Student Center, Veterans Upward Bound, the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs\u2019 VetSuccess on Campus office, and Military-focused satellite offices for Career Services, Admissions, the Registrar and Student Financial Aid.<\/p>\n

The center is being developed to \u201cprovide seamless support to students completing a variety of activities, such as applying for admission, accessing financial aid, selecting a program of study, registering for courses, progressing toward graduation, and securing employment after graduation.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe take this responsibility to the military seriously,\u201d Alisa White, APSU president, said. \u201cAnd if you\u2019re counting stars, between Gen. (Robin) Mealer and Gen. (Gary) Luck, I\u2019ve got five on the board. And then with Gen. (Ron) Bailey (APSU vice president for external affairs) and Gen. (Scott) Brower (APSU military adviser in residence) on my leadership team, I have four stars. So we have nine stars.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s a little intimidating,\u201d Haslam joked.<\/p>\n

During the meeting, Mike Krause, executive director of the Tennessee Higher Education Commission, also briefed the board on Austin Peay State University\u2019s impressive efforts regarding student success. Since Tennessee moved to an outcomes-based funding formula in 2010, shifting the focus from financially rewarding colleges for the number of students they enroll to funding institutions for actually awarding degrees and certificates, Austin Peay has led the state.<\/p>\n

\u201cAustin Peay\u2019s state funding has gone up 28 percent in the last five years,\u201d Krause said. \u201cThat empirical information tells a more powerful story than any speech, the numbers don\u2019t lie, and that is Austin Peay has done something very dramatic with student success.\u201d<\/p>\n

[320left]This sentiment was echoed earlier this month when Dan Bauman, a journalist with the Chronicle of Higher Education in Washington, D.C., tweeted findings from the Tennessee Comptroller\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n

\u201cWow,\u201d Bauman tweeted. \u201cAustin Peay State University, relative to other institutions. \u2018The 52 percent cumulative growth for APSU represents approximately $13.3 million in additional operating funding since 2010-11.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Haslam also praised Austin Peay\u2019s \u201cincredible increase in enrollment\u201d at a time when other universities are struggling, and the governor called Austin Peay\u2019s record 1,000 graduate students \u201ca huge milestone.\u201d<\/p>\n

The board presented the governor with a gift bag of University memorabilia, including a hat with the APSU athletic mark on it. Haslam joked with the board that all the \u201cBe a Gov\u201d signs on campus encouraged him.<\/p>\n

\u201cI might just hang out here,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

To view an archived video of the meeting, which should be available soon, or for more information on agenda items, visit www.apsu.edu\/president\/board-of-trustees<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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