{"id":28978,"date":"2020-08-21T20:05:44","date_gmt":"2020-08-22T01:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=28978"},"modified":"2020-08-21T20:05:44","modified_gmt":"2020-08-22T01:05:44","slug":"physically-distanced-and-in-masks-camp-r-o-w-introduces-new-students-to-austin-peay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2020\/08\/21\/physically-distanced-and-in-masks-camp-r-o-w-introduces-new-students-to-austin-peay\/","title":{"rendered":"Physically distanced and in masks, Camp R.O.W. introduces new students to Austin Peay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-324279\" title=\"Austin Peay State University - APSU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Austin-Peay-State-University-APSU.jpg\" alt=\"Austin Peay State University - APSU\" width=\"250\" height=\"64\"\/><strong>Clarksville, TN<\/strong> &#8211; The Austin Peay State University (APSU) first-ever Camp R.O.W. wrapped up this week as a huge success even though organizers had to find innovative ways to provide the summer camp-style experience while meeting U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) mask and physical distancing guidelines.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_498224\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Students-get-introduced-to-Austin-Peay-State-University-at-Camp-R.O.W.-2.jpg\"  class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-498224\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-498224\" title=\"Austin Peay State University hold first-ever Camp R.O.W. (APSU)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Students-get-introduced-to-Austin-Peay-State-University-at-Camp-R.O.W.-2-480x320.jpg\" alt=\"Austin Peay State University hold first-ever Camp R.O.W. (APSU)\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\"\/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-498224\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Austin Peay State University hold first-ever Camp R.O.W. (APSU)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Austin Peay State University unveiled Camp R.O.W. as a new opportunity open to all incoming Governors to attend a multiday \u201csummer camp\u201d experience focused on building connections with the APSU community.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have been amazed by the bravery of these freshman,\u201d said Clayton Sheehan, assistant director of recreation programs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re going into a whole new chapter of their lives during a pandemic, but it\u2019s not holding them back. They\u2019re putting themselves out there, meeting new people and helping each other through this odd time,\u201d Sheehan stated.<\/p>\n<p>Camp R.O.W. attendees joined other incoming students to learn about Austin Peay State University, student opportunities and campus traditions.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_498225\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Students-get-introduced-to-Austin-Peay-State-University-at-Camp-R.O.W.-1.jpg\"  class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-498225\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-498225\" title=\"Austin Peay State University hold first-ever Camp R.O.W. (APSU)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Students-get-introduced-to-Austin-Peay-State-University-at-Camp-R.O.W.-1-480x320.jpg\" alt=\"Austin Peay State University hold first-ever Camp R.O.W. (APSU)\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\"\/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-498225\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Austin Peay State University hold first-ever Camp R.O.W. (APSU)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>R.O.W. stands for Registration, Orientation, Welcome. The camp was from Sunday to Friday and included day and night events.<\/p>\n<h3>Some of the highlights of the camp included:&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cBattle at Fortera\u201d \u2013 a relay race with a \u201cminute to win it\u201d challenge at each exchange \u2013 on Wednesday night.<\/li>\n<li>The \u201cNot So Formal\u201d Freshman Formal on Tuesday night.<\/li>\n<li>The dive-in movie and lip sync battle on Thursday night.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The challenge throughout the camp was to keep the students and organizers safe during the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[470center]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of the unique ideas to maintain social distancing at events were we put out hula hoops for students to dance inside, and that was their \u2018bubble,\u2019\u201d Sheehan said. \u201cWe also tried to highlight the social, emotional and mental health challenges that come with COVID-19, and we shared resources on how to address those.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The emotional support students provide each other shined at the camp, he noted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt Camp R.O.W., I\u2019ve seen new students opening up, lifting each other up, and getting excited to be Govs,\u201d Sheehan said. \u201cI know it\u2019s going to be a hard year, but I believe we\u2019re going to have 50 new students that are excited and proud to be represent Austin Peay State University no matter what!\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For more about Camp R.O.W., visit <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.apsu.edu\/camprow\/\" >www.apsu.edu\/camprow\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more about University Recreation at APSU, go to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.apsu.edu\/recreation\/\" >www.apsu.edu\/recreation\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For updates about how Austin Peay State University is navigating the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic, visit <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.apsu.edu\/coronavirus\/\" >www.apsu.edu\/coronavirus\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clarksville, TN &#8211; The Austin Peay State University (APSU) first-ever Camp R.O.W. wrapped up this week as a huge success even though organizers had to find innovative ways to provide the summer camp-style experience while meeting U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) mask and physical distancing guidelines.<\/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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[23,34879,262,10957,512,825,32050,34581,34634,34743,34642,34652,17481],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xGYI-7xo","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28978"}],"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=28978"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28979,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28978\/revisions\/28979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}