{"id":3525,"date":"2010-08-03T08:00:51","date_gmt":"2010-08-03T13:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=3525"},"modified":"2010-08-02T22:39:54","modified_gmt":"2010-08-03T03:39:54","slug":"apsu-freshman-to-live-in-hall-named-after-great-grandfather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2010\/08\/03\/apsu-freshman-to-live-in-hall-named-after-great-grandfather\/","title":{"rendered":"APSU Freshman to Live in Hall Named After Great-grandfather"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AustinWhen Ben Rawlins decided to attend Austin Peay State University, he went online to look at the different housing options for incoming freshmen. His father sat next to him as he scrolled through the names of the residence halls, and both men stopped when one name appeared on the screen \u2013 Rawlins Hall.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy dad was the one who really wanted me to stay in that dorm,\u201d Ben said. \u201cI said, \u2018Let\u2019s do it.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

The residence hall\u2019s name isn\u2019t simply a coincidence. The dorm is named for Ben Rawlins\u2019 great-grandfather, Dr. George Rawlins Jr., who taught at APSU from 1946 to 1964 and served as chair of the chemistry department.<\/p>\n

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Austin Peay State University's Rawlins Hall<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cI never met him, but I just really wanted to keep the tradition going,\u201d Ben said.<\/p>\n

Rawlins Hall opened in the mid-1960s, following an enrollment boom at APSU. A decade later, Dr. George Rawlins III, a professor of education at APSU and son of the building\u2019s namesake, began joking with students that the building was actually named after him.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was named after my father, but I did tease my classes that I was the only faculty member at Austin Peay with a building named after him,\u201d Rawlins III said.<\/p>\n

He retired from APSU in 1998, and he was sad to learn recently that Rawlins Hall would be torn down in a few years to make room for more residence halls. But then he heard that his grandson, Ben, would be one of the building\u2019s last residents.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s great he requested it,\u201d he said. \u201cI just figured he got assigned to it. But I think it\u2019s great he wanted to stay there.\u201d<\/p>\n

On August 26th, Ben Rawlins will join about 600 incoming freshmen as they move into residence halls for the semester. APSU faculty and staff will be on hand from 8:00am to 3:00pm for the \u201cFreshman Welcome Wagon,\u201d to help these new residents unload vehicles and carry boxes to their rooms.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have never even been in Rawlins Hall, so it\u2019ll be totally new,\u201d Ben Rawlins said. \u201cI\u2019m looking forward to it.\u201d<\/p>\n

And if some of his fellow freshmen ask him about his last name, he might just follow his grandfather\u2019s lead and tell them the dorm is named after him.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll definitely try,\u201d he said. \u201cI might pull it over on a few people.\u201d<\/p>\n

For more information on the Freshman Welcome Wagon, please contact Kim Morrow, associate director of housing\/residence life and dining services, at 931-221-7444 or morrowk@apsu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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