{"id":8975,"date":"2011-11-14T10:00:15","date_gmt":"2011-11-14T16:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=8975"},"modified":"2011-11-13T23:18:06","modified_gmt":"2011-11-14T05:18:06","slug":"austin-peay-provost-lecture-series-features-arts-in-economic-hardships-as-next-topic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2011\/11\/14\/austin-peay-provost-lecture-series-features-arts-in-economic-hardships-as-next-topic\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin Peay Provost Lecture Series features arts in economic hardships as next topic"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AustinClarksville, TN<\/strong> – Despite what is happening in the economy, the arts can be a necessary component to hold a community together.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn a time of such economic volatility, the arts are often overlooked as frivolous and less practical than other academic and technical skill areas, but frankly, the arts are a good investment for a community, a university and a family,\u201d said Darren Michael, associate professor of acting and directing at Austin Peay State University.<\/p>\n

Michael will discuss this topic in more detail as part of the next Provost Lecture Series. He will present \u201cThe Theatrical Stoplight: The Arts as an Educational, Social and Economic Cornerstone to the Community\u201d from 3:00pm-4:30pm, Thursday, November 17th in the Morgan University Center, Room 303. All presentations in the Provost Lecture Series are free and open to the public.<\/p>\n

Michael has been working as an actor and director in collegiate, community and professional theater over the Southeast for nearly 20 years. In addition to his teaching duties, he is the coordinator of APSU\u2019s Theater and Dance program.<\/p>\n

He holds a Master of Fine Arts in performance from the University of Southern Mississippi and a Bachelor of Arts in theater from Ouachita Baptist University. Michael is also on the board of the Tennessee Theatre Association and the Tennessee representative for the Southeastern Theatre Conference.<\/p>\n

His two most recent plays, \u201cWillie Nelson Ain\u2019t Dead\u201d and \u201cA Widow Safe and Secure,\u201d were produced this month by the Ten Minute Playhouse in Nashville at the Darkhorse Theater.<\/p>\n

Other sessions in the Provost Lecture Series also are planned for the academic year. All sessions are from 3:00pm-4:30pm in the MUC, Room 303 (unless noted otherwise) and include the following:<\/p>\n

December 1st:<\/strong> Dr. Tim Leszczak, assistant professor of health and human performance
\nJanuary 12th:<\/strong> Dr. Ellen Smyth, instructor of mathematics
\nJanuary 19th:<\/strong> Dr. Ann Silverberg, professor of music
\nJanuary 26th:<\/strong> Dr. Marsha Lyle-Gonga, assistant professor of political science
\nFebruary 2nd:<\/strong> Dr. Rebecca Johansen, assistant professor of biology
\nFebruary 9th:<\/strong> Dr. Sergei Markov, associate professor of biology
\nFebruary 16th:<\/strong> Cynthia Marsh, professor of art
\nFebruary 23rd:<\/strong> Dr. Christine Mathenge, associate professor of geology
\nMarch 1st:<\/strong> Dr. Robert Shelton, associate professor of chemistry
\nMarch 15th, MUC 307:<\/strong> Dr. Allyn Smith, associate professor of physics
\nMarch 22nd:<\/strong> Dr. Sharon Mabry, professor of music
\nMarch 29th:<\/strong> Dr. Cameron Sutt, assistant professor of history
\nApril 5th:<\/strong> Mark DeYoung, assistant professor of art
\nApril 12th:<\/strong> Dr. Tim Winters, professor of English
\nApril 19th, MUC 103:<\/strong> Dr. Jeffrey Wood, professor of music<\/p>\n

The Provost Lecture Series seeks to foster a spirit of intellectual and scholarly inquiry among faculty, staff and students. The program will be used as a platform for APSU faculty members who are recent recipients of provost summer grants, who have been awarded faculty development leaves and who have engaged in recent scholarly inquiry during sabbatical leaves.<\/p>\n

APSU faculty members with recent research of acclaim also will be given a platform within this series. In addition, other faculty members of local or widespread renown will be invited to lecture within this series.<\/p>\n

For more information about the Provost Lecture Series, call Dr. Brian Johnson, assistant vice president of academic affairs at APSU, at 931.221.7992 or email him at johnsonb@apsu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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