APSU Commencement Ceremonies to Stream Live
August 6, 2020
Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University will host six commencement ceremonies on Thursday and Friday, August 6th-7th, 2020, to honor the University’s spring and summer graduates. Today, Thursday, August 6th, 2020, Austin Peay State University will host three ceremonies for spring graduates.
Austin Peay State University will host three ceremonies for spring graduates.
This Week at APSU: Spring, Summer Commencements scheduled for Thursday, Friday
August 4, 2020
Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University (APSU) will host six commencement ceremonies on Thursday and Friday, August 6th-7th, 2020 to honor the University’s spring and summer graduates.
The campus of Austin Peay State University. (APSU)
APSU’s Aspiring Assistant Principal Program hosts town hall on racial equality
July 9, 2020
Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University (APSU) assistant professor of education Dr. Laura Barnett spent 16 years as a middle school principal, and every summer she tried to anticipate the challenges for the school year ahead.
Panel members Millard House, director of the Clarksville-Montgomery County School System; Dr. Diarese George, founder and executive director of the Tennessee Educators of Color Alliance; Dr. Marcus Matthews, author of “Urban ACEs: How to Reach and Teach Students Traumatized by Adverse Childhood Experiences,” and Dr. James Thompson, Austin Peay State University assistant professor of education. (APSU)
APSU alumna establishes Jackson-Hardin Education Endowed Scholarship for APSU students
June 11, 2020
Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University (APSU) alumna Dr. Carlette Hardin recently made a generous donation to the Austin Peay State University Foundation to establish the Jackson-Hardin Education Endowed Scholarship for APSU students.
The scholarship was created in memory of Hardin’s parents, Carl and Cora Belle Jackson.
Dr. Carlette Hardin. (APSU)
APSU’s Dr. Lisa Barron talks teacher education on national podcast
May 14, 2020
Clarksville, TN – In 2013, the Austin Peay State University (APSU) Eriksson College of Education became one of the first schools in the country to prepare its students for a new teacher assessment program known as edTPA.
Austin Peay State University’s Dr. Lisa Barron. (APSU)
APSU’s Eriksson College of Education hosts virtual student teacher banquet
May 8, 2020
Clarksville, TN – Every semester, the tables inside the Morgan University Center are covered with white table cloths and candles for a special banquet honoring the Austin Peay State University (APSU) student teachers.
The 2020 Austin Peay State University Virtual Student Teaching Celebration. (APSU)
APSU’s Eriksson College of Education receives $600K grant for assistant principal program
January 28, 2020
Clarksville, TN – The Austin Peay State University (APSU) Eriksson College of Education was awarded a $600,000 grant from the Tennessee Department of Education earlier this month – the largest grant in that college’s history – to develop an innovative, job-embedded program for aspiring assistant principals.
Austin Peay State University Claxton Building. (APSU)
Austin Peay State University’s Gilbert Pitts to give keynote address at Winter Commencement, December 13th
December 5, 2019
Clarksville, TN – On Friday, December 13th, 2019, Dr. Gilbert Pitts, Austin Peay State University (APSU) professor of biology and recipient of the 2019 National Alumni Association Distinguished Professor Award, will deliver the keynote address during the University’s winter commencement. He will speak at both ceremonies, at 10:00am and 2:00pm, in the APSU Dunn Center.
Austin Peay State University professor Dr. Gilbert Pitts. (APSU)
Austin Peay State University TESOL program prepares students to teach English to speakers of other languages
November 27, 2019
Clarksville, TN – In 5th Century England, a group of Anglo-Saxon settlers began mixing together different dialects, creating what would eventually be known as the English language.
More than 1,400 years later, that once small form of communication has spread across the globe, and with more countries offering international programs to teach their citizens English, the language is showing no signs of slowing down.
Austin Peay State University’s Eriksson College of Education launched its Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) program last year. (APSU)
APSU’s Full Spectrum Learning offers support to students with autism spectrum disorder
November 7, 2019
Clarksville, TN – Allye Brown didn’t think she’d end up Clarksville. In 2016, the Nashville State Community College student was looking to earn her bachelor’s degree, and she found a university in another part of Tennessee with a program that assisted students diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder.
Austin Peay State University FSL Director Emmanuel Mejeun mentors a student. (APSU)
