APSU to offer executive education programs for working professionals this spring
December 7, 2017
Clarksville, TN – This spring, Austin Peay State University will launch its first executive education program, providing working professionals with the training and credentials they need to enhance and elevate their careers.
As part of this historic new push, the University is transforming the 13,000-square-foot 317 College Street facility (formerly the Jenkins and Wynne Honda Building) into an executive education building.
Formerly the Jenkins and Wynne Honda Building on College Street to be transformed into new Austin Peay Executive Education building.
Austin Peay State University earns record amount of external grants
August 16, 2017
Clarksville, TN – The 2016-2017 academic year turned out to be a historic year for Austin Peay State University.
During that time period, APSU faculty and staff aggressively pursued outside funding to support research, student success initiatives and community outreach programs, resulting in a 76-percent increase in external grants over the previous year.
APSU repurposes programs and building in response to area’s needs
March 15, 2017
Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University has retooled its engineering technology program Over the last year and is in the process of repurposing its Technology Building (formerly the Hemlock Semiconductor Building), to meet the growing manufacturing needs of the state.
Engineering technology students work in the classroom at the Austin Peay. (Beth Liggett, APSU)
APSU hosting Pokemon Go event to welcome back Students
August 15, 2016
Clarksville, TN – In early July, dozens of small, happy-looking monsters overwhelmed the Austin Peay State University campus.
A month later, the creatures continue to hover across the lawns or hide in academic buildings, but in order to see them, a person needs a cell phone, the Pokemon Go app and the ability to walk while staring at a small screen.
APSU to welcome back Students with Pokemon Go Event.
Austin Peay State University student to conduct research at Cornell this summer
May 22, 2014
Clarksville, TN – This summer, Matthew Martin’s budding interest in plants will send him to the Ivy League campus of Cornell University where he’ll conduct advanced research in the field of plant pathology.
The Austin Peay State University student is getting this rare opportunity thanks to Cornell’s competitive Microbial Friends and Foes Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program. [Read more]
Austin Peay State University receives $100k grant for expanding “My Future” system
April 30, 2014
Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University was awarded a $100,000 grant earlier this week to expand and enhance its innovative My Future system. The system, unveiled in 2012, uses predictive analytics to help students pick majors in fields where they will likely find academic success.
The grant was awarded through EDUCAUSE’s Next Generation Learning Challenges (NGLC) initiative. EDUCAUSE is a nonprofit association that supports the role of information technology in higher education. [Read more]
APSU Provost Lecture Series to feature Geology professor Kallina Dunkle November 14th
November 13, 2013
Clarksville, TN – An Austin Peay State University geology professor will present the next session of the Provost Lecture Series this week at APSU.
Dr. Kallina Dunkle, APSU assistant professor of geology, will present at 3:00pm, Thursday, November 14th, in the Morgan University Center, Room 303. Her lecture will be about preferential flow paths in complex hydrogeologic settings. [Read more]
APSU Provost Lecture Series to feature Biology professor Baskauf November 7th
November 6, 2013
Clarksville, TN – An Austin Peay State University biology professor will present the next session of the Provost Lecture Series this week at APSU.
Dr. Carol Baskauf, APSU professor of biology, will present at 3:00pm, Thursday, November 7th, in the Morgan University Center, Room 303. She will talk about her work with Braun’s rock-cress, a federally endangered plant found only in Tennessee and Kentucky. The plant has an unusual distribution, with a 250-mile gap separating its Tennessee and Kentucky populations.
Austin Peay State University professor of biology Dr. Carol Baskauf.
APSU Provost Lecture Series presents English professor Daniel Shea, October 31st
October 31, 2013
Clarksville, TN – An Austin Peay State University English professor will present the next session of the Provost Lecture Series this week at APSU.
Dr. Daniel Shea, APSU associate professor of English, will present at 3:00pm, Thursday, October 31st, in the Morgan University Center, Room 303. He will discuss his paper, “Time Travel by Bicycle: The Country, the City, and the Cyclist in Late-Victorian England,” which uses accounts of bicycling in Victorian novels to examine how people moved easily between antiquated rural communities and modern cities during that era’s agricultural depression.
APSU Profesor Dr. Daniel Shea
APSU Provost Lecture Series: Photography professor Susan Bryant to present October 3rd
October 1, 2013
Clarksville, TN – An Austin Peay State University photography professor will present the next session of the Provost Lecture Series this week at APSU.
Susan Bryant, APSU professor of photography, will present at 3:00pm, Thursday, October 3rd, in the Morgan University Center, Room 303. She will discuss and provide a brief history of the of the 19th century photography method known as the wet plate collodion process.
Susan Bryant with Camera
