Topic: Vanderbilt University

Customs House Museum to host Carvings, Castings, and Constructions by Mike Andrews

May 10, 2013 |

Clarksville, TN – Hundred-year old patterns of wheels, squares, stars, and waves merge into beautiful assemblages of wood and steel. These, along side Mike Andrews’ more widely known works of art fill the Crouch gallery of the Customs House Museum on May 17th.

Artist Mike Andrews has been creating art for more than two decades out of limestone, wood, and metal. More recently, he has produced large, wall installations comprised of patterns belonging to the Clarksville Foundry.

Artist Mike Andrews has been creating art for more than two decades out of limestone, wood, and metal. Carvings, Castings, and Constructions will be on exhibit through August 31st.

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First Advantage Bank launches Small Business Lending Division to meet growing Local Demand

May 9, 2013 |

Aggressive Bank Expands Niche Offerings in Nashville Commercial Lending Office

Nashville, TN – First Advantage Bank continues to expand its array of commercial products and services in Nashville with the launch of a small business lending division.

The group is led by local veteran business banker and SBA specialist Michael Croom and will provide SBA loans and other customized lending services for Nashville area small businesses.

SBA specialist Michael Croom

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Clarksville’s Bashaara Graves invited to USA Basketball U19 Trials

May 7, 2013 |

Clarksville, TN - University of Tennessee rising sophomore Bashaara Graves and incoming freshman Jordan Reynolds are among 34 of the nation’s top athletes age 19 or younger who have accepted invitations to participate in the 2013 USA Basketball U19 World Championship Team trials, USA Basketball announced Tuesday.

Trials to select the 12-member USA squad will be held May 16th-19th at the U.S. Olympic Training Center (USOTC) in Colorado Springs, CO. The unit will represent the U.S. in the 2013 FIBA U19 World Championship, hosted by Lithuania from July 18th-28th in Klaipeda and Panevėžys.

Bashaara Graves UT Lady Vols

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Clarksville-Montgomery County School System receives $785,000 Tennessee Grant to Develop School Leaders

May 7, 2013 |

Tennessee Invests $4 Million in Race to the Top Funds

Nashville, TN – The Tennessee Department of Education has pledged nearly $4 million in Race to the Top funds to pay for eight leadership development programs, which will impact future school leaders in more than 20 districts across the state.

The TN LEAD grants were awarded to organizations in partnership with one or more school systems, to either develop or replicate programs aimed at increasing leader effectiveness and improving student outcomes. The programs will target current and pre-service educators, in order to deepen the pipeline of effective leaders in Tennessee schools. «Read the rest of this article»

Two Austin Peay State University Students earn prestigious Goldwater Scholarships

April 12, 2013 |

Clarksville, TN – Administrators at the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) were probably pretty excited last month when they learned one of their students had earned a highly competitive Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship.

To the south, officials at the University of Tennessee likely experienced a similar rush when they heard one of their students was also named a Goldwater Scholar.

APSU students Kristen Knight and Chris Hayes were both named Barry M. Goldwater Scholars. (Photo by Beth Liggett/APSU)

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APSU professor Jill Franks publishes new book on British and Irish women writers

March 23, 2013 |

Clarksville, TN – A few years ago, Dr. Jill Franks, Austin Peay State University professor of English, decided to change up a course she taught on Irish literature. Instead of focusing on that country’s noted male authors, such as James Joyce and William Butler Yeats, she opted to teach about Ireland’s underrepresented female authors, including Elizabeth Bowen and Edna O’Brien.

Franks had recently taught a similar class on female British writers, and with these subjects fresh on her mind, she began noticing fascinating distinctions between the two cultures and how they handled the evolution of the women’s movement.

Dr. Jill Franks, APSU professor of English, reads through her new book, “British and Irish Women Writers and the Women’s Movement: Six Literary Voices of Their Times.” (Photo by Beth Liggett/APSU staff)

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Austin Peay State University’s Jim Vandergriff recipient of MAA’s Distinguished Service Award

March 22, 2013 |

Clarksville, TN – Dr. Jim Vandergriff, Austin Peay State University professor of computer science and information technology, was recently named the recipient of the 2013 Mathematical Association of America (MAA) Southeastern Section’s Distinguished Service Award.

The honor was presented to Vandergriff last Thursday evening at the 92nd Annual MAA Southeastern Section meeting at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, SC. «Read the rest of this article»

APSU concert to showcase beauty and versatility of the cello in Britten Suites

March 3, 2013 |

Clarksville, TN – In the early 1960s, the famed English composer Benjamin Britten attended a London concert featuring a young Russian cellist named Mstislav Rostropovich. According to the Colorado Britten Society, the English composer bobbed “up and down like a school boy” as he listened to Rostropovich.

That concert was a fortuitous event in the development of modern classical music. The two men became friends, and Britten went on to write three stunningly beautiful cello suites for Rostropovich.

Eli Lara, APSU cello professor.

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3rd Annual Coaches’ Banquet deadline to reserve tickets is this week

February 20, 2013 |

Clarksville, TN – The deadline to reserve tickets to the 3rd Annual Clarksville Sports Legends Award Coaches’ Banquet is approaching!

Tickets must be reserved no later than Friday, February 22nd to attend this year’s banquet, to be held Thursday, February 28th at 6:30pm at Freedom Point at Liberty Park, as we honor the coaches of 2012.

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Suzanne Simpson: One Woman’s Heart

By Hank Bonecutter | February 4, 2013 |

She had already been through a battery of tests, and was taking a lot of medications trying to fix the problem with her heart.  She wasn’t feeling well at all.  The latest round of drugs was not working.  She was not getting better.

She had gone to work with her husband on this day, and by day’s end she said, “I just can’t do anything.  I’m having trouble breathing.”

He immediately took her to Vanderbilt.

It was at this point that the team of heart specialists she had been working with, transferred her to a new team of medical specialists-The Vanderbilt Transplant Team.  This was the first time she realized that she was in serious trouble.

The Transplant Team would keep her alive until a donor could be found.  She was out of options.  She could die at any moment, and for her to live, someone else had to die.

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