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Austin Peay State University students recreate campus buildings out of graham crackers

November 29, 2019 |

Clarksville, TN – On November 20th, 2019, the Austin Peay State University (APSU) Woodward Library hosted its inaugural Graham Cracker Challenge, funded by a Student Academic Success Initiative (SASI) grant. APSU students submitted nine graham cracker structures modeling a building — past or present — on Austin Peay State University’s campus.

Austin Peay State University Woodward Library hosted its inaugural Graham Cracker Challenge. (APSU)

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Austin Peay State University Woodward Library to host month-long exhibit, lecture and film series on World War I

October 21, 2017 |

Clarksville, TN – In February 1918, the U.S. Army 32nd Infantry Division, known as the “Red Arrow” because of the insignia worn on their shoulder sleeves, arrived in France to join in the fight on the Western Front, the main theatre of war during World War I.

Made primarily of Army National Guard units from Wisconsin and Michigan, the Red Arrow lived up to its name by successfully piercing enemy lines where other units failed.

World War I exhibit will be on display at the APSU Woodward Library October 20th – November 20th.

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APSU Faculty and Staff share recent Plaudits

December 5, 2012 |

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Clarksville, TN – Faculty and staff members at Austin Peay State University recently announced publications or conferences attended as part of their professional and scholarly activities.

Maj. Amy Buck, recruiting operations officer, and Master Sgt. Maj. Randall Johnson, assistant professor of military science, were promoted recently to their current Army ranks. «Read the rest of this article»

APSU Employees note their various accomplishments

April 25, 2012 |

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Clarksville, TN – Several faculty and staff members at Austin Peay State University announce their recent professional and scholarly activities.

Philip Voorhees became president of the Tennessee Association on Higher Education and Disability during the organization’s annual conference on April 13th.

Lynette Taylor, Martin Golson and Philip Voorhees recently were awarded a TBR Diversity Access Grant for serving at-risk students. «Read the rest of this article»

Austin Peay State University Library creates digital collection of student newspapers dating back to 1930

November 22, 2011 |

Clarksville, TN – What was the first day of basketball practice like for the Lady Govs way back in the fall of 1930? According to the November 26th edition of The All State, the student-run newspaper of Austin Peay Normal School, from that year, “Coach Jackson has started the old basketball grind with only a few of the 1929 squad back as candidates for their old positions on the team.” 

If sports isn’t your thing, maybe you’re wondering what campus life was like at the then Austin Peay State College during World War II. In the March 19th, 1943, edition of The All State, students learned the disappointing news that there would be no spring break that year. «Read the rest of this article»

APSU receives original copy of speech delivered to graduates of predecessor school in 1889

August 14, 2010 |

On Friday, more than 200 students at Austin Peay State University will graduate with degrees during Summer Commencement.

Although there will be no graduation speaker, degree candidates can take with them these words spoken to graduates of Southwestern Presbyterian University in June 1889:

“You are to occupy no mediocre position in society; your scholarly attainments, together with your good moral character, will command for you a position far above the average,” James Murdock Sykes told his fellow classmates of a school that preceded APSU from 1875-1925 on the same site where APSU now stands. «Read the rest of this article»

APSU Woodward Library now home to extensive D. H. Lawrence collection

September 2, 2009 |

The widow of a deceased scholar who taught at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has chosen Austin Peay State University’s Woodward Library to be the home of her late husband’s D.H. Lawrence Collection.

Judy Cowan, wife of the late Lawrence scholar Dr. James Cowan, wanted to donate the collection to “a place where students and faculty would use it,” said Dr. Jill Franks, professor of English and president of the D.H. Lawrence Society of North America.

“This is an incredible offer and would honor our library very much indeed,” said Franks, who also is co-editor of the D.H. Lawrence Review. “I would try to offer my Lawrence seminar more often to make sure good use was made of this collection.”

These items, along with a photograph of D.H. Lawrence, are part of the D.H. Lawrence collection in the APSU Woodward Library. (Melony Shemberger | APSU Public Relations and Marketing)

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