Austin Peay State University

Austin Peay State University congratulates the more than 1,200 graduates recognized for earning their degrees in the commencement ceremony on December 9, 2022.

Austin Peay State University congratulates the more than 500 graduates recognized for earning their degrees in the commencement ceremony on August 5, 2022.

Austin Peay State University congratulates the more than 1,100 graduates recognized for earning their degrees in the commencement ceremony on May 6, 2022.

Austin Peay State University is proud to recognize over 2,000 students on the Dean's List for academic achievement during the Fall 2022 term.

Austin Peay State University is proud to recognize about 150 students on the Dean's List for academic achievement during the Summer 2022 terms.

Austin Peay State University is proud to recognize more than 2,000 students on the Dean's List for academic achievement during the Spring 2022 terms.

The Purpose First Scholars Learning Community encourages students to become skilled in the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) core competencies. Exemplary Scholars are students who went above and beyond in demonstrating the qualities associated with one of the 8 competencies. Briana is being recognized for an outstanding performance in Teamwork.

The Purpose First Scholars Learning Community encourages students to become skilled in the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) core competencies. Exemplary Scholars are students who went above and beyond in demonstrating the qualities associated with one of the 8 competencies. Blake is being recognized for an outstanding performance in Career & Self Development.

Six student teams pitched their best business ideas to a panel of judges for a chance to win cash prizes totaling $15,000. The top team also won a one-year lease to The Press, Clarksville's premier co-working space.

The Purpose First Scholars Learning Community encourages students to become skilled in the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) core competencies. Exemplary Scholars are students who went above and beyond in demonstrating the qualities associated with one of the 8 competencies. Isaac is being recognized for an outstanding performance in Techonology.

Austin Peay State University is pleased to announce the selection of this year's President's Emerging Leaders. An invitation to the President's Emerging Leaders Program (PELP), with a scholarship, is offered to twenty incoming first-year students each year following a rigorous selection process that includes essays, interviews, and a review of past leadership experiences.

Austin Peay State University (APSU) is pleased to recognize our incoming first-year Honors students in the prestigious APSU Honors Program. APSU Honors students are competitively selected from an application process and must have at least a 3.5 high school gpa or minimum of 24 on the ACT. The Honors Program is designed to challenge students and provide opportunities for creative exploration and intellectual development. The program requires motivated students to fulfill a minimum of 25 hours of honors-designated courses, including a senior thesis. Honors courses are available in the general education core, as separate courses, and in upper-division courses in the various majors.

Austin Peay State University is pleased to announce the selection of this year's President's Emerging Leaders. An invitation to the President's Emerging Leaders Program (PELP), with a scholarship, is offered to twenty incoming first-year students each year following a rigorous selection process that includes essays, interviews, and a review of past leadership experiences.

Purpose First Scholars is a career-focused learning community dedicated to helping incoming first-year students align their major to career goals during their first year in college. Scholars will have the opportunity to participate in exclusive academic and career exploration experiences and leave the learning community ready to achieve their career goals. Participation in the learning community begins with an exclusive overnight GO (Governors Orientation) experience and continues throughout the fall semester in an APSU 1000 section specifically designed for Purpose First Scholars. Additionally, Students living on campus will have the ability to participate in our living community and stay in the same residence hall with other Scholars.

Austin Peay State University freshman MaKenna Huhnke is working on a paper with Dr. Osvaldo Di Paolo Harrison about the Latinx community. The paper is titled "Decolonizing the Latinx Experience and Healing the Wounds of Modern Coloniality in Wild Tongues Can't Be Tamed." The paper's thesis is "The Latinx diaspora stories in Wild Tongues Can't Be Tamed reveals the wounds that the Latinx community bears due to the persistence of modern coloniality regarding culture, gender and race. At the same time, these stories empower the need of decolonial thinking and epistemic disobedience." Di Paolo Harrison has applied for a Student Academic Success Initiative grant so Huhnke and he can present the paper at the International Conference on Language, Literature and Culture from Oct. 17-18 in Orlando, Florida. Huhnke is a first-year, first-generation student at Austin Peay State University who intends to major in Spanish. She's in the APSU Honors Program and a proud member of the Governor's Own Marching Band (GOMB) as a trumpet player. She hopes to become a drum major for GOMB. She graduated last year from West Creek High School in Clarksville, Tennessee.

Brooklynn White achieved the Advanced Certified Mentor - Level 2 Certification from the International Mentor Training Program at Austin Peay State University. Certified Mentors have completed 25 hours of training and 75 hours of mentoring experience with new students in the First Year Seminar Program. Peer Leaders are important to the success of all Austin Peay students. Peer Leaders serve as connections to the university for new students and academic success mentors for all students.

Austin Peay State University celebrates the high-achieving freshmen who have been offered the Advancement Scholarship for the 2022-23 academic year.

Austin Peay State University celebrates the incoming transfer students who have been offered the Austin Peay Promise Scholarship for the 2022-23 academic year.

Several members of the Austin Peay State University Honors Program and President's Emerging Leaders Program (PELP) traveled to East Tennessee State University earlier this month to present their research and expertise at the Tennessee Collegiate Honors Council (TCHC) annual meeting. During this year's meeting, three students presented their work, and Dr. Tim Winters, director of the APSU Honors and PELP programs, was elected the new TCHC president. The students and the topics they presented included: Mara Howell, a sophomore business major and honors student, "The Digital Divide: The Foot on Rural America's Neck." Zoe Huffman, a freshman English major and Honors and PELP student, "Gender Inequality around the World." Jessica White, a sophomore English major and Honors and PELP student, "Psychopathy vs. Sociopathy in the works of Edgar Allan Poe." "Our students did a fantastic job, and I am very proud of them," Winters said. And now that he is president, Austin Peay will host the TCHC meeting in the spring of 2023. For information on the APSU Honors Program, visit www.apsu.edu/honors. For information on PELP, visit www.apsu.edu/pelp.

Taylor Sexton has achieved the highest level of Peer Leader Certification, Master Certified Mentor - Level 3 of the International Mentor and Training Program at Austin Peay State University. Master Certified Mentors have completed 30 hours of training and 100 hours of mentoring experience with new students in the First Year Seminar Program. Master level mentors are an elite group of our Peer Leaders that have gone above and beyond to support all students in succeeding at APSU. Peer Leaders serve as connections to the university for new students and academic success mentors for all students.

Austin Peay State University celebrates the high-achieving freshmen who have been offered the Dean's Scholarship for the 2022-23 academic year.

Mattalyn Smith has achieved the highest level of Peer Leader Certification, Master Certified Mentor - Level 3 of the International Mentor and Training Program at Austin Peay State University. Master Certified Mentors have completed 30 hours of training and 100 hours of mentoring experience with new students in the First Year Seminar Program. Master level mentors are an elite group of our Peer Leaders that have gone above and beyond to support all students in succeeding at APSU. Peer Leaders serve as connections to the university for new students and academic success mentors for all students.

Congratulations and a big thank you to the newly installed members of the Student Advisory Council for the Honors Program and the President's Emerging Leaders Program! These young leaders have assumed the responsibility for any programming in the Honors Commons including speaker events, social events, and general activities. The SAC is an enormous help to the director in planning the wonderful events that enrich the lives our high-achieving students. Thanks again to all of these wonderful students!

Logan is an ideal Honors Program student. He has quietly been helping at least one student in his Introduction to Greek class by offering his time and talent to tutor this student. The student is enormously grateful and Logan deserves some high praise for giving his time so generously and for demonstrating what it means to be an Honors Program student!

On Monday, February 25, 2019, ten students from the APSU College of Business attended the Mentoring Monday event presented by Girl Scouts of USA and Bank of America. The event was held in downtown Nashville. The attendees were matched with a handful of our mentors for seven-minute, one-on-one mentoring sessions. The event also featured breakout sessions which covered topics such as "making your voice heard," "women and investing," and "better money habits."