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 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.

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

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 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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Austin Peay State University celebrates the high-achieving freshmen who have been offered the Presidential 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.

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 high-achieving freshmen who have been offered the Dean's Scholarship for the 2022-23 academic year.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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 high-achieving freshmen who have been offered the Achievement Scholarship for the 2022-23 academic year.