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"I’m thankful to have spent two years with the Governors’ Own Marching Band and to have been a part of the most visible extension of Austin Peay’s Department of Music."

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"Because I made the decision to come to Austin Peay, I’ve been exposed to so many people and different ways of life that I wouldn’t have if I had chosen to stay in Ohio for school."

Joshua Russell

Senior/Criminal Justice

“I had the opportunity to go to any ROTC program I wanted, but I figured why not go to the best and that was Austin Peay.”

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APSU 2017: A Year in Review

As Austin Peay State University's 90th year comes to an end, here are some of the major stories that came out of APSU in 2017.

John A. and Elizabeth A. Wyatt Endowed Scholarship to support APSU upperclassmen students

To pay tribute to their parents' love of learning, Bill Wyatt ('70) joined with his sister, Carolyn Wyatt Norman, as well as the children of their late brother, John Wyatt Jr., Andy Wyatt ('90) and Merri Scott Wyatt ('84), in making a significant gift to the University to establish the John A. and Elizabeth A. Wyatt Endowed Scholarship.

APSU French professor Sorenson is Tennessee's Foreign Language Teacher of the Year

Austin Peay State University Professor of French literature Dr. Karen D. Sorenson has been named this year's Jacqueline Elliott Award for Service in Higher Education recipient by the Tennessee Foreign Language Teaching Association (TFLTA).