Austin Peay State
University has four Chairs of Excellence: Roy Acuff
Chair of Excellence in the Creative Arts; APSU Foundation Chair of
Excellence in Free Enterprise; Harper-Bourne Chair of Excellence in
business; and the Lenora C. Reuther Chair of Excellence in Nursing.
These Chairs of Excellence, or endowed
professorships, were designed to attract top-notch professors and artists
to Austin Peay who would enrich the academic program of the University and
share their special areas of expertise with Austin Peay students and
faculty and with the larger community.
Established in 1984, the
Roy Acuff Chair of
Excellence in the Creative Arts brings regionally and
nationally acclaimed artists together with students, faculty and community
people in a creative environment. The Department of Music is pleased to announce
the mini-residencies of the 2006-2007 chair occupants. Cantus; Tony Plog, Bodo
Igesz and Lee Hoiby.
The APSU Foundation Chair of Excellence in Free
Enterprise was established in 1987. Past occupants include U.S.
Secretary of Education Richard Riley; Dr. Richard Leftwich,
internationally renowned economist specializing in economic development;
Dr. Thomas Dernburg, internationally known economist with a distinguished
career in government; Li Shuang, dean of the Central Institute of Finance
and Banking, Beijing; and Dr. John Petit, noted author and expert in
business communication.
The Harper-Bourne Chair of Excellence in
Business
was established in 1987. It was made possible by a substantial gift
to the University from Amelia Harper Lay Hodges, prominent Dallas
humanitarian. Occupants have included Dr. Danny Arnold, dean of the
College of Business, New Mexico State University, and Dr. Donald H.
Taylor, author of the textbook that has been the leader in the field for
15 years.
Dr. Joseph P. Maloney is the first occupant of
the Lenora C. Reuther Chair of Excellence in Nursing. Maloney, who is from
the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta, has a national reputation as a
scholar and author. The chair was created through a generous bequest from
the late Lenora C. Reuther.
APSU
Centers of Excellence
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