Explore your opportunities
If you are looking to challenge yourself as a leader, there are many ways to do so at Austin Peay State University. From performing individual research with the Office of Student Research and Innovation to the one-on-one meetings with visiting artists under the Center for Excellence in the Creative Arts, becoming a leader at Austin Peay isn't just a potential. It's a given.
It’s not enough to know leadership theory and skills.
You have to put them into practice. In PELP, you’ll learn when to take the helm (and
when to let someone else) through involvement on campus, abroad, in your academic
department and in the community.
Check out all PELP has to offer here.
You won’t take harder classes.
You’ll be challenged in new ways- You could simply take the “required” classes. But if you want to be challenged in unique and exciting ways, the Honors Program is for you. From international travel to research projects to private dinners with visiting speakers, you’ll benefit from a variety of opportunities.
Check out all the Honors Program has to offer here.
You could climb the corporate ladder.
But if you’d rather crawl, kayak, and wade your way to a career in the great outdoors,
you’ve come to the right place. The Center of Excellence for Field Biology gives you
the chance to research issues like water quality, bat-killing fungus and the environmental
impact of industry. You’ll spend hours in the lab, but you’ll spend most of your time
outside, studying living things and their relationships to the environment.
Tests and textbooks won’t pave the path to success in the arts. Your experience will.
Our Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts offers you the chance to learn from
– and connect with – acclaimed authors, artists, musicians, and theatre and dance
professionals. Whether serving on faculty or just visiting, these fearless experimenters
will challenge you to become a true innovator.
Research isn’t just for professors and graduate students.
Undergraduates like you are researchers, too.
It’s how questions are answered, problems are solved and ideas are executed. It’s research and creative activity. And if you’re up for the challenge, our Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) will help you make it happen.
Invest in your career development.
As a Purpose First Scholar, you’ll be guided through the strategies you’ll need to
succeed in college. Everyone needs a support network, and once you enter this program,
you’ll
soon learn you’re not alone at Austin Peay.
Engage with STEM faculty and staff.
Starting with your first semester, you’ll join a small seminar-style course, led by a STEM faculty member and upper-division student, that will provide research opportunities other freshmen don’t get.
Learn more about STEM Scholars
Invest in your leadership development.
Don’t delay building leadership and mentoring experience! The APSU Peer Leader Program allows students to develop as a leader, gain valuable relationships and make an impact in the community. Additionally, Peer Leaders take three leadership courses that focus on peer leadership, leadership reflection and leadership in the community. And these three credits count toward a degree!
