APSU psychology student Loren Carmichael is spending her summer working with the Peace Corps' Counseling and Outreach Unit, which provides phone consultation to volunteers struggling with emotional health.

Watch as Austin Peay's Bryan Gaither hisses across the gym floor in his homemade hovercraft. He needed only four hours to build the craft using simple and easily available parts. APSU Junior Govs Summer Camp attendees witnessed the flight.

Retired Lt. Gen. Ronald Bailey, former deputy commandant for Plans, Policies and Operations for the U.S. Marine Corps, will oversee the offices of advancement, communication and strategic initiatives.

The policy, which will begin for children born or adopted after Jan. 2, 2019, provides six weeks of paid parental leave "to give parents additional flexibility to adjust to their new family situation."

President Alisa White named Gerald Harrison, Duke University senior associate director of athletics/internal affairs, as APSU's next athletics director.

More than 3,500 individuals and organizations gave to various APSU programs throughout the year.

"Flutter Point," published by Austin Peay State University's Zone 3 Press, was awarded an honorable mention in the 20th annual Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards.

The Enterprise Holdings Foundation continued its support of Austin Peay State University this summer with a $4,000 donation to support student success and job opportunities for students and alumni.

APSU's Mackenzie Kelly was one of five Tennessee students and one of 119 students nationwide picked to attend the three-day summit and to advocate on Capitol Hill for the Guarantee Access to Arts & Music Education Act. Photo by Brian Dunn/APSU

APSU junior Brinna Lavelle will represent Team USA and the university later this month at the FISU America Games in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

After Bryan Gaither and Jeremiah Simmons boiled water in this steel drum, they sealed it and put it in an ice bath. Within 90 seconds it imploded.

During its June meeting, the Austin Peay State University Board of Trustees approved six new graduate certificates, which will be offered through the APSU College of Graduate Studies this fall.

Austin Peay hosted the Tennessee Arts Commission's 2018 Tennessee Arts and Arts Education Conference, which allowed CECA to show off the groundbreaking projects taking place on campus.

Hanan Alghamdi's face brightened with a smile when she learned she was Austin Peay State University's first-ever master's degree recipient from Saudi Arabia. "I feel proud of what I am," said the Master of Arts in Teaching recipient.

The mentors at APSU Governor's School of Computational Physics floated an idea - use duct tape and PVC pipe to build a boat that could carry two people across a pool. And the Governor's School students succeeded.