APSU This Week: Austin Peay offers free Art + Design Day for aspiring art students

(Posted Feb. 10, 2020)

The Department of Art + Design at Austin Peay State University will host its annual College Art + Design Day for high school students at 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15, in the Art + Design Building. 

The free event allows students interested in studying art to take workshops similar to those at Austin Peay to try out the major before having to commit to it. The day concludes with a portfolio review, and each year some high school seniors are offered scholarships based on their portfolios.

Parents and teachers also are invited to attend. 

To register, visit www.apsu.edu/art-design/for-current-and-prospective-students/collegeartday.

For more information, contact Dr. Tony Morris, Department of Art + Design chair, atmorrisa@apsu.edu.

For more information about the Department of Art + Design, go to www.apsu.edu/art-design.

It’s Murray State week for Govs basketball

The men and women host Murray State on Thursday, Feb. 13. The women tip off at 5 p.m., and the men tip off at 8 p.m. The men’s game will air on ESPNU.

Both teams also host Eastern Kentucky on Saturday, Feb. 15. The women’s game tips at 1:30 p.m., and the men’s game follows. 

For more, go to www.letsgopeay.com.

The Govs play at 3 p.m. Friday, 1 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday.

Govs baseball, softball start seasons 

The baseball team begins its season at home, hosting Eastern Michigan for a three-game series at Raymond C. Hand Park on campus. The Govs play at 3 p.m. Friday, 1 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday. 

The softball team opened its season last Saturday against Chattanooga. The Govs won’t have a home game until the Governors Classic March 6-8 at Cathi Maynard Park.

For more information, visit www.letsgopeay.com.

Jiha Moon exhibit continues in Heydel Hall

Austin Peay State University’s The New Gallery, with support from the APSU Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts and the APSU Department of Art + Design, begins the Spring semester of its exciting 2019-2020 exhibition season with Jiha Moon: Rooted.

The exhibit is open through Feb. 14 at The New Gallery in the Art + Design Building on the APSU campus.

For more about the exhibit, visit https://www.apsu.edu/news/january-2020-moon-exhibit.php.

The VITA program has 31 student volunteers ready to serve members of the community at 322 Home Ave.

Get your taxes done for free

Austin Peay State University’s College of Business is looking to ease some of that stress by providing free tax preparation through its Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program. The program is open to anyone with an annual income of $56,000 or less, individuals with disabilities or Spanish speakers with limited English skills.

For the last three years, Austin Peay has offered the VITA program as part of a service-learning course that provides an important community service while also giving APSU accounting students practical, real-world experience. The students in Business Professor Jennifer Thayer’s class are all IRS-certified volunteers who spent the winter months preparing for the VITA program. 

The VITA program has 31 student volunteers ready to serve members of the community at 322 Home Ave., home of the APSU Center for Service Learning and Community Engagement. Appointments can be made by calling 931-221-6590, but walk-ins are welcome. Students will offer tax preparation from 1-7 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on Saturdays. The VITA program will remain open (except for the week of March 8-14, which is spring break) until the final tax-filing day on April 15.

For more, click here.

Other Austin Peay happenings this week:

• Peaynk Week Ribbon Talk at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 10, in Morgan University Center Ballroom A. For more, click here. Peaynk Week has several events throughout the week and culminates when the Govs host Eastern Kentucky basketball on Saturday. To see the schedule, click here.
• #Adulting: How to Make Breakfast at noon Friday, Feb. 14, at Einstein Bros. Bagels. Click here for more.
• Valentine’s Day Cookie Decorating at noon Friday, Feb. 14, at the Adult, Nontraditional and Transfer Student Center. Click here for more.
• For more campus events, click here.