APSU This Week: Polar Plunge at Foy Pool to raise money for Special Olympics
(Published Feb. 17, 2020)
Join hundreds of brave souls from 10 a.m.-noon on Saturday, Feb. 22, at the Foy Fitness and Recreation Center pool and support Special Olympics Tennessee athletes by taking a chilly dip.
The Polar Plunge is open to anyone in the community who makes a minimum pledge of $50 ($30 for students). Each plunging donor receives the official long-sleeved Plunge T-shirt, lunch and, of course, bragging rights.
For more about the annual Polar Plunge, click here.
Govs baseball takes opening series, continues homestand
After winning the season-opening series against Eastern Michigan, the Govs will host Missouri State at 3 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 20, as part of the SAF Dirt Classic.
The Govs also host Samford at 3 p.m. Friday, Feb. 21; Bradley at 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22; and Evansville at 1 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 23. All the games are at Raymond C. Hand Park.
The Govs softball team is will travel to the Georgia Classic Feb. 21-23 in Athens, Georgia.
For more information, visit www.letsgopeay.com.
Govs men’s basketball on the road
The men visit SIUE at 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 20, and Eastern Illinois at 3:15 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22. The women visit SIUE at 11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 20, and Eastern Illinois at 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22.
For more, go to www.letsgopeay.com.
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:
- Presidents Day Talk with Dr. Kevin Baron from 3-4:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 17, in Morgan University Center Room 103. For more, click here.
- Aventura Cultural: How to Make Tortillas is 1:30-2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 18, at the Hispanic Cultural Center in the Morgan University Center. Click here for more.
- Black Girls Rock APSU Edition from 7-9:30 p.m. Friday, February 21, at Clement Auditorium. For more, click here.
- Harry Potter-themed escape room from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22, at the Adult, Nontraditional and Transfer Student Center, Morgan University Center Room 112. Click here for more.
- For more campus events, click here.
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