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APSU This Week: Austin Peay to host virtual career fair for students during coronavirus crisis

Austin Peay State University will host its first-ever virtual career fair for students whose job hunt has been slowed by the coronavirus pandemic.

Austin Peay's Art + Design to celebrate student work with virtual exhibition

The Department of Art + Design celebrates the end of the 2019-20 academic year with the 52nd Annual Juried Student Exhibition. The professionally juried exhibition opens virtually on April 6 and runs through April 30. All are invited to attend.

As coronavirus crisis keeps people at home, APSU's Foy Fitness Center steps up with online sessions

As we all inch our way towards reclusion, it's important to remember to keep our bodies, as well as our minds, in shape. Lucky for Austin Peay students, Lauren Wilkinson, assistant director of services at the Foy Fitness & Recreation Center on campus, is coordinating online fitness instruction courses.

Meet Javon Dixon: APSU student, shoe customizer focuses 'on my craft' during coronavirus crisis

Meet Javon Dixon. Student, programmer and shoe customizer. Dixon is a computer science major and graphic design minor. He said that his minor helps influence his imagination, and he's learning how to guide a business through a crisis.

Austin Peay to host virtual career fair for students during coronavirus pandemic

Austin Peay State University will host its first-ever virtual career fair for students whose job hunt has been slowed by the coronavirus pandemic.

APSU extends scholarship deadlines during COVID-19 pandemic

The University is still accepting freshman, transfer and out-of-state scholarship applications, and it is awarding them on a rolling basis.

Dr. Karen Meisch named dean of APSU College of STEM

Since 2007, Meisch has served APSU as an assistant professor of biology, assistant chair of the Department of Biology, associate dean of the College of STEM and interim dean of the college.

APSU student, staff member test positive for new coronavirus

Austin Peay State University President Alisa White on Monday announced that a student living off-campus and a university staff member tested positive for the coronavirus.

APSU This Week: Students, employees find ways to lead during coronavirus crisis

APSU's Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Center is one example of Govs leading the way during the coronavirus crisis.

Austin Peay moves summer classes online, other non-face-to-face instruction

Coronavirus: Austin Peay moves summer classes to online, other non-face-to-face instruction

Austin Peay State University officials on Friday announced their decision to move all of this year's face-to-face summer classes online or to other forms of non-face-to-face instruction.

APSU alumni check-in: Emerging artist Khari Turner 'creating as much as I can' at Columbia during outbreak

Emerging artist Khari Turner - who graduated from Austin Peay State University last spring - is in his first year of graduate school at Columbia University. Like Austin Peay's students, Turner is adjusting to online learning because of the coronavirus pandemic; Columbia's virtual instruction begins Thursday, March 26.

APSU board approves master's degree in speech-language pathology

The program will produce "graduates to help people acquire or restore the basic human right of communication."

APSU's GIS Center leading statewide effort to produce face shields

Austin Peay State University's GIS Center is leading a statewide effort to produce face shields for medical workers battling the spread of COVID-19 in Tennessee.

Austin Peay college launches 'We Can't Make It Without the Arts' YouTube series

Austin Peay's College of Arts and Letters on Monday launched a new YouTube series in an effort to share solace through "the power, depth of reflection and context only available from the arts."

UPDATED: APSU suspends classes until March 23, then moves instruction fully online

After considerable deliberation, Austin Peay State University officials have suspended classes until March 23 and moved all classes to fully online instruction. Click to read President Alisa White's message to the APSU community.

APSU provides limited number of laptops for students to go online

The Austin Peay State University COVID-19 Task Force developed a new Laptop Loan Program to provide laptops to students without computer access on a first-come, first-served basis.

APSU This Week: Classes resume online at Austin Peay

Monday is here, and we wanted to provide you with some tools to help you succeed in Austin Peay's new online format. And we wanted to share a couple of stories to help brighten your week.

APSU GIS Center develops statewide coronavirus map

The online tool provides information on each county by pulling data from the Tennessee Department of Health's website, which is updated every day at 2 p.m.

APSU delaying spring commencement because of new coronavirus pandemic

If the University is able to identify an alternative date for spring commencement, graduates can either participate in that ceremony, the August ceremony or the December ceremony.

APSU partners with local agencies to provide computer/internet access to students

The University recently partnered with the American Job Center, the Bibb-White Bluff Civic Center and the Highland Crest campus to provide computer and internet access to students.

Meet Amanda McNair, whose Instagram photos evoked 'Love it!' from Pillsbury

"I came up with the idea to post a photo every day, then I thought, 'Oh, my gosh! That's 365 different posts," McNair said. "If you check it out, I switched out the wigs every single day, but I actually completed it, my New Year's resolution."

APSU Board of Trustees to host spring meeting electronically on March 19-20

The full Board will meet at 9 a.m. on Friday, March 20, and they will discuss several important items, such as a proposed graduate degree in speech-language pathology.

APSU's Candlelight Ball, Ovation Awards, Asanbe symposium among events canceled

The University remains open, but all non-athletic University-sponsored events are canceled until further notice.

Austin Peay State University cancels this weekend's 36th Annual Candlelight Ball

"Although we had planned extra precaution for the safety of our guests, hosting the event is not prudent at this time," APSU President Alisa White said.

Austin Peay offers new summer camp-style orientation to incoming students

Austin Peay State University is unveiling a new opportunity open to all incoming Governors - Camp R.O.W., a multiday "summer camp" experience focused on building connections with the APSU community.

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