This Week at Austin Peay: Veterans Service Organization to visit military-affiliated students
(Posted Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2021)
This fall, Dr. Andrew Kester, the director of the Montgomery County Veterans Service Organization (MCVSO), and his team will visit Austin Peay State University every month to help military-affiliated students, faculty and students navigate the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs system. These special visits will take place from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. on Sept. 8, Oct. 6, Nov. 3 and Dec. 1, in APSU’s Newton Military Family Resource Center.
The first visit on Sept. 8 will include a veterans resource presentation from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at the center when various speakers will provide a wide range of services for the military community.
During these visits, the MCVSO team will guide any veteran in the APSU family through a variety of VA benefits and entitlements, including:
- Disability compensation
- Veterans non-service-connected pension
- Survivors benefits
- Healthcare
- G.I. Bill and educational benefits
- Vocational rehabilitation
- Appeals
- Military service and discharge records
- State and local veterans benefits
For more information on how Austin Peay serves the military community, visit https://www.apsu.edu/military.
Jeffrey Williams Faculty Recital on Tuesday
Voice professor Dr. Jeffrey Williams will perform a faculty recital from 7:30-9 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 7, at the George and Sharon Mabry Concert Hall in the Music/Mass Communication Building.
Williams is a baritone who will perform with Jennifer McGuire at the piano. The concert also will livestream on Facebook.
The New Gallery exhibits ‘Recent Acquisitions’
The New Gallery is open for its 2020-21 exhibition season with “Recent Acquisitions,” an exhibit that includes more than 125 pieces accepted into Austin Peay State University’s art collection during the last five years.
Pieces include art from Ansel Adams, Deborah Gould Hall, Bonnie Schiffman, Albert Watson, Michel Thersiquel, Khari Turner, Gamaliel Rodriguez, Philippe Salaün and Karen Seapker.
The exhibit runs through Sept. 17. For more information, visit The New Gallery’s homepage.
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