This Week at Austin Peay: Spring Dance Concert, student art exhibition, Science on Tap
(Posted on Monday, April 4, 2022)
Spring Dance Concert opens on Thursday
Everyone will get five chances to see the 16th Annual Spring Dance Concert from April 7-10 at the Trahern Theatre.
The shows are at 7:30 p.m. April 7-9 and 2 p.m. April 9-10. Tickets for students, the military and seniors are $5; they鈥檙e $10 for adults. For tickets, call 931-221-7379 or visit .
The concert is directed by Dr. Ayo Walker, assistant professor of dance, and Marcus Hayes, professor and Department of Theatre and Dance chair.
Science on Tap to continue examination of science in the movies with 鈥楳oneyball鈥
When Austin Peay State University鈥檚 Science on Tap returns to Strawberry Alley Ale Works on April 5, APSU professors will continue their examination of how Hollywood blockbuster movies portray science.
At last month鈥檚 Science on Tap, Dr. Catherine Haase, Dr. Kallina Dunkle and Phil Roberson explored the science depicted in 1993鈥檚 鈥淛urassic Park.鈥 April鈥檚 lecture will focus on how the 2011 film 鈥淢oneyball鈥 portrays sabermetrics 鈥 the analysis of baseball statistics.
Dr. Matthew Jones, professor of probability and statistics in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, will lead the discussion at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 5, at Upstairs at Strawberry Alley.
Science on Tap is hosted by Austin Peay鈥檚 College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.
Art + Design to celebrate student work with annual juried exhibition
The Department of Art + Design will celebrate the end of the 2021-22 academic year with the 54th Annual Juried Student Exhibition. The professionally juried exhibition opens in The New Gallery on April 4 and runs through April 27.
The exhibition will culminate with a reception and awards ceremony from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on April 27. All are invited to attend the free ceremony.
The exhibition showcases the best artwork produced by students during the past year and allows students to participate in a professional exhibition where a qualified juror selects artwork and artistic merit awards.
For those that not able to see the work in person, there will be an accompanying 3D virtual gallery tour to be released by April 8.
The department will announce jury award winners 鈥 along with CECA Purchase Award and Summer Research Award recipients 鈥 beginning at 5:30 p.m. on April 27 at the awards ceremony in The New Gallery.
For more information on this exhibition, contact Michael Dickins, gallery director, at dickinsm@apsu.edu.
Sherry Deutschmann to speak at Legends of Business Speaker Series
The College of Business will host entrepreneur, author and founder and CEO of BrainTrust Sherry Deutschmann for . Her book 鈥淟unch with Lucy 鈥 Maximize Profits by Investing in Your People鈥 won national awards in 2021.
She will speak from 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. on Wednesday, April 6, at the Kimbrough Building鈥檚 Gentry Auditorium.
Ziegler Leadership Forum coming Wednesday
The Ziegler Leadership Forum will be from 3:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 6, in the Morgan University Center ballroom.
The forum鈥檚 focus is to develop student leaders using a current leadership topic. This year鈥檚 theme is 鈥淯nity: You and I Together.鈥
The keynote speaker is . To learn more about the forum or to register, visit .
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