This Week at Austin Peay: Plant the Campus Red coming on Thursday
(Posted on Monday, April 18, 2022)
Plant the Campus Red brings faculty, staff and students together to plant flowers, trees and shrubs in designated landscaping beds across campus with assistance from the Montgomery County master gardeners.
This year鈥檚 Plant the Campus Red is from 1:30 to 4 p.m. on Thursday, April 21, across campus.
The schedule is:
- 1:30 p.m. | Morgan University Center (MUC) Plaza | Sign in and get into planting groups.
- 2 p.m. | MUC Plaza | Depart for planting sites on campus and begin planting.
- 4 p.m. | various planting sites | Conclude planting.
Earth Week events every day
Earth Day is on Friday, April 22, and the office of Community Engagement and Sustainability has events planned every day. They include:
- Upcycling Crafts 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Monday at the office's MUC table.
- Edith Pettus Park & APSU Greenway Cleanup 4-6 p.m Monday.
- Pine Cone Bird Feeders 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesday at the MUC table.
- Sustainability Club meeting 5-6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Outdoor Education Center at 529 York St.
- Hemp & Natural Fiber Crafts 10 a.m.-noon Wednesday at the MUC table.
- iNaturalist in the Field 12:45-2 p.m. Wednesday at Sundquist Science Complex Room E215.
- Community Engagement & Sustainability Lunch & Learn noon-1 p.m. Thursday at MUC Room 103A.
- Plant the Campus Red, as noted above, 1:30-4 p.m. Thursday at MUC Plaza.
- Earth Fair 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Friday at MUC Plaza.
- Cumberland River Cleanup 1:30-4 p.m. Friday at MUC Plaza.
John Stafford II to lead discussion titled 鈥楾he Black Misunderstanding鈥
John Stafford II will visit Austin Peay at 12:45 p.m. on Thursday, April 21, to lead .
The discussion, titled 鈥淭he Black Misunderstanding,鈥 will be in the George and Sharon Mabry Concert Hall. Stafford is associate professor of music, director of choral activities and co-coordinator of the music department at .
The event, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by the Department of Music and the Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts.
Art + Design celebrating 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 in The New Gallery 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.
The department will announce jury award winners 鈥 along with CECA Purchase Award and Summer Research Award recipients 鈥 at the 5:30 p.m. April 27 awards ceremony.
For more information on this exhibition, contact Michael Dickins, gallery director, at dickinsm@apsu.edu.
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