APSU This Week: Fall Break begins a quiet week at Austin Peay
The leaves are changing colors (more from a lack of rain than a shift in the season), and as they quietly fall across Austin Peay State University, only a few squirrels and feral cats can be heard scampering through them. That鈥檚 because it鈥檚 Austin Peay鈥檚 Fall Break, Oct. 14-15. Neither the Clarksville Campus nor Fort Campbell Center will have classes those two days. To see Austin Peay鈥檚 academic calendar, click here.
Veterans Reconnect Conference
On Oct. 14-15, the University is bringing together academic leaders from across Tennessee and providing them with resources and training for supporting military-affiliated students during a special two-day Veteran鈥檚 Reconnect Conference. In July, the Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) awarded Austin Peay a $100,000 grant to host 鈥淏ridging the Gaps: Tennessee Institutions Leading the Change for Military/Veteran Transition,鈥 in the University鈥檚 Morgan University Center.
The event鈥檚 speakers include Mike Krause, THEC executive director, and Medal of Honor recipients Gary Beikirch and Bennie Adkins.
The conference is not open to the public.
FAM Fest 2019
On Tuesday, Oct. 15, Austin Peay鈥檚 Adult, Nontraditional, and Transfer Student Center (ANTS) will host its inaugural fall family event 鈥 FAM Fest. The celebration will be from noon-3 p.m. in the Foy Fitness and Recreation Center, and it will feature inflatables, games, prizes and a lunch. Contact the ANTS Center at antsc@apsu.edu for more information.
Fall Etiquette Dinner
On Thursday, Oct. 17, the GovsLEAD program of Student Life & Engagement will present the annual Fall Etiquette Dinner. This event is a free student event featuring a three-course formal meal and presentation by etiquette expert, Margaret Ann Pritchard. Seats are limited. Interested students must apply to attend on PeayLink. During the dinner, Pritchard will teach students how to eat, drink and properly conduct themselves at a formal meal.
APSU Soccer versus Morehead
Austin Peay鈥檚 soccer team rallied from behind last week to defeat Jacksonville State in the final minute of overtime. The team will next take on Morehead State at 5 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 18, at APSU鈥檚 Morgan Bros. Field.
For more campus events, click /events-calendar/ .
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