Austin Peay This Week: Constitution Day event to examine civic responsibility to each other
(Posted on Monday, Sept. 12, 2022)
This year’s upcoming Constitution Day event at Austin Peay State University will strive to remind us about a main tenet of our civic responsibility to the country – that we are in this together.
The event – themed “Forming a More Perfect Union: Civic Responsibility” – will be 3-5 p.m. Sept. 16 in APSU’s Morgan University Center, Room 305, and is free and open to the public.
The featured speaker will be , a history professor in the Middle Tennessee State University Department of History and the University Honors College.
Attendees will get a free pocket Constitution.
The event is sponsored by the APSU Department of History and Philosophy and the APSU Department of Political Science and Public Management.
APSU Board of Trustees to host fall meeting on Sept. 16
On Sept. 16, the Austin Peay State University Board of Trustees will host its spring meetings throughout the day at 317 College St. on campus.
The day will begin with the board’s Academic Affairs Committee meeting at 8:15 a.m., followed by the Student Affairs Committee, the Executive Committee, the Business and Finance Committee and the Audit Committee meetings consecutively thereafter. During the Audit Committee meeting, the committee will go into executive session to discuss investigations.
After a short recess, the full board will meet at 10:30 a.m. that Friday.
Meeting agendas, materials and a Zoom link for the meetings will be posted in advance of the meeting at /president/board-of-trustees/board-meeting-schedule-and-materials.php.
For information on the meeting, contact the secretary to the board at clarkc@apsu.edu.
Latinx Heritage Month kickoff on Thursday
Latinx Heritage Month (Sept. 15-Oct. 15) kicks off at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 15, .
The event – at the Office of Equity, Access and Inclusion – is open to all APSU students, faculty and staff and their families.
Bella’s Closet Professional Clothing Pop-up coming Monday and Tuesday
Browse a selection of suits, dresses, tops, shoes, makeup and accessories provided by Bella’s Closet, a Clarksville nonprofit.
No appointment is necessary, and all items are free. The event is open to students, faculty and staff, and provides a perfect way to find a new outfit for upcoming interviews, career fairs or anything requiring professional business attire.
The two-day event is 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday and Tuesday in Morgan University Center Rooms 303 and 305.
JCPenney Suit-up Event coming Sunday
The College of Business has partnered with JCPenney to help Govs find professional clothing at deep discount prices.
The next is from 3-6 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 18, at Governors Square Mall’s JCPenney.
‘Operation Commissary’ free grocery event for military-affiliated
Every month the Newton Military Family Resource Center gives free food to active-duty military, veterans, dependents and all military-affiliated students.
This month’s is noon-1 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 15, at the Newton Center.
Veteran Service Day at Newton Center
will be at the Newton Military Family Resource Center 8 a.m.-1 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 14, to help veterans with any benefits questions.
Paula Kovarik exhibit continues through Sept. 16 at The New Gallery
Artist – who expresses herself through the medium of fabric and thread – is the first exhibition of The New Gallery’s 2022-23 season, and it runs through Sept. 16.
Visit APSU’s exhibit website for more about the exhibition.
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