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Austin Peay This Week: Science on Tap to examine Southeastern Grasslands Initiative’s ‘New Course for Conservation’

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(Posted April 5, 2021)

Austin Peay State University’s Science on Tap lecture series continues virtually on April 6 when Dr. Dwayne Estes offers a look at the Southeastern Grasslands Initiative (SGI) based at APSU.

The event will be at 7 p.m. and will be free and open to the public.

Estes – executive director of SGI and biology professor at Austin Peay – will offer a presentation titled “The Southeastern Grasslands Initiative: Charting a New Course for Conservation in the 21st Century.”

For more information and for a link to the April event, click here. Please note: The link to the Zoom event will not go live until the time of the event.

Art + Design continues CECA Visiting Artist Speaker Series with Art21 artist Stephanie Syjuco

Austin Peay State University’s Science on Tap lecture series continues virtually on April 6 when Dr. Dwayne Estes offers a look at the Southeastern Grasslands Initiative (SGI) based at APSU. The event will be at 7 p.m. and will be free and open to the public. Estes – executive director of SGI and biology professor at Austin Peay – will offer a presentation titled “The Southeastern Grasslands Initiative: Charting a New Course for Conservation in the 21st Century.” For more information and for a link to the April event, click here. Please note: The link to the Zoom event will not go live until the time of the event. Art + Design continues CECA Visiting Artist Speaker Series with Art21 artist Stephanie Syjuco The Department of Art + Design, with support from the Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts, is pleased to host artist Stephanie Syjuco to finish out an incredible 2020-21 CECA Visiting Artist Speaker Series season. “Stephanie Syjuco works in photography, sculpture and installation, moving from handmade and craft-inspired mediums to digital editing and archive excavations,” said Michael Dickins, chair of the CECA Visiting Artist Speaker Series. “Using critical wit and collaborative co-creation, her projects leverage open-source systems, shareware logic, and flows of capital, in order to investigate issues of economies and empire. “Recently, she has focused on how photography and image-based processes are implicated in the construction of racialized, exclusionary narratives of history and citizenship,” he added. “I am super excited to host her in what has been an excellent year for our Speaker Series.” Syjuco’s lecture will be at 6 p.m. Monday, April 5, via Zoom. Registration is required and is available at http://bit.ly/CECASyjuco. The lecture is free and open to the public. APSU’s David Jon Walker joins virtual discussion centering voices of Black, Brown + Latinx design educators Austin Peay State University’s David Jon Walker is one of 12 graphic design educators of color included in a new book titled “Black, Brown + Latinx Design Educators: Conversations on Design and Race.” A series of events – including one this week – is helping to bring the book’s educators to the public eye. Walker – an assistant professor of design in the Department of Art + Design – will be on a virtual panel at 5:30 p.m. CST April 7. The panel is titled “Conservations on Design & Race: Getting Back to Our Roots.” According to the event’s registration site, the discussion will examine “how the influence of family, cultural origins, and ancestral heritage takes form in design practice.” “Black, Brown + Latinx Design Educators” by Kelly Walters is a collection of deeply personal interviews with graphic design educators from colleges and universities across the United States and Canada. The interviews center “their childhood experiences, their undergraduate and graduate studies, and their career paths in academia and practice,” according to the publisher, Princeton Architectural Press. Austin Peay to join Japanese universities at Nashville Cherry Blossom Conference At this year’s Nashville Cherry Blossom Conference – 7-9 p.m. April 6 via Zoom – students from Austin Peay, Komatsu University and the Prefectural University of Hiroshima will host presentations exploring the deeper meanings of the cherry blossom and the Tennessee-Japan connection. There will also be guest presentations from a teacher in Nagoya, Japan, and APSU alum, Justin Randall, who is teaching in Japan. After the event has concluded, APSU President Michael Licari and the Consul General Kayoko Fukushima of the Nashville consulate will give remarks. “We are really excited to hold this conference and enjoy the participation of our Japanese colleagues,” said Dr. David Rands, associate professor of history and philosophy and director of Asian studies at APSU. “While the pandemic has reduced our ability to physically meet, Asian studies at APSU has taken advantage of our technological tools and is developing strong connections with our partners in Japan.” If you are interested in attending this event, register here. All presentations will be in both English and Japanese. Lecture series continues with ‘Terrorism in the U.S.’ The College of Behavioral and Health Sciences’ Brown Bag Lecture Series continues Wednesday, April 7, from noon to 1 p.m. The featured speaker is Dr. Christopher Wright, Department of Criminal Justice, and he’ll discuss “Terrorism in the U.S.: What Every Academic Should Know.” The webinar is open to the public at this Zoom link: https://apsu.zoom.us/j/84686218401. The final lecture in the series is April 21 when Dr. Porter Jennings-McGarity, Department of Social Work, will discuss “The Impact of COVID-19 on Trauma in the Latinx Community.” COVID-19 vaccination site opens to everybody 18 or older Montgomery County recently opened COVID-19 vaccines to anyone 16 years or older. Anyone 18 years or older can receive the Moderna vaccine at the Austin Peay State University campus vaccination site free of charge. To sign up, visit https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0d4daea628a5f4c43-first. On Tuesday, March 2, Austin Peay State University’s nursing faculty and students began administering the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to members of the Montgomery County community at a drive-thru site behind the Ard Building. After someone requests an appointment from Austin Peay, they’ll receive additional information on when to arrive at campus. Individuals registered to receive a vaccination must enter lot 11 by traveling east on Main Street. Traffic will not be allowed to enter from University Avenue. For more information on the state’s vaccination program, visit https://covid19.tn.gov/covid-19-vaccines/. Other events on campus • For the latest on Governors athletics, visit https://letsgopeay.com. • To see other happenings on campus, click here.
 

The Department of Art + Design, with support from the Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts, is pleased to host artist Stephanie Syjuco to finish out an incredible 2020-21 CECA Visiting Artist Speaker Series season.

“Stephanie Syjuco works in photography, sculpture and installation, moving from handmade and craft-inspired mediums to digital editing and archive excavations,” said Michael Dickins, chair of the CECA Visiting Artist Speaker Series. “Using critical wit and collaborative co-creation, her projects leverage open-source systems, shareware logic, and flows of capital, in order to investigate issues of economies and empire.

“Recently, she has focused on how photography and image-based processes are implicated in the construction of racialized, exclusionary narratives of history and citizenship,” he added. “I am super excited to host her in what has been an excellent year for our Speaker Series."

Syjuco’s lecture will be at 6 p.m. Monday, April 5, via Zoom. Registration is required and is available at .

The lecture is free and open to the public.

APSU’s David Jon Walker joins virtual discussion centering voices of Black, Brown + Latinx design educators

Austin Peay State University’s Science on Tap lecture series continues virtually on April 6 when Dr. Dwayne Estes offers a look at the Southeastern Grasslands Initiative (SGI) based at APSU. The event will be at 7 p.m. and will be free and open to the public. Estes – executive director of SGI and biology professor at Austin Peay – will offer a presentation titled “The Southeastern Grasslands Initiative: Charting a New Course for Conservation in the 21st Century.” For more information and for a link to the April event, click here. Please note: The link to the Zoom event will not go live until the time of the event. Art + Design continues CECA Visiting Artist Speaker Series with Art21 artist Stephanie Syjuco The Department of Art + Design, with support from the Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts, is pleased to host artist Stephanie Syjuco to finish out an incredible 2020-21 CECA Visiting Artist Speaker Series season. “Stephanie Syjuco works in photography, sculpture and installation, moving from handmade and craft-inspired mediums to digital editing and archive excavations,” said Michael Dickins, chair of the CECA Visiting Artist Speaker Series. “Using critical wit and collaborative co-creation, her projects leverage open-source systems, shareware logic, and flows of capital, in order to investigate issues of economies and empire. “Recently, she has focused on how photography and image-based processes are implicated in the construction of racialized, exclusionary narratives of history and citizenship,” he added. “I am super excited to host her in what has been an excellent year for our Speaker Series.” Syjuco’s lecture will be at 6 p.m. Monday, April 5, via Zoom. Registration is required and is available at http://bit.ly/CECASyjuco. The lecture is free and open to the public. APSU’s David Jon Walker joins virtual discussion centering voices of Black, Brown + Latinx design educators Austin Peay State University’s David Jon Walker is one of 12 graphic design educators of color included in a new book titled “Black, Brown + Latinx Design Educators: Conversations on Design and Race.” A series of events – including one this week – is helping to bring the book’s educators to the public eye. Walker – an assistant professor of design in the Department of Art + Design – will be on a virtual panel at 5:30 p.m. CST April 7. The panel is titled “Conservations on Design & Race: Getting Back to Our Roots.” According to the event’s registration site, the discussion will examine “how the influence of family, cultural origins, and ancestral heritage takes form in design practice.” “Black, Brown + Latinx Design Educators” by Kelly Walters is a collection of deeply personal interviews with graphic design educators from colleges and universities across the United States and Canada. The interviews center “their childhood experiences, their undergraduate and graduate studies, and their career paths in academia and practice,” according to the publisher, Princeton Architectural Press. Austin Peay to join Japanese universities at Nashville Cherry Blossom Conference At this year’s Nashville Cherry Blossom Conference – 7-9 p.m. April 6 via Zoom – students from Austin Peay, Komatsu University and the Prefectural University of Hiroshima will host presentations exploring the deeper meanings of the cherry blossom and the Tennessee-Japan connection. There will also be guest presentations from a teacher in Nagoya, Japan, and APSU alum, Justin Randall, who is teaching in Japan. After the event has concluded, APSU President Michael Licari and the Consul General Kayoko Fukushima of the Nashville consulate will give remarks. “We are really excited to hold this conference and enjoy the participation of our Japanese colleagues,” said Dr. David Rands, associate professor of history and philosophy and director of Asian studies at APSU. “While the pandemic has reduced our ability to physically meet, Asian studies at APSU has taken advantage of our technological tools and is developing strong connections with our partners in Japan.” If you are interested in attending this event, register here. All presentations will be in both English and Japanese. Lecture series continues with ‘Terrorism in the U.S.’ The College of Behavioral and Health Sciences’ Brown Bag Lecture Series continues Wednesday, April 7, from noon to 1 p.m. The featured speaker is Dr. Christopher Wright, Department of Criminal Justice, and he’ll discuss “Terrorism in the U.S.: What Every Academic Should Know.” The webinar is open to the public at this Zoom link: https://apsu.zoom.us/j/84686218401. The final lecture in the series is April 21 when Dr. Porter Jennings-McGarity, Department of Social Work, will discuss “The Impact of COVID-19 on Trauma in the Latinx Community.” COVID-19 vaccination site opens to everybody 18 or older Montgomery County recently opened COVID-19 vaccines to anyone 16 years or older. Anyone 18 years or older can receive the Moderna vaccine at the Austin Peay State University campus vaccination site free of charge. To sign up, visit https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0d4daea628a5f4c43-first. On Tuesday, March 2, Austin Peay State University’s nursing faculty and students began administering the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to members of the Montgomery County community at a drive-thru site behind the Ard Building. After someone requests an appointment from Austin Peay, they’ll receive additional information on when to arrive at campus. Individuals registered to receive a vaccination must enter lot 11 by traveling east on Main Street. Traffic will not be allowed to enter from University Avenue. For more information on the state’s vaccination program, visit https://covid19.tn.gov/covid-19-vaccines/. Other events on campus • For the latest on Governors athletics, visit https://letsgopeay.com. • To see other happenings on campus, click here.
Walker.

Austin Peay State University’s David Jon Walker is one of 12 graphic design educators of color included in a new book titled “Black, Brown + Latinx Design Educators: Conversations on Design and Race.”

A series of events – including one this week – is helping to bring the book’s educators to the public eye.

Walker – an assistant professor of design in the Department of Art + Design – will be on a virtual panel at 5:30 p.m. CST April 7. The panel is titled “.”

According to the event’s registration site, the discussion will examine “how the influence of family, cultural origins, and ancestral heritage takes form in design practice.”

is a collection of deeply personal interviews with graphic design educators from colleges and universities across the United States and Canada.

The interviews center “their childhood experiences, their undergraduate and graduate studies, and their career paths in academia and practice,” according to the publisher, Princeton Architectural Press.

Austin Peay to join Japanese universities at Nashville Cherry Blossom Conference

At this year’s Nashville Cherry Blossom Conference – 7-9 p.m. April 6 via Zoom – students from Austin Peay, Komatsu University and the Prefectural University of Hiroshima will host presentations exploring the deeper meanings of the cherry blossom and the Tennessee-Japan connection.

There will also be guest presentations from a teacher in Nagoya, Japan, and APSU alum, Justin Randall, who is teaching in Japan. After the event has concluded, APSU President Michael Licari and the Consul General Kayoko Fukushima of the Nashville consulate will give remarks.

“We are really excited to hold this conference and enjoy the participation of our Japanese colleagues,” said Dr. David Rands, associate professor of history and philosophy and director of Asian studies at APSU. “While the pandemic has reduced our ability to physically meet, Asian studies at APSU has taken advantage of our technological tools and is developing strong connections with our partners in Japan.”

If you are interested in attending this event, register .

All presentations will be in both English and Japanese.

Lecture series continues with ‘Terrorism in the U.S.’

The College of Behavioral and Health Sciences’ Brown Bag Lecture Series continues Wednesday, April 7, from noon to 1 p.m.

The featured speaker is Dr. Christopher Wright, Department of Criminal Justice, and he’ll discuss “Terrorism in the U.S.: What Every Academic Should Know.”

The webinar is open to the public at this Zoom link: .

The final lecture in the series is April 21 when Dr. Porter Jennings-McGarity, Department of Social Work, will discuss “The Impact of COVID-19 on Trauma in the Latinx Community.”

Austin Peay State University’s Science on Tap lecture series continues virtually on April 6 when Dr. Dwayne Estes offers a look at the Southeastern Grasslands Initiative (SGI) based at APSU. The event will be at 7 p.m. and will be free and open to the public. Estes – executive director of SGI and biology professor at Austin Peay – will offer a presentation titled “The Southeastern Grasslands Initiative: Charting a New Course for Conservation in the 21st Century.” For more information and for a link to the April event, click here. Please note: The link to the Zoom event will not go live until the time of the event. Art + Design continues CECA Visiting Artist Speaker Series with Art21 artist Stephanie Syjuco The Department of Art + Design, with support from the Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts, is pleased to host artist Stephanie Syjuco to finish out an incredible 2020-21 CECA Visiting Artist Speaker Series season. “Stephanie Syjuco works in photography, sculpture and installation, moving from handmade and craft-inspired mediums to digital editing and archive excavations,” said Michael Dickins, chair of the CECA Visiting Artist Speaker Series. “Using critical wit and collaborative co-creation, her projects leverage open-source systems, shareware logic, and flows of capital, in order to investigate issues of economies and empire. “Recently, she has focused on how photography and image-based processes are implicated in the construction of racialized, exclusionary narratives of history and citizenship,” he added. “I am super excited to host her in what has been an excellent year for our Speaker Series.” Syjuco’s lecture will be at 6 p.m. Monday, April 5, via Zoom. Registration is required and is available at http://bit.ly/CECASyjuco. The lecture is free and open to the public. APSU’s David Jon Walker joins virtual discussion centering voices of Black, Brown + Latinx design educators Austin Peay State University’s David Jon Walker is one of 12 graphic design educators of color included in a new book titled “Black, Brown + Latinx Design Educators: Conversations on Design and Race.” A series of events – including one this week – is helping to bring the book’s educators to the public eye. Walker – an assistant professor of design in the Department of Art + Design – will be on a virtual panel at 5:30 p.m. CST April 7. The panel is titled “Conservations on Design & Race: Getting Back to Our Roots.” According to the event’s registration site, the discussion will examine “how the influence of family, cultural origins, and ancestral heritage takes form in design practice.” “Black, Brown + Latinx Design Educators” by Kelly Walters is a collection of deeply personal interviews with graphic design educators from colleges and universities across the United States and Canada. The interviews center “their childhood experiences, their undergraduate and graduate studies, and their career paths in academia and practice,” according to the publisher, Princeton Architectural Press. Austin Peay to join Japanese universities at Nashville Cherry Blossom Conference At this year’s Nashville Cherry Blossom Conference – 7-9 p.m. April 6 via Zoom – students from Austin Peay, Komatsu University and the Prefectural University of Hiroshima will host presentations exploring the deeper meanings of the cherry blossom and the Tennessee-Japan connection. There will also be guest presentations from a teacher in Nagoya, Japan, and APSU alum, Justin Randall, who is teaching in Japan. After the event has concluded, APSU President Michael Licari and the Consul General Kayoko Fukushima of the Nashville consulate will give remarks. “We are really excited to hold this conference and enjoy the participation of our Japanese colleagues,” said Dr. David Rands, associate professor of history and philosophy and director of Asian studies at APSU. “While the pandemic has reduced our ability to physically meet, Asian studies at APSU has taken advantage of our technological tools and is developing strong connections with our partners in Japan.” If you are interested in attending this event, register here. All presentations will be in both English and Japanese. Lecture series continues with ‘Terrorism in the U.S.’ The College of Behavioral and Health Sciences’ Brown Bag Lecture Series continues Wednesday, April 7, from noon to 1 p.m. The featured speaker is Dr. Christopher Wright, Department of Criminal Justice, and he’ll discuss “Terrorism in the U.S.: What Every Academic Should Know.” The webinar is open to the public at this Zoom link: https://apsu.zoom.us/j/84686218401. The final lecture in the series is April 21 when Dr. Porter Jennings-McGarity, Department of Social Work, will discuss “The Impact of COVID-19 on Trauma in the Latinx Community.” COVID-19 vaccination site opens to everybody 18 or older Montgomery County recently opened COVID-19 vaccines to anyone 16 years or older. Anyone 18 years or older can receive the Moderna vaccine at the Austin Peay State University campus vaccination site free of charge. To sign up, visit https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0d4daea628a5f4c43-first. On Tuesday, March 2, Austin Peay State University’s nursing faculty and students began administering the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to members of the Montgomery County community at a drive-thru site behind the Ard Building. After someone requests an appointment from Austin Peay, they’ll receive additional information on when to arrive at campus. Individuals registered to receive a vaccination must enter lot 11 by traveling east on Main Street. Traffic will not be allowed to enter from University Avenue. For more information on the state’s vaccination program, visit https://covid19.tn.gov/covid-19-vaccines/. Other events on campus • For the latest on Governors athletics, visit https://letsgopeay.com. • To see other happenings on campus, click here.

COVID-19 vaccination site opens to everybody 18 or older

Montgomery County recently opened COVID-19 vaccines to anyone 16 years or older. Anyone 18 years or older can receive the Moderna vaccine at the Austin Peay State University campus vaccination site free of charge. To sign up, visit .

On Tuesday, March 2, Austin Peay State University’s nursing faculty and students began administering the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to members of the Montgomery County community at a drive-thru site behind the Ard Building.

After someone requests an appointment from Austin Peay, they’ll receive additional information on when to arrive at campus.

Individuals registered to receive a vaccination must enter lot 11 by traveling east on Main Street. Traffic will not be allowed to enter from University Avenue.

For more information on the state’s vaccination program, visit .

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