Austin Peay This Week: A new podcast, Science on Tap and APSU’s Fall Festival!
(Posted on Monday, Oct. 31, 2022)
College of Arts & Letters to launch podcast celebrating alumni stories
The College of Arts & Letters at Austin Peay State University will unveil a new podcast on Nov. 4 that celebrates the stories of the college’s alumni while striving to inspire current students.
The podcast – titled “Govs on the Go: Alumni Edition” and hosted by the college’s dean, Dr. William “Buzz” Hoon – will highlight why alumni chose to attend Austin Peay and study in their areas.
Each episode will celebrate Arts & Letters alumni successes while giving encouragement and relatable experiences to current students, Hoon said.
After the Nov. 4 launch, new episodes will follow every two weeks, each time highlighting an alum from another Arts & Letters department. Audio versions of the podcast will be on Spotify and iTunes Podcasts, and video versions will be on .
‘Flu B or not Flu B’: Next Science on Tap to focus on flu strains, vaccines
When Science on Tap returns to Strawberry Alley Ale Works on Nov. 1, an Austin Peay State University professor will share the history, development and future of the seasonal influenza vaccine.
“People always ask, ‘How do they know what influenza strains to put in the influenza vaccine?’ and, ‘Why do we have to get vaccinated every year?’” Dr. Heather L. Phillips said in a description of the presentation. “Those questions will be answered.”
During the presentation, Phillips – director of laboratory testing at APSU and assistant professor of Medical Laboratory Science in the Department of Allied Health Sciences – also will talk about influenza types A and B that tend to plague our communities during the winter months.
The presentation – titled “Flu B or not Flu B, that is the Question” – will start at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 1, at Upstairs at Strawberry Alley.
APSU Fall Festival
Everybody can enjoy free food, music, games and more at from 3:30-6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 3, in the Quad on Drane Street. The festival will have giveaways, food trucks and booths run by various student organizations.
Attendees also will get a chance to slap a pie in the face of the president, the dean of students and the sorority and fraternity affairs coordinator.
Creative Nonfiction Book Award winner, judge to celebrate new book with reading
In her new essay collection Souvenirs from Paradise, prose delivers “narratives poised at the edge of loss or grief, the sensations that none of us seem able to escape.”
The prose proved so powerful that it moved creative nonfiction writer Wendy S. Walters to name Langner the 2021 winner of Creative Nonfiction Book Award.
“With beautiful, clear-eyed prose, she manages to invite us into the most intimate spaces of personal transformation and witness reckonings with need,” Walters wrote in her judge’s statement, also quoted above. “I admire how she portrays becoming as a consequence of relationship, whether a connection lasts a lifetime or just a few days.”
Clarksville-area readers will have an opportunity to hear about those connections when Langner and Walters visit Austin Peay State University for the book’s launch and reading. The reading will be at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 3, in the Art + Design building’s Heydel Hall (Room 120).
Spooky movie marathon
The Adult, Nontraditional and Transfer Student Center, Morgan University Center (MUC) Room 111, will have complete with Halloween treats all day on Monday, Oct. 31. The event is open and free to everybody.
Day of the Dead celebration
The Latino Community Resource Center, MUC Room 115, will have from noon-2 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 2. The event is open and free to everybody.
Blood drive on Tuesday
The American Red Cross is teaming up with the Medical Laboratory Science program to host from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 1, at the MUC Ballroom. Visit to make an appointment.
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