CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. — Dr. Karen Meisch, dean of the Austin Peay State University College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), has been elected to the Clarksville Montgomery County Industrial Development Board (IDB) Board of Directors for a six-year term, which began in June 2025. The Clarksville-Montgomery County IDB was established in 1964 to maintain and increase employment opportunities by recruiting companies to locate in the area. Over the last 50-plus years, the agency has been responsible for the recruitment and expansion of billions of dollars’ worth of industry and securing thousands of jobs for the community. Meisch brings…
Author: Colby Wilson
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. — In the realm of cold case investigations, law enforcement agencies across Tennessee have found an unlikely ally in Austin Peay State University’s Dr. Daniel Frederick, who uses ground-penetrating radar (GPR) technology to help locate potential burial sites in decades-old cases. Frederick, a paleontologist by training, has assisted multiple law enforcement agencies, including the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) and sheriff’s departments in Wayne, Robertson, and Rutherford counties, offering a unique service that combines geological expertise with criminal investigation. You might have some preconceived notions, based on CSI. It’s not quite like that. “We’re not seeing bones, contrary to…
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. — From working at Walmart to save money for college to accepting admission into one of the nation’s top law schools, Skylar Clemons’ journey exemplifies the power of perseverance and an Austin Peay State University education. Clemons, a 2021 graduate in geosciences (now the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences), grew up in McMinnville, Tennessee, in what he describes as a “low-income family, well below the poverty line.” As a first-generation college student whose parents hadn’t completed high school, the path to higher education wasn’t clearly marked. “I waited four years working at Walmart just to save up to…