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Director of DreamWorks' 'Home' and 'Over the Hedge' to speak at APSU Oct. 7
Austin Peay State University's Department of Art + Design, with support from the Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts, will host animator and former DreamWorks director Tim Johnson -- whose films include "Antz," "Over the Hedge," and "Home" -- for a free public Zoom lecture, "Your Left Brain is a Nag," at 4 p.m. on Oct. 7 in Heydel Hall.
Alumna Tammy Cunningham ('86) creates the Tom Cunningham Family Endowment for APSU students
Austin Peay State University alumna Tammy Cunningham ('86) has established the Tom Cunningham Family Endowment in honor of her late husband, Tom Cunningham ('85), providing scholarships for business majors who graduated from Montgomery County high schools.

APSU alumnus Larry W. Carroll ('76) establishes the Carroll Entrepreneurship Center
Austin Peay State University alumnus Larry Carroll ('76) has made a gift to establish the Carroll Entrepreneurship Center, a university-wide hub based at The Press in downtown Clarksville that will support new venture creation for students and entrepreneurs throughout the region.
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