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 Popular Guest lecture series: Dr. Richard Gildrie The Austin Peay State University chapter of the Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society will continue its popular guest lecture series this month with a talk by APSU emeritus history professor Dr. Richard Gildrie. Gildrie, the author of several books and scholarly publications, will speak at 4 p.m., April 21 in the APSU Kimbrough Building's Gentry Auditorium on the topic of "War Communities and Moral Imagination on the Revolutionary Frontier: Daniel Boone, George Rogers Clark and Robert Rogers." The lecture is free and open to the public. Gildrie has long had an interest in early American history. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Virginia, where he published his dissertation "Salem, Massachusetts 1626-1683: A Covenant Community." He then came to APSU and taught and wrote about early American and Tennessee history for almost 40 years. In 2002, Gildrie and APSU professor Thomas H. Winn co-authored the book "A History of Austin Peay State University 1927-2002." Gildrie recently retired from APSU, but he continues to do research into his favorite historical topics. He volunteers at the Montgomery County Archives, and he remains active with the APSU history department, conducting field research and mentoring young history students. For more information on Gildrie's talk or the Phi Alpha Theta guest lecture Series, contact Dr. Minoa Uffelman, assistant professor of history, at 221-7704 or uffelmanm@apsu.edu. For more information please call (931) 552-7600. 
APSU selected to participate in the French American Cultural Exchange (FACE) French film grant program, the Tournêes FestivalAustin Peay State University has been selected to participate in the French American Cultural Exchange (FACE) French film grant program, the Tournêes Festival, for the 2009-10 academic year. This grant provides an opportunity for APSU to give students and the community greater access to contemporary French films and to encourage French-American cooperation and cultural understanding. "APSU is delighted to invite the local community to enjoy the Tournêes French Film Festival during the month of February," said Tina Rousselot de Saint Ceran, coordinator of International Education at APSU. The following schedule includes the title of the film, time and date of showing, details such as movie ratings and description of the plot. Separated by Azur's father, the boys meet up again several years later in an unidentified Arab country—where Azur’s blue eyes terrify the locals, leading him to feign blindness-in order to free a magical fairy. Deftly yet subtly addressing racism, intolerance and superstition, "Azur and Asmar" also dazzles with its sheer beauty: Ocelot incorporates visual elements and techniques inspired by medieval illuminations and Arabic art, including mosaics and meticulously rendered architectural details.
Anna is a 9-year-old precocious girl. Her life is rather simple and comfortable, regulated by habits and order. Her family is wealthy; she goes to a private religious school and often visits her grandparents who have a wine estate in Bordeaux. One day, her father's sister is forced to leave Spain - her husband has just been killed by Franco's police force. This event is experienced as an electroshock by Anna's parents, and they change their political views radically. Both become left-wing revolutionaries and Anna's stable life goes awry. Women's rights, freedom of speech, democracy and demonstration are now at the forefront of Anna's parents' lives. At first, Anna is not interested in any of it. She strives to hold on to the comfort she knows and is very unhappy when the family moves to a smaller apartment. She also has to adapt to her parents' new lifestyle as they have less time to take care of her. Yet, she also tries to make sense of the larger political events that shake her life and she does not settle for the simplistic answers that adults give children.
His family’s food truck is integral to the daily shopping of the feisty elderly French neighbors who inhabit the local countryside and purchase his vegetables. Although Antoine is curt and surly with his customers (as well as with most of the people he meets), he succeeds in bringing to Provence his favorite aspect of Paris: his beautiful, confident neighbor, Claire, upon whom he harbors a secret crush. Antoine and Claire both move into his mother's home, where Claire studies for an exam and Antoine slowly begins to get to know the community and himself a little bit better.
"Le scaphandre et le papillon" (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) This is the basis of Julian Schnabel's enthralling film in which Bauby summons enormous courage, determination and his soaring imagination to escape from his trap.
"Ne le dis à personne" (Tell No One)
Alex, a pediatrician, has been devastated since his wife Margot, his childhood sweetheart, was savagely murdered eight years ago. One day he receives an anonymous e-mail: when he clicks on the inserted link, he sees a woman's face standing in a crowd, being filmed live. Alex is in shock: he is looking at Margot's face. Is she still alive? Why does she instruct him to tell no one? As soon as Alex raises the lid of this Pandora's box, the police reopen the murder case. They are sure that Alex is the perpetrator of his wife's gruesome murder since he was actually with her when she was killed. He finds himself on the wrong end of the investigation. He must lead his own to prove his innocence and find out what really happened to his wife. The film plunges into the past, stirring old memories of happier times in Alex's mind. The investigation also forces family and friends to remember details they'd rather keep buried. Alex's unrelenting questioning will unravel a sordid story that will incriminate unscrupulous family members and ultimately reunite him with his wife.
For more information about the Tournees Festival, call the Office of International Education at (931) 221-6851, or visit the International Education Website.
Art is a gift to treasure, especially when made by a young person. That's why Austin Peay State University is reminding the community that limited edition prints are available for purchase to benefit the Natalie Jo Welch Scholarship in Art. The prints are of the paintings created by Welch, an APSU art student who died in 2004 at the age of 22. She had just transferred from APSU to start art school at Savannah College of Art and Design. Her mother, Jenny Welch, established the scholarship in 2005 in her daughter's memory. Her work can be viewed online. Some of her work includes "The Roxy," which shows the popular theater on Franklin Street in downtown Clarksville, "Roaring Twenties," "Sullivan's Island Lighthouse" and "Sunflowers." To make a tax-deductible donation to the scholarship, send a gift to APSU University Advancement, Box 4417, Clarksville, TN 37040 or purchase one of the limited edition prints. For more information, contact APSU University Advancement by telephone at (931) 221-7127.
AER Offers College Aid for Dependent Children and Spouses
The MG James Ursano Scholarship
Program is for dependent children of Soldiers (Active Duty, Retired and
Deceased). AER's MG James Ursano Scholarship Program is for full-time
students at an undergraduate, technical or vocational institution
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