APSU Mondays: Student art show, Barry Goldwater scholarship, Chaparadza awarded fellowship

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Art + Design celebrates student work with annual juried exhibition

The Department of Art + Design is celebrating the end of the 2022-23 academic year with the 55th Annual Juried Student Exhibition. The professionally juried exhibition opened in The New Gallery on April 5 and runs through April 26. There will be a reception and awards ceremony from 5:30-7 p.m. April 26. This event is free and open to the public.

APSU celebrating student artwork at The New Gallery on April 5.
APSU celebrating student artwork at The New Gallery on April 5.

This year’s exhibition features 43 works of art chosen from 228 submissions, which were created by the following artists: Kaos Armstrong, Freddy Batts, Samuel Beals, Emelia Beck, Dalain Branham, Emily Chandler, Hayley Collins, Karley Davis, Amanda Ellis, Jordan Fulsom, Lily Goodowens, Vivian Havelka, Garlyn Jarrell, Jordyn Jones, Darria Little-Vaag’bay, Autumn Maczko, Brianna Martinez, Rebecca McWhorter, Riley Miller, Jordan Miller, Kennedy Nicols, Devyn Nickel, Radio Nidiffer, Raamiah Pattenaude, Angelica Rivera Abad, Sara Roach, Julianna Smith, Taylor Spainhoward and Za’Kira Thomas.

For more information on this exhibition, contact Michael Dickins, gallery director, at dickinsm@apsu.edu.

Chemistry professor receives Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship

Dr. Allen Chaparadza, a professor in the Department of Chemistry at Austin Peay State University, has been awarded a Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program grant.

Chemistry professor Dr. Allen Chaparadza has been awarded a Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship grant.
Chemistry professor Dr. Allen Chaparadza has been awarded a Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship grant.

The fellowship will allow Chaparadza to travel to South Africa to work with Dr. Caliphs Zvinowanda at the University of Johannesburg. The project – titled “Collaborative Research and Graduate Training and/or Mentoring: Development of Composite Materials based Passive Samplers for Monitoring Antibiotics and/or Metabolites in Surface Waters” – will focus on the prevalence of antibiotics and their metabolites in surface waters after the COVID-19 pandemic.

“This is an improvement over traditional methods of monitoring that involve catching fish and analyzing the concentration of pollutants in them,” Chaparadza said. “The technology allows for a much clearer time-based picture of the extent of pollution in surface waters and avoids the need for inhumane practices."

The project is expected to have significant implications for the understanding of the effects of the over-prescription of antibiotics and the prevention of antimicrobial resistance. The research could provide valuable data that could raise awareness of the importance of reducing pollution in surface waters.

Barry Goldwater Scholarship recipient announced

Yuriy Holovchak, a sophomore at APSU, has become the first student to earn the prestigious Barry Goldwater scholarship since 2013.
Yuriy Holovchak, a sophomore at APSU, has become the first student to earn the prestigious Barry Goldwater scholarship since 2013.

Sophomore Yuriy Holovchak is the first student at the institution to earn the prestigious Barry Goldwater Scholarship since 2013.

Holovchak, a double major in engineering physics and computer science, was one of just 410 students nationwide to receive the honor, out of an estimated pool of over 5,000 college sophomores and juniors. Holovchak plans to pursue a career in materials research, with his goal being to earn a doctorate in physics.

The Goldwater Scholarship is the preeminent undergraduate award of its type in the natural sciences, engineering and mathematics fields.

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