The scholarship will support students within the university’s College of Business. Additionally, the Lynn family has established the Tommy Lynn Professional Readiness and Leadership Room within the College’s Professional Readiness and Leadership (PRL) suite.

The Austin Peay State University Retirees Association (APSURA) established the APSURA Scholarship Endowment in 2020, and thanks to increased member donations, the scholarship can be awarded to two students per year instead of one.

The co-admission and transfer agreements will create a pathway for students from the community college to earn a bachelor degree from the university.

The partnership will create an apprenticeship that will train early childhood educators on the job, provide mentorship, and help retain current Greater Kingsport Family YMCA employees.

The partnership establishes a pathway for Nashville State Community College health sciences students to earn a degree in nursing.

The restructuring will create four academic schools and will exemplify the university’s commitment to give students a fully integrated liberal arts education.

The endowment was established by a $2 million gift from Linda Leatherbury in memory of her late husband Victor Cheloliber, MD. The endowment will support cancer researchers.

The new agreements will streamline degree completion and will bolster the region’s workforce.

The $500,000 gift comes from the James and Coralie Centofanti Charitable Foundation and will continue the work of the Centofanti Symposium, which has brought speakers and lectures to the university for the past decade.

Applications for the new nursing program at PACCAR Medical Education Center have officially opened for the first cohort, which begins in 2027.