With 44,000 square feet of space, the old UC built in 1968 accommodated a student population of less than 4,000. Since then, enrollment on the Clarksville campus has doubled and changed demographically. From the outside, it looks like two massive, red-brick buildings connected by a vaulted, glass atrium. Brick chimneys hide a system that circulates air in and out of the building every six minutes. Museum of Zoology with 7,000 preserved animals Herbarium with 50,000 plant collections Planetarium for physics studies, etc.
Some classes have three video-display panels for projectors connected to the Web.
Some rooms can be combined to create a 200-seat room for conferences. Greenhouse provides a practical, pleasant educational environment. On May 12 at APSU, Dr. Charles W. Manning, new chancellor of the Tennessee Board of Regents, was the keynote speaker for spring commencement. He gave an inspiring talk to more than 600 candidates for graduation, their families and friends. Manning came from West Virginia, where he served since 1990 as chancellor of The University System of West Virginia, which includes West Virginia University, Marshall University, three medical schools, two community colleges, West Virginia Institute of Technology and Marshall University.