TROY to honor nonfiction author Patricia Foster with Hall-Waters Prize on April 12

Foster, an award-winning nonfiction author, is a native of Fairhope, Alabama.

Foster, an award-winning nonfiction author, is a native of Fairhope, Alabama.

Award-winning nonfiction author Patricia Foster, a native of Fairhope, will receive the Hall-Waters Prize from Troy University on April 12.

Foster, who is professor emerita at the University of Iowa’s celebrated MFA Program where she taught for more than 25 years, will read selections from her most recent memoir, “Written in the Sky: Lessons of…

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Registration now open for inaugural YellowHammer 48-Hour Film Race

Registration ends March 13 with the event being held March 15-17.

Registration ends March 13 with the event being held March 15-17.

The YellowHammer Film Festival, coming into its fourth season, is adding a new opportunities for students to have their work seen by the masses and judged by industry professionals during the inaugural YellowHammer 48-Hour Film Race.

Launched in 2020 by Associate Professor of Design Chris Stagl, the YellowHammer Film Festival is a free and enriching…

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TROY design students win 27 awards in annual ADDY competition

Students won multiple Gold and Silver awards along with Best of Show and Student Designer of the Year.

Students won multiple Gold and Silver awards along with Best of Show and Student Designer of the Year.

Troy University design students won top honors at this year’s Montgomery and Dothan American Advertising Federation (ADDY) student competitions, including fourteen Silver, eight Golds, two Judges Choice, two Best of Show and the coveted Student Designer of the Year Award in Montgomery. 

The American Advertising Awards is the advertising industry’s largest and most representative competition,…

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TROY’s inaugural Artist-in-Residence to promote creativity, community

Workshops, field trips and open studio hours will be offered to the public as part of the program.

Workshops, field trips and open studio hours will be offered to the public as part of the program.

Troy University’s Department of Art & Design recently launched its new Artist-in-Residence Program, welcoming Jennifer McCohnell back to the Troy Campus to help foster creativity and community beyond TROY’s physical bounds.

McCohnell is a conceptual artist and former high school English teacher who grew up in a small town outside of Atlanta, Georgia. While art has always been…

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