Bellingrath Gardens provides new inspiration for Dr. Carl Vollrath

Former TROY music professor Dr. Carl Vollrath is finding new inspiration from the beauty of Mobile's Bellingrath Gardens.

Former TROY music professor Dr. Carl Vollrath is finding new inspiration from the beauty of Mobile's Bellingrath Gardens.

At 92, Carl Vollrath may have retired from the John M. Long School of Music, but he hasn’t stopped working and is being inspired by the beauty of Bellingrath Gardens, which he hopes becomes a state park one day.

The former TROY professor and renowned composer celebrated his birthday on March 26.

“It’s not just…

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Poet Terrance Hayes to receive Troy University’s Hall-Waters Prize on April 28

Award-winning poet Terrance Hayes will read selections of his work at an April 28 event in the Janice Hawkins Cultural Arts Park on the Troy Campus.

Award-winning poet Terrance Hayes will read selections of his work at an April 28 event in the Janice Hawkins Cultural Arts Park on the Troy Campus.

Renowned poet Terrance Hayes, a 2014 MacArthur Foundation Genius Award recipient and a National Book Award winner, will receive the Hall-Waters Prize from Troy University on April 28.

Hayes, who is currently professor of English at New York University, will present selections from his forthcoming collection, So to Speak (July 2023), and his award-winning 2018…

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TROY Theatre and Dance premiers “Jekyll and Hyde” starting April 13-18

The show runs nightly at 7 p.m. on April 12-15 and 18 and at 2:30 p.m. on April 16.

The show runs nightly at 7 p.m. on April 12-15 and 18 and at 2:30 p.m. on April 16.

Troy University’s Department of Theatre and Dance brings to life the epic struggle between good and evil in the musical phenomenon Jekyll & Hyde beginning April 13.

Based on the original story by Robert Louis Stevenson, Jekyll & Hyde takes audiences on a back-and-forth ride through chaos and order, dark and light, love and murder. Dr. Henry Jekyll is driven to…

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Troy University Trustee Forrest S. Latta to deliver keynote address at annual Honors Convocation

This year's Honors Convocation is set for 6 p.m. on April 17 in the Claudia Crosby Theater on the Troy Campus.

This year's Honors Convocation is set for 6 p.m. on April 17 in the Claudia Crosby Theater on the Troy Campus.

Forrest S. Latta, a 1980 TROY honors graduate and a member of the University’s Board of Trustees, will deliver the keynote address for the Troy University Honors Convocation at 6 p.m., April 17 in the Claudia Crosby Theater on the Troy Campus.  

TROY students will be honored for their achievements during the event, including…

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