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    New brand campaign launched: All Ways Real. Always TROY.

    News | August 11, 2025

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    Nearing 70, Abruzzo looks toward next chapter after earning Ph.D. in Sport Management

    News | August 01, 2025

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    Former TROY Trojan athletes ‘come home’ to make a difference in the community and at the University

    Alumni | July 23, 2025

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    TROY Public Radio launches first true crime podcast

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Alumnus Hank Erwin recounts “Woodlawn” story

TROY alumnus Hank Erwin, whose experience as a high school football team chaplain inspired the film

TROY alumnus Hank Erwin, whose experience as a high school football team chaplain inspired the film "Woodlawn," spoke at the Troy Campus on Aug. 22.

Troy University students heard about the events that inspired the faith-based football movie “Woodlawn” when alumnus Hank Erwin visited the campus on Monday, Aug. 22.

Erwin, whose experiences as chaplain for Birmingham’s Woodlawn High School football team in the early 1970s inspired the film “Woodlawn,” began his collegiate career playing baseball for Troy State University…

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TROY ATO chapter is best in America

Troy University's ATO president Blake Swicord, with fraternity brothers, present ATO's 2016 Top Chapter Award to Chancellor Dr. Jack Hawkins Jr.

Troy University's ATO president Blake Swicord, with fraternity brothers, present ATO's 2016 Top Chapter Award to Chancellor Dr. Jack Hawkins Jr.

A Troy University fraternity is once again the top chapter in the nation.

The Kappa Beta Chapter of Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity was recognized with the national organization’s 2016 Top Chapter Award during the ATO’s 82nd Biennial Congress in Charlotte, N.C. in August. A year ago, the chapter celebrated its 10-year anniversary at TROY.

“(Winning…

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Dr. Ben P. Robertson receives Troy University’s Malone Award

Dr. Ben Robertson, professor of English, (left) received Troy University's Wallace D. Malone, Jr., Distinguished Faculty Award on Friday from Dr. Earl Ingram, Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, and Dr. Jack Hawkins, Jr., Chancellor. Presented during the University's annual Faculty/Staff Convocation, the award consists of a $1,000 cash prize, a medallion to be worn with academic regalia and the honor of carrying the University's Academic Mace at official ceremonies throughout the academic year. The award is made possible through a $100,000 endowment by the SouthTrust Corporation.
 

Dr. Ben P. Robertson, professor of English, has been awarded Troy University’s Wallace D. Malone, Jr. Distinguished Faculty Award.

Dr. Robertson, who joined the TROY faculty in 2003, was presented the award by Dr. Jack Hawkins, Jr., Chancellor, and Dr. Earl Ingram, Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, during the University’s annual Faculty/Staff Convocation on…

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‘Become more interesting’ should be goal of entering college students

CNN reporter, columnist and author Tom Foreman, a 1981 TROY graduate, provided the keynote address at TROY's 12th annual Odyssey Convocation.

CNN reporter, columnist and author Tom Foreman, a 1981 TROY graduate, provided the keynote address at TROY's 12th annual Odyssey Convocation.

National journalist and author Tom Foreman told new students at Troy University to walk through doors and make those doors matter.

Speaking to TROY’s Odyssey Convocation for new students, Foreman, an alumnus who is a journalist at CNN, challenged the entering class to become “interesting people” and take advantage of opportunities that TROY presented.

“The…

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