As Cody Skelton reports, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey has declared September 3rd as College Colors Day in the state, and Troy University’s mascot T-Roy is joining in on the celebration.
And, Host Marissa Lacey presents one of our favorite stories from this summer, now with higher quality audio: Troy University is creating a new scholarship in honor of its first black board of trustees member, Lamar Higgins, who died earlier this year.
With the U.S. pulling out of Afghanistan after twenty years of military involvement,Major General Walter Givhan (U.S. Air Force Ret.) shares with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, his experience commanding the rebuilding of the Afghan Air Force in 2008-2009. General Givhan leads the Alabama World Affairs Council as President and serves Troy University as Senior Vice-Chancellor for Advancement and Economic Development.
Master photographer John Dersham talks with In Focus host Carolyn Hutcheson about his sixty years in photography, culminating in his new book, “Changing Moods, Sixty Years in Black and White.”
Karen Worcester is co-founder of Wreaths Across America, a nonprofit that works with Gold Star families to honor the fallen in national and international cemeteries. She talks with In Focus host Carolyn Hutcheson about plans to wave the American flag on Tues., Sept. 7, in observance of Sept. 11, 2001, when airline hijackers attacked the United States. The Freeport Flag Ladies waved the American flag on that fateful Tuesday at passing motorists in Maine and continued the tradition for 18 years, before merging with Wreaths Across America.
This week when Alabama Public Television’s Don Dailey shares the political forecast with Troy Public Radio’s Carolyn Hutcheson, the broadening pandemic numbers top the list of concerns.
On this week’s Newswrap from In Focus, Alabama Public Television’s Don Dailey shares with Troy Public Radio’s Carolyn Hutcheson news of the death of Rep. Thad McClammy, who served in the Alabama House of Representatives for 27 years. And the wildcard is about Covid medics at the castle.
This week on The Talk of TROY, Producer Cody Skelton reports on the new COVID-19 vaccination incentives offered by Troy University.
And, as Producer Conner Howell tells us, Troy University’s Hall School of Journalism and Communication is being awarded a $50,000 endowed scholarship.
Dr. David Thrasher, Montgomery pulmonologist, reports from the front lines of the battle to save lives affected by Covid-19’s Delta variant. He talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about what he sees in the Intensive Care Unit.
Jennifer Jankauskas, Curator of Art at the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about “Art Connects, Works from the Vault,” an exhibition from the permanent collection chosen by guest curators from the Rver Region community.
In this episode on In Focus, Sharon Tinsley with the Alabama Broadcasters Association talks about an endowment that will help journalism students at Troy University achieve their goals.
