Podcast: The Talk of Troy

As Host Marissa Lacey reports, Troy University has announced a new class format that will allow students to choose, week by week, whether to attend class face to face or online.
And is there a way to fully document what life was like in 2020 once the COVID-19 pandemic started? TROY Historian and Archivist Marty Oliff answers that question on this week’s Trojan Minute!

As Host Marissa Lacey reports, Troy University’s Department of Theatre and Dance has found a new way to perform, for one of the largest audiences it has ever had. Tinyard Hill is airing on TROY Public Radio on-air and online!
And, we hear the newest installment of Trojan Minute. This time, political science professor Alexis Henshaw talks about her research into the role gender has on the global peacemaking process.

As Host Marissa Lacey tells us, Troy University’s International Arts Center is featuring the work of graduating seniors, including an exhibit featuring a colorful wizard comic book.
And, we’re starting a new series called “The Trojan Minute” which gives you a glimpse at what is happening in the research labs and classrooms at Troy University. This time, we hear from Biologist and Professor Jacqueline Jones, who is working to lower the number of cancer related deaths that happen each year.

President Joe Biden has declared Juneteenth a federal holiday. In Montgomery, Troy University and the Rosa Parks Museum will host an in-person Juneteenth Block Party with food and vendors.
And, Troy University is creating a new scholarship in honor of its first black board of trustees member, Lamar Higgins, who died earlier this year.

Troy University is launching a new program to highlight the importance of leadership: “Lead Change.” One recent event in Birmingham allowed prospective students to seek guidance from a dream advisor.
And, fourteen years ago, TROY music industry program director Robert W. Smith and his colleagues started an independent label for his students called Ilium Records.

This week, we listen back to one of our favorite stories about Troy University’s army of Chinese warrior statues on the main campus.
And, we remember the first African American member of TROY’s board of trustees, Lamar Higgins, who died recently.

Dave Camwell, a jazz professor at Troy University, has found ways to experiment and thrive, despite the COVID-19 pandemic.
And, Troy University is continuing its new tradition of TROY Prom, a virtual dance party held on the social media app TikTok.

Troy University has opened an IDEA bank in downtown Troy to provide resources for students and small businesses.
And, TROY recently awarded a degree to an 87-year-old army veteran two days before he passed away.

Troy University’s Student Government Association will soon have its first all-black cabinet and president.
And a new exhibit in TROY’s International Arts Center is bringing work from area artists together in one place.

Troy University’s Hall School of Journalism has won 12 awards from the SEJC’s Best of the South Competition. The winners include two production interns with TROY Public Radio, and The Talk of TROY itself.
And Troy University’s Rosa Parks Museum in Montgomery is co-sponsoring a virtual event to recognize the UN’s International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.