Troy University awarded National Endowment for the Arts ‘Big Read’ grant

TROY Montgomery's Rosa Parks Library and Museum will parnter with area high schools and libraries, and others to present Big Read events next spring.

TROY Montgomery's Rosa Parks Library and Museum will parnter with area high schools and libraries, and others to present Big Read events next spring.

Troy University has received a National Endowment for the Arts grant in the amount of $15,000 to host the NEA Big Read, a program designed to revitalize the role of reading in American culture.

An initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest, the NEA Big Read seeks to broaden…

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Free Anabranch workshops for teachers, writers set for Friday at Montgomery Campus

 

A series of free workshops for teachers and aspiring authors will take place Friday on Troy University’s Montgomery Campus as part of Anabranch, Alabama’s three-day celebration of literature and the humanities.

Marking a collaboration between the Alabama Book Festival, Old Alabama Town, the Alabama Humanities Foundation and the Alabama State Council on the Arts, Anabranch…

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Troy University to honor Muscle Shoals legends Penn, Oldham with Hall-Waters Prize

Troy University will honor renowned songwriters Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham with the Hall-Waters Prize on Apirl 12.

Troy University will honor renowned songwriters Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham with the Hall-Waters Prize on Apirl 12.

Renowned songwriters Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham, two linchpins of the Muscle Shoals music scene that helped define the soul, pop, and rock music of the 1960s and 1970s, will receive the Hall-Waters Prize from Troy University on April 12.

The duo will discuss the craft of songwriting, the history of Southern music and the…

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Ace Atkins to receive Troy University’s Hall-Waters Prize

Ace Atkins, author and son of former TROY football coach Billy Atkins, will receive the University's Hall-Waters Prize during a reception on April 20.

Ace Atkins, author and son of former TROY football coach Billy Atkins, will receive the University's Hall-Waters Prize during a reception on April 20.

Troy native Ace Atkins, the New York Times best-selling author of more than two dozen novels including the “The Forsaken” and “Robert B. Parker’s Cheap Shot,” will receive the Hall-Waters Prize from Troy University on Friday, April 20.

Atkins will be honored during a reception on the Troy Campus beginning at 2 p.m. in the…

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