TROY for Troops Center, IFC seek to raise suicide prevention awareness

Students from the IFC and the TROY for Troops Center place flags on the quad as a part of Operation We Remember.

Students from the IFC and the TROY for Troops Center place flags on the quad as a part of Operation We Remember.

Troy University’s TROY for Troops Center and the TROY Interfraternity Council (IFC) are joining the Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs and the Alabama Department of Mental Health in a newly established Veterans suicide prevention awareness campaign.

The campaign, Operation We Remember, is intended to serve as a visual reminder that suicide knows no boundaries. TROY…

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State names newest Veterans Home in memory of TROY alumnus and Medal of Honor recipient CSM Bennie Adkins

The Alabama State Board of Veterans Affairs has named its newest veterans home in memory of Troy alumnus and Medal of Honor recipient Command Sgt. Maj. Bennie Adkins. (TROY photo)
 

The memory of TROY alumnus and Medal of Honor recipient Bennie Adkins is being honored by the Alabama State Board of Veterans Affairs.

On July 9, the board unanimously voted to name the state’s fifth veterans home in his honor.

“Troy University proudly celebrates this recognition of one of our heroes who has four degrees…

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Veterans Affairs Commissioner Davis to address Montgomery Campus graduates

To account for social distancing, the Montgomery Campus commencement ceremony will be held at the Convention Center at the Renaissance Hotel on Monday

To account for social distancing, the Montgomery Campus commencement ceremony will be held at the Convention Center at the Renaissance Hotel on Monday

W. Kent Davis, Commissioner of the Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs, will deliver the keynote address to graduates at Troy University’s Montgomery Campus during a ceremony at the Convention Center at the Renaissance Montgomery Hotel and Spa on Monday, Dec. 14.

The ceremony, which will start at 7 p.m., will observe COVID-19 social distancing protocols….

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