Troy University partnership with Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women receives $10K grant to support gardening, art program

The eventual goal for the program is to have gardens in women's prisons statewide.

The eventual goal for the program is to have gardens in women's prisons statewide.

Heading into its sixth year, Troy University and the Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women’s gardening and art class partnership has received a $10,000 grant from the Strickland Foundation, a non-profit organization based in Tennessee.

Now named Gardening in the Alabama Prison System (GAPS), the partnership formed in 2019 after Dr. Sharon Everhardt, Associate Dean for…

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Alum-created design company wins first ever Telly Award at TROY

Studio 207 is a multimedia design company created by five TROY alums while they were still students.

Studio 207 is a multimedia design company created by five TROY alums while they were still students.

Troy University has received its first Telly Award thanks to Studio 207’s music video, “Tonight You Are Mine.” The video received a Silver Telly in the Branded Content division of the record-breaking 45th Annual Telly Awards.

The Telly Awards is the premier award honoring video and television across all screens. Established in 1979, The Telly…

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TROY arts programs receive over $15K in grants

Programs in the College of Communication and Fine Arts and the International Arts Center received the grants.

Programs in the College of Communication and Fine Arts and the International Arts Center received the grants.

The Alabama State Council on the Arts awarded Troy University $15,800 in support for four arts programs in the College of Communication and Fine Arts and the International Arts Center.

Carrie Jaxon, IAC Director and Curator, was awarded $3,300 in support of the IAC’s Trojan Junior Warriors Children’s Art Program. The program, which began in 2017, has become a…

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Southern teams win big at inaugural TROY film competition

The first YellowHammer 48-hour Race named 10 winners over multiple categories.

The first YellowHammer 48-hour Race named 10 winners over multiple categories.

Four years after its inception, the YellowHammer Film Festival launched its first ever 48-hour film race as a spring counterpart to its fall festival. Nicknamed YH48HR, the festival was created to encourage students and educators alike to get involved with making a four-minute film in less than two days.

“We didn’t invent the format of…

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