Submissions now open for YellowHammer Film Festival’s third season

Submissions are now open for the third annual YellowHammer Film Festival slated for Oct. 27.

Submissions are now open for the third annual YellowHammer Film Festival slated for Oct. 27.

Student filmmakers from around the region will gather this fall to take part in the third installment of the YellowHammer Film Festival held both virtually and at Troy University. This year’s festival will feature speakers from HBO, Netflix Animation Studios, The Simpsons and more, as well as winning student filmmakers from previous years. 

The festival…

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Air Force ROTC detachment unveils new cadet-designed patch

Cadet Kaytlin Morgan designed a new patch for TROY's Air Force ROTC Det. 17. (TROY photo/Clif Lusk)

Cadet Kaytlin Morgan designed a new patch for TROY's Air Force ROTC Det. 17. (TROY photo/Clif Lusk)

Air Force ROTC cadet Kaytlin Morgan was looking for a way to contribute to Troy University’s Detachment 17 when the need for a new patch design was brought up to the cadre by her commanding officer, Lt. Col. Stephen Cox.

“I have a history in the artistic field, and I thought this was a way,…

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TROY presses play on Game Development and Design minor

Dr. Scout Blum, left, working with students enrolled in Troy University's new Game Development and Design minor.

Dr. Scout Blum, left, working with students enrolled in Troy University's new Game Development and Design minor.

Sarah Carlson has been a gamer for as long as she can remember.

Now, she’s applying that passion at Troy University as one of the first students enrolled in the new Game Development and Design minor, which began this spring semester at the Troy Campus.

“I’ve always played games when I had time, and I’d…

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Trojan Art Day exposes variety of styles to middle, high school students

Assistant Professor of Art Sara Dismukes, left, assists Dream Beasley from Enterprise High School during Trojan Art Day on Feb. 15.

Assistant Professor of Art Sara Dismukes, left, assists Dream Beasley from Enterprise High School during Trojan Art Day on Feb. 15.

For the sixth year, Alabama middle and high school students shared their talents Friday at Trojan Art Day on Troy University’s Troy Campus.

Trojan Art Day offers workshops and demonstrations led by students and faculty in the University’s Department of Art and Design.

“It’s one of the first opportunities for these students to meet the…

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