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Rhonda Taylor wins Vergil Parks McKinley Award at Troy University

Rhonda Taylor, administrative secretary in the College of Communication and Fine Arts, receives the McKinley Award from Chancellor Jack Hawkins, Jr.

Rhonda Taylor, administrative secretary in the College of Communication and Fine Arts, receives the McKinley Award from Chancellor Jack Hawkins, Jr.

Rhonda Taylor, administrative secretary in the College of Communication and Fine Arts, has won Troy University’s Vergil Parks McKinley Award.

Taylor, who has been a member of the TROY staff since 2007, received the award from Dr. Jack Hawkins, Jr., Chancellor, during the University’s annual Christmas luncheon on Monday at the Troy Campus. She was…

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Talk of TROY: Professors create ‘A Joyous Exchange’ with new art exhibit

"Setting Eternity in Our Hearts," like all of the pieces in the exhibit, features both text and visual artwork.

The International Arts Center at the Troy Campus is featuring an exhibit called A Joyous Exchange: The Art of Collaboration.  The exhibit features images and texts by music professor Diane Orlofsky and art professor Jerry Johnson who had both recently experienced the death of their fathers.


In her artistic statement, Orlofsky recounts her father’s last moments.

“I saw him breathe his last, leaving us for the father’s care,” Orlofsky…

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Concert Chorale is headed to Carnegie Hall

Members of the Troy University Concert Chorale. The group has been invited to perform next year at Carnegie Hall in New York City.

Members of the Troy University Concert Chorale. The group has been invited to perform next year at Carnegie Hall in New York City.

“Get us to Carnegie Hall” was the mandate Dr. Diane Orlofsky heard from Troy University Chancellor Dr. Jack Hawkins Jr. when the new John Maloy Long Hall was dedicated three years ago.

“The Chancellor laid his hand on my shoulder and said, ‘we’ve built this space–now get us to Carnegie Hall,’” she recalls.

That’s exactly…

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