TROY brought home a gold medal from the ninth annual Montgomery Dragon Boat Festival and Race on Saturday at Montgomery's Riverfront Park.
The team of faculty, staff and students representing Troy University in Saturday’s Montgomery Dragon Boat Festival brought home a gold medal, but the rewards of participating in the ninth annual event proved to be even greater.
TROY’s Confucius Institute once again sponsored the University’s team and served as a gold sponsor for the event. And…
TROY student Jada Thornton, right, with her mother during the 2017 Dragon Boat Race in Montgomery. Her team raised money for Children's Hospital.
One Troy University student has conquered bone cancer and has chosen to give back to those in the situation she was once in.
Jada Thornton, a junior nursing major from Montgomery, was diagnosed was osteosarcoma, a rare type of bone cancer, in 2009. In 2010, she created a Relay for Life team, which she named…
The TROY Trojan Warriors compete in the Montgomery Dragon Boat Races.
The TROY Trojan Warriors finished third in their division at Saturday’s Montgomery Dragon Boat Races, but for participants, the experience was more about supporting the local community, representing the University and bonding with teammates than where they finished on the leader board.
Dragon boat racing is a team paddling sport that has its roots in…