Alumnus parlays master’s degree into communications job with Georgia Senate

Emma Johnson recently earned a master's degree at TROY and currently serves as Communications Associate in the Georgia Senate Press Office.

Emma Johnson recently earned a master's degree at TROY and currently serves as Communications Associate in the Georgia Senate Press Office.

At just 22 years old, Emma Johnson is the owner of a master’s degree in communications and a communications career with the Georgia Senate Press Office.

Johnson, a 2020 recipient of the Master of Science in Strategic Communication, began taking TROY classes when she was in high school, thanks to the ACCELERATE dual enrollment program.

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TROY professor helps discover new species causing black gill in Georgia shrimp

The Skidaway Institute for Oceanography boat docks on the Skidaway River in Georgia.

The Skidaway Institute for Oceanography boat docks on the Skidaway River in Georgia.

A Troy University biologist recently identified the microscopic parasite behind a mysterious ailment ravaging the shrimp population off the coast of Georgia.

For years, Georgia’s shrimpers have watched in dismay as the shrimp population off the Atlantic coast has dwindled. As the Atlanta Journal Constitution reported, shrimpers there blamed “black gill,” an affliction that darkens…

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Troy University, Pooler Chamber of Commerce form partnership

Troy University and the Pooler, Georgia, Chamber of Commerce have entered into a new partnership. (By Ken Lund - Flickr, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Troy University and the Pooler, Georgia, Chamber of Commerce have entered into a new partnership. (By Ken Lund - Flickr, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Troy University and the Pooler Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Bureau, Inc. have entered into a partnership that will give employees of Chamber member organizations a 10% scholarship on tuition for all TROY programs, both online and in-class.

In addition to the scholarship, TROY will waive all application fees for Chamber member employees. The same…

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Three-year grant sponsoring partnership between TROY, Republic of Georgia institution concludes

A three-year grant-funded partnership between TROY and a Republic of Georgia institute recently concluded.

A three-year grant-funded partnership between TROY and a Republic of Georgia institute recently concluded.

A three-year U.S. State Department grant that fostered a partnership between Troy University and the Georgian Institute of Public Affairs (GIPA) in the Republic of Georgia recently concluded.

The $495,000 grant, administered by the U.S. Embassy in Tbilisi, Georgia, funded a partnership with the Georgian Institute of Public Affairs to augment the institution’s graduate International…

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