Aaron Taylor, left, of TROY TrojanVision discusses the new camera equipment donated by TROY to Booker T. Washington Magnet High School.
After a fire damaged sections of Booker T. Washington Magnet High School (BTW), Troy University stepped in to help and provide resources for the broadcast journalism students.
All of BTW’s previous broadcast journalism equipment was destroyed, so the university donated cameras, microphones, and an audio board, among other items. Donna Schubert, associate vice chancellor for marketing and…
President Barack Obama presents the Medal of Honor to retired Army Command Sergeant Major Bennie G. Adkins during a ceremony at the White House.
Troy University alumnus Bennie Adkins, whose heroism during the Vietnam War earned him a belated Medal of Honor in 2014, is sharing his story in his own words with a new book out now.
In “A Tiger Among Us,” written with author Katie Lamar Jackson, Adkins shares the harrowing account of the vicious four-day battle…
Dr. Stephen Carmody, assistant professor of anthropology, recently contributed to a major discovery regarding the history of tobacco in North America.
North Americans have been smoking for much longer than we originally thought, according to anthropology professor Stephen Carmody.
“Eight, nine years ago, when I started this project,” Carmody said, “the oldest evidence of tobacco use was about 2,000 years ago. We have pipes that are 5,000 years old. Maybe even older than that. So there was this pretty substantial gap.”
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"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…
