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Shaffer receives SELA’s Outstanding Southeastern Author Award for ‘Moon Over Sasova’

Dr. Chris Shaffer (left) received the award during the joint Mississippi Library Association and Southeastern Library Association Conference.

Dr. Chris Shaffer (left) received the award during the joint Mississippi Library Association and Southeastern Library Association Conference.

Dr. Chris Shaffer, Dean of Library Services at Troy University, has received the Southeastern Library Association’s Outstanding Southeastern Author Award in the non-fiction category for his book “Moon Over Sasova: One American’s Experience Teaching in Post-Cold War Slovakia.”

This year’s award was presented at the Joint Mississippi Library Association and Southeastern Library Association Conference in…

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It Came from the Archives: A Girl the Wildcats left behind

Two of the Tallassee boys who answered the call in World War I, Willie Pierce, left, and Loman Ballard.

Two of the Tallassee boys who answered the call in World War I, Willie Pierce, left, and Loman Ballard.

When soldiers fight away from home, they leave behind non-combatants – mothers, fathers, siblings, and friends.  Some friends were young women with whom the soldier-boys (and don’t forget that most of them were exactly that) had grown up.  Today’s post concerns one young woman soldiers corresponded with, and what those letters tell us not only about them…

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Troy University Library to celebrate faculty authors during Sept. 20 event

Tuesday's event will feature lectures by TROY faculty authors in a celebration of the written word at the Troy Campus Library.

Tuesday's event will feature lectures by TROY faculty authors in a celebration of the written word at the Troy Campus Library.

Troy University Libraries will celebrate faculty authors on Tuesday, Sept. 20 during a day-long lecture series at the Troy Campus library.

Wordfest, which will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., will feature lectures by each faculty author followed by audience questions and book give aways. Refreshments will be provided throughout the day.

Scheduled…

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New faculty members join Troy University for 2022-2023 Academic Year

Dr. Jack Hawkins, Jr., Chancellor, delivers remarks during the Faculty/Staff Convocation held on Friday on the Troy Campus.

Dr. Jack Hawkins, Jr., Chancellor, delivers remarks during the Faculty/Staff Convocation held on Friday on the Troy Campus.

Troy University is welcoming new faculty members for the 2022-2023 academic year in each of its five colleges.

New faculty members in the College of Arts and Sciences are:

Orna Bradley-Swanson, Professor of Military Science, Army ROTC;Dr. Thuy Trang Dinh, Lecturer, Mathematics;Dr. Molli Newman, Assistant Professor, Biology;Dr. Gabrielle Purcell, Lecturer, Anthropology; and,Dr. Adam Rutkowski, Assistant…

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