{"id":4385,"date":"2023-07-12T18:25:18","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T18:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/?p=4385"},"modified":"2023-07-12T18:25:20","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T18:25:20","slug":"troy-set-to-welcome-largest-freshman-class-in-several-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/2023\/07\/12\/troy-set-to-welcome-largest-freshman-class-in-several-years\/","title":{"rendered":"TROY set to welcome largest freshman class in several years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>TROY, Ala. (<a href=\"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TROJANVISION<\/a>) \u2014 It&#8217;s an exciting time for Troy University as the college plans to welcome one of its largest freshman classes in recent years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>TROY recruiters say higher enrollment numbers reflect a positive trend for the University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The University published an article saying we&#8217;re trending up about five percent from last year&#8217;s class so definitely moving in the right direction from enrollment trend standpoint,&#8221; Gus Mckenzie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.troy.edu\/applications-admissions\/orientation\/troy-orientation.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">IMPACT<\/a> orientation program, enrollment has increased seven percent since 2021 and nearly five percent since 2022. This year Troy University expects to see approximately 1,550 new students during IMPACT.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The entire University&#8217;s general mindset of recruitment first and growing what we have to offer because we know how special TROY is so it&#8217;s just all of our jobs here at TROY to get other people to recognize that,&#8221; Mckenzie said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As TROY Works to help the upcoming class learn more about the Trojan lifestyle, it also hopes to create a diverse community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We recruit from all across the country and so that naturally will lead to a diverse class,&#8221; Mkenzie explained. &#8220;TROY is one of the most diverse institutions in the state of Alabama so that in itself attracts a diverse incoming freshman class. What we already have is fantastic and we hope to continue to offer educational opportunities to many who may not think they have it.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the University continues to welcome this influx of new students, Mckenzie says faculty and staff members are dedicated to ensuring a smooth transition to TROY.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TROY, Ala. (TROJANVISION) \u2014 It&#8217;s an exciting time for Troy University as the college plans to welcome one of its largest freshman classes in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>TROY recruiters say higher enrollment numbers reflect a positive trend for the University.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The University published an article saying we&#8217;re trending up about five percent from last year&#8217;s class&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"a-button\" href=\"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/2023\/07\/12\/troy-set-to-welcome-largest-freshman-class-in-several-years\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":4386,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"topics":[17],"class_list":["post-4385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","topics-troy-campus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4385\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4385"},{"taxonomy":"topics","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics?post=4385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}