{"id":7887,"date":"2025-04-18T20:20:01","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T20:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/?p=7887"},"modified":"2025-04-18T20:20:02","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T20:20:02","slug":"department-changes-at-troy-university-brings-new-opportunities-for-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/2025\/04\/18\/department-changes-at-troy-university-brings-new-opportunities-for-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Department changes at Troy University brings new opportunities for students"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>TROY, Ala. (<a href=\"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TROJANVISION<\/a>) \u2014 Several changes are now happening at TROY&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.troy.edu\/academics\/colleges-schools\/college-arts-sciences\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">College of Arts and Sciences<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We are actually going to be having some division within the college&#8221; said departmental secretary Tanya Taylor. &#8220;We&#8217;re going to be splitting off into three different sections that are moving to the College of Education. Also College of communication and Fine Arts, we are going to be instituting a new bachelors of engineering program.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These changes have surprised some students and faculty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I think change is scary,&#8221; said student Morgan Todd. &#8220;I just wish we would have known beforehand that my major was getting changed into the education department.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although change can bring challenges, it can also bring opportunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/2025\/03\/31\/troy-reorganizes-changes-names-of-two-academic-colleges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>RELATED NEWS: TROY reorganizes, changes names of two academic colleges<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Seeing that there is a new program that Troy has never offered and then now to the point to where it&#8217;s actually going to be offered and it&#8217;s a totally new direction than what we have done in the past,&#8221; said Interim Associate Dean of Academics and Administration Kenneth Roblee. &#8220;It will help us recruit new students that may have not chose Troy.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The changes come as Troy University reorganizes and renames some of its programs and colleges. 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