{"id":8327,"date":"2025-08-29T21:49:55","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T21:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/?p=8327"},"modified":"2025-08-29T21:49:56","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T21:49:56","slug":"troy-alumnus-speaks-to-new-students-at-odyssey-convocation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/2025\/08\/29\/troy-alumnus-speaks-to-new-students-at-odyssey-convocation\/","title":{"rendered":"Troy alumnus speaks to new students at Odyssey convocation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TROY, Ala. (<a href=\"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TROJANVISION<\/a>) \u2014 Troy University held the 2025 Odyssey Convocation at Trojan Arena as part of the Welcome Week festivities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The event introduced new students to the university and its culture. The keynote speaker was Marine Corps Captain Morgan Long, an alumnus of Troy University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;It&#8217;s always great to back on Troy&#8217;s campus, there&#8217;s nothing like it,&#8221; said Long. &#8220;It is home, so when you go away, you miss it, and when you come back, those memories and nostalgia hit you. Such a beautiful campus, so every time you get to step on it, especially when you&#8217;re alumni, is a privilege and a blessing, and you just remember all those great times you had when you were on campus here.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/2025\/08\/28\/taste-of-troy-combines-students-businesses-and-downtown-fun\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>LOCAL NEWS: Taste of Troy combines students, businesses, and downtown fun<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Long was joined by Chancellor Dr. Jack Hawkins, Troy football head coach Gerad Parker, as well as the deans and student advisors of Troy&#8217;s five colleges. The Sound of the South and Troy cheerleaders lead the crowd in the Alma Mater and fight song.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Long gave one piece of advise to new students on how to get the most out of their college experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Step out of that dorm room and get involved,&#8221; said Long. &#8220;Invest into Troy, and watch it invest so much more into you. A little bit of opportunity you take your freshman year, and going out and getting involved in organizations, is going to pay dividends later on in life.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Troy leaders hope that through the speeches and activities, new students can become the best students they can be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TROY, Ala. (TROJANVISION) \u2014 Troy University held the 2025 Odyssey Convocation at Trojan Arena as part of the Welcome Week festivities.<\/p>\n<p>The event introduced new students to the university and its culture. The keynote speaker was Marine Corps Captain Morgan Long, an alumnus of Troy University.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s always great to back on Troy&#8217;s campus, there&#8217;s&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"a-button\" href=\"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/2025\/08\/29\/troy-alumnus-speaks-to-new-students-at-odyssey-convocation\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":8341,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1127],"tags":[2428,2413],"topics":[],"class_list":["post-8327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-news","tag-troy-university-odyssey","tag-troy-university-welcome-week"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8327","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\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8327"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8340,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8327\/revisions\/8340"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8327"},{"taxonomy":"topics","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics?post=8327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}