TROY to YOU: Nursing receives thermometer gift, "Americans and the Holocaust" exhibit coming, Trojan Day set
March 10, 2023
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NEWS
Gift of Exergen thermometers will aid students in TROY’s School of Nursing
Troy University nursing students will soon benefit from the gift of more than $40,000 worth of Exergen thermometers that will aid them in their studies and laboratory work.
Dr. Shellye Vardaman, Professor in TROY’s School of Nursing who procured the donation, said the School of Nursing received TAT-2000C SmartGlow home thermometers for every current pre-licensure undergraduate ASN and BSN student and 20 TAT-5000 professional thermometers, valued at $475 each, for use in the simulation and skills laboratories. The donation was valued at $40,300.
Design students’ music videos become official selections at UNA George Lindsey Film Festival
Troy University graphic design students Nathan Hobbs, Cole Patterson and Howard Purvee have had their music videos selected as Official Selections in the 2023 UNA George Lindsey Film Festival.
Hobbs and Purvee’s “Killer Queen” won Best Music Video in the College Division and Patterson’s “Just Sign The Papers” was a runner-up in the YellowHammer Film Festival held in December, and Killer Queen was also recently awarded a Gold Addy in the annual American Advertising Federation Competition.
Both films were created in design professor Chris Stagl’s “user experience” class over the past year.
‘Americans and the Holocaust’ traveling exhibition coming to Troy University Library
Troy University’s Troy Campus Library is one of 50 U.S. libraries selected to host Americans and the Holocaust, a traveling exhibition from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum that examines the motives, pressures and fears that shaped Americans’ responses to Nazism, war and genocide in Europe during the 1930s and 1940s.
The touring library exhibition — based on the special exhibition of the same name at the Museum in Washington, D.C. — will be on display March 20 – April 24 with an Opening Reception and Lecture being held at 5 p.m. on March 22.
TROY Bass Fishing Team signs three high school anglers to its team
Troy University’s Bass Fishing Team has signed three high school fishermen to its ranks.
Signing with the team before a crowd of about 100 were Avery Padgett, of Elba, Ethan Young, of Jack – both from Zion Chapel High School – and Kasen Pemberton of Chipley, FL.
The trio will join current team members next year in traveling across the country, fishing in up to 20 collegiate bass tournaments. Those tournaments, head coach Evan Rice said, can consist of up to 550 collegiate anglers representing as many as 200 universities and colleges on the Association of Collegiate Anglers’ Bass Pro Shops Collegiate Bass Fishing Series, where the team currently holds the 88th place.
Trojan Day set to showcase Troy University to prospective students
On March 25, Troy University will host the Spring 2023 Trojan Day, an event that allows prospective TROY students and their families experience some of what TROY has to offer.
Trojan Day is a day for students to see what it may be like as a TROY student.
-Korrie Lynn Williamson, Senior Director of Enrollment Services.
VIDEOS
What Do Parents Think of TROY?
We know that choosing a college can be one of the biggest decisions in someone's life, but what do parents think when their children choose TROY?
Biden’s Selma Visit
President Joe Biden spent part of his weekend in Selma--commemorating the anniversary of Bloody Sunday. Mackenzie Foster was there and has the story.
PODCASTS
The Talk of TROY - "Education through Board Games & Sapphire Dance Team"
Board games can be a great way to unwind with friends or family, but it turns out they’re also effective in the classroom, as Producer Brendan Bryan reports.
And, Troy University has a new majorette dance group, performing in the style of Historically Black Colleges and Universities. The Sapphire team is welcoming everyone to join, as Producer Jaelanne Thomas reports.
"Biden In Selma During Time of Recovery" TPR's Marissa Lacey for NPR News
Troy Public Radio's Marissa Lacey reports for NPR News from Selma, where President Biden is getting ready to speak at the Anniversary of the 1965 Bloody Sunday March for Voting Rights. Biden's visit comes as Selma is recovering after a deadly tornado touched down in January.
The story aired on NPR's Hourly Newscast at 3PM CT on Mar 5, 2023.
TPR's In Focus- "Advances in Research Boost Alabama Ancestry Projects"
The advances in genealogical research allow people to trace their family roots with more precision than ever before. Jennifer Utley, Director of Family History Research at Ancestry, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about those advances. She will speak at the March 18th Alabama Genealogical Society spring seminar in Moody. The Alabama Dept. of Archives and History offers access to Ancestry for family history research at no cost.