Gov. Kay Ivey issued a stay at home order effective Saturday at 5 p.m. in hopes of fighting the spread of COVID-19. The order was announced at a news conference on April 3. In compliance with this order, Troy University is changing its guidance regarding students retrieving possessions from residence halls and consolidating those staying into two buildings. Students may leave their possessions on campus and are not required to retrieve them as long as the order is in place, even after the original April 12 deadline. The university will…
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A message to graduating seniors from Chancellor Hawkins
(Photo/Troy University) Jack Hawkins, Jr., Ph.D., Chancellor Contributor To the members of the Class of 2020: Mission accomplished! Only 7 percent of the world’s population holds the baccalaureate degree, so you are in elite company. You are earning your degree in unusual times, as the coronavirus epidemic has dominated headlines and cancelled or postponed spring commencement ceremonies across the globe. This is a temporary situation, however, and I urge you to accentuate the positive at this pivotal time in your lives. Author and philosopher Henry David Thoreau said: “It’s not…
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