Month: September 2022

by Emily Mosier Students, Community remember 9/11 anniversary with stadium climb  During the Second Annual 9/11 Stadium Climb, students, community members and local first responders paid homage to the hundreds of firefighters who sacrificed their lives 21 years ago.  On the anniversary of the tragic terrorist attack, Troy University’s Air Force Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (AFROTC) invited participants to climb 1,980 steps in the stands of Veterans Memorial Stadium, which is the same number of steps as in the Twin Towers.  According to the AFROTC public affairs chair Cassidy O’Neal,…

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by Emily Mosier “Football, it’s the greatest thing on earth.” These words were spoken by McKenzie Bryant, who can often be found helping Troy’s inside linebackers practice, sometimes on the defensive field during official training, sometimes off the clock.  When Bryant found out in January that Troy’s head football coach needed student assistants, the incoming freshman knew this was her chance to be a part of Troy’s football family. She arrived on campus with 12 letters of recommendation.  And then, she became the only female student football assistant for the…

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Cailey Wright Accountancy Day is an annual event at Troy, but this year’s event was unique due to the School of Accountancy being renamed for William H. Carr, who has generously donated to the school over the years. The Troy University School of Accountancy has been renamed the William H. Carr School of Accountancy. The renaming comes due to the accountancy program’s 25-year long relationship with the accountancy firm, Carr, Riggs & Ingram. “For us in a business school setting, having a name of accountancy, in particular, after someone like…

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