Olivia Nobles Staff Writer The city of Troy and Troy University will host its 18th annual Leadership Conference, courtesy of the Troy Institute for Leadership Development, on Feb. 1 and 2. This event is in celebration of Black History Month, and the theme is “Leaders Embracing New Relationships, Destinations, and Opportunities.” Leandro Guimaraes Froes, an international relations graduate student from Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil, attended the conference in 2018. “The whole experience was incredibly motivational,” Froes said. “I was a leadership minor at Troy during my undergraduate program, so…
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Interfaith panel lacks diversity, but a good first step
Rakshak Adhikari Staff Writer The Departments of English and Political Science co-hosted an “Interfaith Symposium on Diversity, Community and Justice” last week. The event was meant to be the first of a series of interdisciplinary conventions on global, intercultural and cross-cultural issues. The diversity of the panel itself, however, appeared to be confined to the Abrahamic faiths, as neither Buddhists nor Hindus were represented. A clear evidence of this limitation was that when asked about diversity in their faith groups, only one panelist talked about the diversity of ideas and…
Read MoreChi Alpha’s ‘Welcome to America’ party encourages unity, diversity
Steven Porter Contributor Chi Alpha hosted a “Welcome to America” party with food and games to help international students feel welcome in this new country. Chi Alpha encouraged students to get to know each other no matter the differences in culture or background. Troy University proudly flaunts the title “Alabama’s International University.” With 30 campuses around the world, Troy’s dedication to various cultures and people is exactly what some people say makes Troy so great. The emphasis of this particular event was on the connection between people — both emotionally…
Read MoreThe international experience: faculty version
Anushka K.C. Staff Writer Lirona Joshi Staff Writer Troy University’s pride of being an international university comes not only from the cosmopolitan student body it hosts, but also from the number of international faculty who have added to its vibrancy. “Here in United States, we have very efficient and simple system,” said Vitaly I. Voloshin, professor of mathematics, originally from the Republic of Moldova. “The class here is three hours a week. My country has classes of two hours, 45 minutes each with a break between them, because we have…
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