Oluwaseun Omotayo Staff Writer History professor Joe McCall highlighted his various trips to countries around the world at ISCO’s first student meeting of the semester last Thursday. The International Student Cultural Organization meeting took place in Hal Hall and the first 30 students to arrive were awarded goody bags. ISCO meetings are usually held on Thursdays and led by students or faculty members who get a chance to share about their cultural backgrounds or unique experiences. The meeting served to introduce new students to ISCO. Jackson Kiger, a junior political…
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Bridging the gap: how to connect cross-culturally
Grace Kish Contributor Despite a slight decline in the number of incoming international students this year, Troy University is one of the most ethnically diverse colleges in the South. According to Joe McCall, a lecturer of history who has been involved with the international program for decades, one out of every eight people you meet on campus is from another country. McCall said there are roughly 65 countries that are actively represented at Troy. Chancellor Jack Hawkins Jr. has observed that 70 to 80 languages can be heard just from…
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Tu To Staff Writer Joe McCall, a senior lecturer in the history department, shared his personal story about drug and alcohol abuse at a meeting with Tau Kappa Epsilon (TKE) fraternity. McCall said he was a prominent high school student in New York, planning to study pre-med at Yale as a student athlete. “My life was as good as it could be,” McCall said during a meeting Feb. 18 at the Arboretum. Things took a turn when, during his senior year, his mother committed suicide, dying of an alcohol and…
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