The Talk of Troy

Longtime Voice of the Trojans Barry McKnight has been recognized as the Alabama Sportscaster of the Year by the National Sports Media Association.Producer Jack Anderson sat down with McKnight to discuss his extensive history with the Trojans stretching over 20 years.

The Voice of the Trojans Barry McKnight recently was named the Alabama sportscaster of the year! And TROY student journalists won several awards themselves last weekend!

Troy University’s John Robert Lewis Leadership conference is once again aiming to inspire young leaders to follow in the footsteps of the late civil rights legend.And, TROY is bolstering its reputation as Alabama’s international university by building partnerships in Vietnam.

How do you study something that you can’t see? The Troy University Center for Relativity and Cosmology recently posed that question with its Dark Matter in the Universe lecture. Jack Anderson reports.And, 2023 ended with a surge of book bans in Florida and other states. Many of those books feature LGBTQ topics. So, two groups at TROY are partnering to recognize LGBTQ literature with a read-in. Reana Wallace has the story.

StoryCorps's Great Thanksgiving Listen is an opportunity for families to get together and interview each other. And, those recordings are uploaded and saved in the Library of Congress.
Troy University's International Arts Center recently celebrated Diwali. The event was hosted by the Indian Student Association after a three-year long hiatus.

Speaking in front of an audience can be frightening, but it’s an extremely useful skill! That’s why a TROY faculty member started a new debate team a year ago, and students are already having success! Producer Brendan Bryan reports.And, after nearly 40 years of service to Troy University, Director of Student Involvement Barbara Patterson has retired. But, Patterson is staying involved, as producer Reana Wallace reports.

Troy University is offering a new military veterans tuition scholarship. And this is part of a long line of initiatives in place to serve members of the armed forces.And, we'll look back at the long history of Veterans Memorial Stadium on TROY's main campus.
 
 
 

Troy University students are getting ready for Super Tuesday, as producer Brendan Bryan reports.And, TROY’s Chancellor Jack Hawkins Jr. served as a marine platoon leader in the Vietnam War. He and a former enemy, now a fellow educator, feature in the new documentary, Beyond a War. TROY Public Radio’s Reana Wallace attended the premiere and has this report.

This week, we'll listen to a spooky story about Sasquatch, and we'll celebrate the second season of Alabama Aloud by visiting Opelika with actor, author, and retired football player Thom Gossom Jr.

This week, we remember renowned artist Fred "Nall" Hollis, and Chancellor Jack Hawkins Jr. announces his decision not to retire next year.