A year of momentum

Troy University’s Annual Report for 2022 is appropriately themed “Momentum” in light of the strides made over the past year, thanks to the leadership of our Board of Trustees and the hard work of our faculty and staff. We are building momentum toward a transformation of our University built on our rich tradition of service.

The most tangible signs of momentum are the construction underway on two new buildings on the Troy Campus. The Center for Materials and Manufacturing Sciences will be the home of our plastics and polymer science research center and is being constructed where McCartha Hall once stood. The new home for the College of Health and Human Services will be named in honor of alumnus Billy Jones of Monroeville, a successful businessman in the health care industry. Jones Hall is being constructed at the site formerly occupied by Gardner and Hamil residence halls.

Riddle-Pace Field, the home of Trojan Baseball, has undergone a significant facelift in the past year. When completed, this “Gem of the Sun Belt” will give our program the most beautiful and fan-friendly facility in our league. Our new facility matches our lofty goal to advance to the College World Series in Omaha.

This past year also saw a major push to restore the University Arboretum, which includes more than 7 miles of nature trails, a pond, an outdoor classroom site and a classroom building. The Arboretum has long been an integral component of our biology instruction, as students can receive hands-on experience.

Service to the region and state has long been a hallmark of Troy University. This past year saw the University receive a $3-million grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to develop and administer a certificate program to train community health workers. The goal is to improve health care in rural and underserved areas. In a similar vein, we have begun a nighttime associate degree of nursing program on our Montgomery Campus to alleviate Alabama’s nursing shortage.

TROY’s status as Alabama’s International University is rebounding after the pandemic, as we are reporting record enrollment growth at our Vietnam sites, where we now teach more than 1,000 students. In addition, we are once more offering a full menu of opportunities to study abroad at sites such as Italy, Ecuador, Switzerland, France, London, the Galapagos, Greece, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Peru. We provide a $1,250 scholarship for students to defray the cost of foreign travel; and students may apply for this aid annually, which means Trojans can receive $5,000 in assistance during their academic career.

In athletics, the past year saw a major turnaround for our football program under first-year Head Coach Jon Sumrall. The Trojans, winners of five games in the 2021 season, won 12 games in 2022, including a Sun Belt Conference Championship Game victory over Coastal Carolina and a Cure Bowl win over the University of Texas-San Antonio in a battle of Top 25 teams. The Trojans finished the season ranked 19th, its highest-ever ranking in the Football Bowl Subdivision era.

In closing, this report provides a detailed review of another outstanding year at Troy University. I hope you will read this report carefully and consider how you can help our great University continue building our momentum.

Jack Hawkins, Jr., Ph.D. Chancellor

Annual Report 2022