2008:
• APRIL ‘08
1999:
• AUGUST ‘99
Lott Baseball Complex at
Riddle-Pace Field debuted
Converted from quarter to semester system
• SEPTEMBER ‘08
University submitted
Compliance Report to SACS, formally initiating
reaffirmation activities (first reaffirmation as Troy University)
• OCTOBER ‘08
Gov. Bob Riley committed
$8 million to Bibb Graves Hall renovation project
• AUGUST ‘99
1999
• NOVEMBER ‘08 Confucius Institute
officially dedicated
• DECEMBER ‘08 TROY obtained SACS
level change approval for doctoral degrees
Jack Hawkins, Jr.,
Hall dedicated
• FEBRUARY-APRIL ‘09
SACS review teams
visited University campuses and sites, culminating
with Troy Campus in April
• MAY ‘09
Renovations began on Bibb Graves Hall, oldest
building on the Troy Campus
• JULY ‘09
TROY received an A1 bond rating, its highest rating
ever, for Moody’s Investor’s Services
A future of opportunities
• JULY ‘09
The Master of Public Administration Program was
accredited by the National Association of Schools
of Public Affairs and Administration
• AUGUST ‘09
Forbes magazine ranked TROY
as the top public university in
Alabama in its annual college
and university survey
Troy Campus
• SEPTEMBER ‘99
10-Year Chancellor’s Report
2009:
• JANUARY ‘09
College of Arts and Sciences
College of Communication and Fine Arts
College of Education
College of Health and Human Services
Sorrell College of Business
The Graduate School
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Sorority Hill dedicated on the
Timeline
Trojan Center
renovated on the
Troy Campus
• JANUARY ‘99
First international
alumni chapter
chartered in Kirov, Russia
2009
2000:
• MARCH ‘00
Dr. Christi Magrath
received the
University’s first
National Science
Foundation grant—at
the time the largest
individual grant received by a
TROY faculty member
• MAY ‘00
McDowell Lee
received first Distinguished
Leadership Award
• MAY ‘00
Troy Campus Collegiate Singers
performed in Carnegie Hall for the first time
• APRIL ‘01
Risk
Management and
Insurance began Lloyd’s
of London internship
program
• AUGUST
• AUGUST
‘00
Library/Technology
building dedicated
on the Dothan Campus
• SEPTEMBER ‘00
TSU System
enrollment reached a
record 18,097
• DECEMBER
Rosa Parks Library
and Museum opened on the
Montgomery Campus
New academic building
dedicated on the Phenix
City Campus
Irish Week Celebration initiated (Alabama’s
“official” St. Patrick’s Day parade)
Completed the new Softball Complex
Completed the new
Soccer/Track Complex
Wallace D. Malone, Jr.,
Distinguished Faculty Award established as
first University-wide honor to recognize
excellence in teaching, research and service
• SEPTEMBER
First 1+2+1
program
students arrived
from China
on the Troy
Campus
‘02
TSU System enrollment
reached 22,191,
surpassing the
20,000 mark for
the first time
Invited into Sun Belt Conference athletic programs
2004:
• APRIL ‘04
2002:
All Troy State
University students
are provided a
University e-mail
address
• JULY ‘03
Teaching site opened in Malaysia
• JANUARY
First Leadership
Conference
celebrating Black
History Month
held, attracting 42
participants—the
2009 conference
increased to 750
registrants
Men’s basketball
team won the Atlantic
Sun Conference and
participated in the NCAA
Tournament for the first time
since moving to Division I
Trustees approved the opening
of the Center for International Business and
Economic Development
Quad dedicated on the Troy Campus
• APRIL ‘04
Trustees approved dropping “State”
from University name
• SEPTEMBER ‘04
• JULY ‘07
• AUGUST ‘05
Trojan Village
and new Barnes &
Noble bookstore
officially opened
General Academic Building
opened
• AUGUST ‘05
Inaugural Odyssey Convocation
for first-year students and
parents
Teaching site
opened in Vietnam;
first commencement
ceremony held in
2008
2006:
• FEBRUARY ‘06
Children’s Wing
dedicated at the Rosa
Parks Library and
Museum
• SEPTEMBER ‘04
Completed construction of the
Movie Gallery Veterans Stadium Tower
• FEBRUARY ‘06
• SEPTEMBER ‘04
Hosted the first nationally
televised (ESPN 2) home football game from Movie Gallery Veterans Stadium with a win against
nationally
ranked #19
Missouri
‘02
2007:
• MARCH ‘07
Unification of Troy University
(convocation and gala marked
the event)
• DECEMBER ‘03
2003:
• JANUARY ‘03
• SEPTEMBER ‘01 First season of NCAA Division
I-A football began, highlighted by the Trojans’ first
win over an SEC team, Mississippi State,
on Oct. 13
2005:
•AUGUST ‘05
‘02
‘01
• MARCH ‘02
• MARCH ‘01
• DECEMBER ‘03
• SEPTEMBER
‘00
2001:
• FEBRUARY ‘01
• MARCH ‘02
Phenix City Campus
marked 30th anniversary
• AUGUST ‘07
The Road
selected as
inaugural
Common
Reading
Initiative book
• SEPTEMBER ‘07
TROY worldwide enrollment
approached 30,000, another record
• OCTOBER ‘07
University announced plans
to begin the state’s first Interpreter Training
Program (classes began in 2008)
• AUGUST ‘06
eCampus was formed,
placing all of the
University’s distance
learning programs under
one division
• DECEMBER ‘06
•DECEMBER ‘03
SACS reaffirmation of
accreditation: Troy State University received
commendations for SEAL Network and
for community outreach of the College of
Communications and Fine Arts
Trojans won first football
bowl game at the New Orleans Bowl versus Rice
University
• MAY ‘06
Trojan baseball won the Sun Belt
Conference title and the Sun Belt Tournament
Championship
• DECEMBER ‘07
University was granted
approval by Alabama Commission on Higher
Education to offer first doctoral degree:
Doctorate in Nursing Practice (to begin Fall 2009)