May 8, 2009

Major news conference scheduled for Wednesday, May 13

Troy University Chancellor Jack Hawkins, Jr., Gov. Bob Riley and Postsecondary Education Chancellor Bradley Byrne will conduct a joint news conference at 2 p.m. Wednesday, May 13 in the Rosa Parks Museum Auditorium at 252 Montgomery Street in downtown Montgomery.

Joining the Governor and Chancellors will be various presidents of two-year community colleges (listed below).

Please contact the University Relations Office at 334-670-3196 or via email at clusk@troy.edu to confirm attendance at this news conference.

Off-street parking for the media will be available in the parking lot at the rear of the Rosa Parks Museum. Entry into the news conference can be gained through the parking lot door.

This conference will announce a partnership between TROY and various community colleges to allow community college students to complete a four-year degree through TROY via distance learning. The program is called eConnections.

Community colleges who have already formally agreed to partner with TROY are:

Alabama Southern

Bevill State

Bishop State

Calhoun

Central Alabama

Gadsden State

Jefferson Davis

Jefferson State

Lurleen B. Wallace

Northeast Alabama

Northwest-Shoals

Snead State

Southern Union

Wallace-Dothan

Wallace-Hanceville

Attending the news conference from Postsecondary Education affiliates at date are:

Dr. W. Michael Bailey, president, Alabama Technology Network

Dr. Marilyn C. Beck, president, Calhoun Community College

Dr. Gary L. Branch, president, James H. Faulkner Community College

Mr. Ed Castile, director, Alabama Industrial Development Training Institute

Dr. J. Douglas Chambers, president, Gadsden State Community College

Dr. Nancy W. Chandler, interim president, Enterprise-Ozark Community College

Dr. Robert Exley, president, Snead State Community College

Dr. Stephen Franks, president, Central Alabama Community College

Dr. Robert Glenn, president, Athens State University

Dr. Vicki Hawsey, president, Wallace State Community College (Hanceville)

Dr. Mark Heinrich, president, Shelton State Community College

Dr. Douglas M. Littles, president, Reid State Technical College

Dr. James Lowe, president, Bishop State Community College

Dr. Helen T. McAlpine, president, JF Drake State Technical College

Dr. Susan A. McBride, president, Jefferson Davis Community College

Dr. Anne McNutt, president, Bevill State Community College

Dr. James M. Mitchell, president, George C. Wallace Community College (Selma)

Mr. Sam Munnerlyn, president, H. Councill Trenholm State Technical College

Dr. Amelia Pearson, interim president, Southern Union State Community College

Dr. Herbert Riedel, president, Lurleen B. Wallace Community College

Dr. Perry W. Ward, president, T.A. Lawson State Community College

Please note that this attendance list, as well as the list of formal agreements, may change by May 13.

If your organization would like to schedule an interview the day of the conference with one of the community college presidents, please contact the University Relations Office via email to clusk@troy.edu and we will help coordinate the interview.