May 28, 2009

MEDIA ADVISORY

HOBY is May 29-31 on Troy Campus

Alabama HOBY Leadership Seminar, for rising high school juniors, will be conducted on the Troy University Troy Campus May 29-31.
 
A complete schedule may be downloaded at: http://www.troy.edu/news/archives/2009/may/documents/05282009_HOBY_Program_Book.pdf

Schedule highlights include:
 
Friday, May 29:
           11 a.m.                        Opening Session with guest speakers
                                               Dr. Richard Federinko, Senior Vice Chancellor, TROY
                                               Mayor Jimmy Lunsford, City of Troy
                                               Daniel Gillenwater, 2009 HOBY Chairman
           2:30 p.m.         Phase 1: Personal Leadership with special guest
                                               Miss Alabama 2008 Amanda Tapley
           7 p.m.              Phase 2: Group Leadership (all in Smith Hall)

Saturday, May 30:
11 a.m.            Phase 2 Group Leadership (continued) with guests
                                               Ms. Stephanie Bell, State Board of Education
Dr. Robin Bynum, Associate Dean, College of Education (TROY)
Miss Keisha Smith, Student, Auburn University (Smith Hall)
            2 p.m.              Leadership for Service (Trojan Center Ballrooms)
2:30 p.m.         Leadership for Service Perspectives on Poverty with Manna Ministries, Birmingham

Sunday, May 31:
           7:30 a.m.         Interdenominational Prayer Breakfast (Stewart Hall)
           8:45 a.m.         Phase 3: Leadership for Society with Special Guest
                                               Ms. Eva Newman (Smith Hall)
           11 a.m.                        Parents Orientation and closing ceremonies (Sartain Hall)

These events are open for coverage. If your organization plans to cover HOBY, please contact Clif Lusk via email at clusk@troy.edu by Friday at 3 p.m., or contact him via cell phone at 334-268-9982.
 

Girls State returns to TROY June 7 – 12
 

Girls State will convene Sunday, June 7 on the Troy Campus. Below is a day-by-day schedule of Girls State activities.
 
A complete schedule may be downloaded at: http://www.troy.edu/news/archives/2009/may/documents/05282009_Girls_State_Schedule.pdf

Highlights are:
Sunday, June 7:
           2 p.m.              Opening Session (Claudia Crosby Theatre)
           6:30 p.m.         General Session with (Trojan Center Ballrooms)
                                               Mrs. Brooke Battle
                                               Mrs. Twinkle Cavanaugh
Monday, June 8:
           11:30 a.m.       General Session address by Hon. Sue Bell Cobb
                                   (Trojan Center Ballrooms)
           7 p.m.              City Inauguration (Crosby Theatre)
                                   Mayor Jimmy Lunsford
                                   Hon. Kay Ivey, State Treasurer

Tuesday, June 9:
           1 p.m.              Second Legislative Session (Crosby and Trojan Center theaters)

Wednesday, June 10:
           9 a.m.:             Third Legislative Session
           1 pm.               General Session “Women in Government” (Trojan Center)
                                               Hon. Sam Shaw, State Auditor
                                               Hon. Martha Roby, Montgomery City Council

Thursday, June 11:
           9:30 a.m.         General Session “Politics and the Media”  (Crosby Theatre)
                                               Katie Boyd Britt (former press secretary to Sen. Shelby)
                                               Tim Lennox (formerly of APT)
                                               Carrie Kurlander (formerly of WSFA)
           10:20 a.m.       General Session “Global Warming: Fact of Fiction”
                                               Dr. John Christy, Alabama State Climatologist
           6 p.m.              State Inauguration (Crosby Theatre)
                                               Justice Lyn Stuart, Oath of Office
                                               “Sister Schubert” Patricia Barnes

Friday, June 12:
           10 a.m.                        General Session (Old House Chambers, Montgomery)
                                               Gov. Bob Riley