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Photo Gallery
Bibb Graves Hall Ceremony
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| Shovels stand at the ready in front of Bibb Graves Hall Saturday on the Troy Campus for a ceremonial groundbreaking of a major renovation of the building. Bibb Graves Hall, the oldest structure on campus, is undergoing a complete renovation and the addition of some 42,000 square feet to house the Center for International Business and Economic Development and the Confucius Institute at Troy University, the only such Chinese education initiative in the state. (TROY photo/Kevin Glackmeyer) |
Troy University Chancellor Dr. Jack Hawkins Jr., right, visits with Alabama Development Office Director Neal Wade, left, and Dr. Yan Guohua, Director and Consul of Education from the People's Republic of China's Consulate General's Office in Houston, Texas, visit prior to a ceremonial groundbreaking at Bibb Graves Hall on the Troy Campus Saturday. Bibb Graves Hall, the oldest structure on campus, is undergoing a complete renovation and the addition of some 42,000 square feet to house the Center for International Business and Economic Development and the Confucius Institute at Troy University, the only such Chinese education initiative in the state. (TROY photo/Kevin Glackmeyer) |
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Local officials joined with the University to break ground on a 42,000 square foot addition and complete renovation of the Troy Campus icon building Bibb Graves Hall. Joining in the ceremony are (left to right) Dr. John Schmidt, Senior Vice Chancellor for Advancement and External Relations, Director of Development Jean Laliberte, Troy Mayor Jimmy Lunsford, Troy council members are Charles "Sarge" Dunn, Charles Meeks, Wanda Moultry, Jason Reeves, Troy Chancellor Jack Hawkins Jr., and County Coroner
Jerry Williams. (TROY photo/Kevin Glackmeyer) |
Officially breaking ground on Troy University's renovation and addition to Bibb Graves Hall are (left to right) Alabama Development Office Director Neal Wade, Senior Vice Chancellor for Advancement and External Relations Dr. John Schmidt, Consul of Education Zhou Haibao, Confucius Institute, Sorrell College of Business Interim Dean Dr. Kaye Sheridan, Congressman Bobby Bright, Chancellor Jack Hawkins Jr., Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Dr. Ed Roach, Director and Consul of Education, Dr. Yan Guohua, Consulate General People's Republic of China (Houston, Texas), Troy University Board of Trustees member Charles Nailen, architect Walter McKee and general contractor Clyde Bear. (TROY photo/Kevin Glackmeyer) |
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| Breaking ground at Troy University Saturday on a major renovation and addition project at Bibb Graves Hall are Troy University Trustees (left to right) Roy Drinkard, Lamar P. Higgins, Brigadier General Ed Crowell, USAF Reserves (Ret.), Chancellor Jack Hawkins Jr., Allen Owen, Charles Nailen, Karen Carter and Troy University Student Government Association President Jonathan Davis. (TROY photo/Kevin Glackmeyer) |
Troy University Chancellor Jack Hawkins, Jr. on Saturday called Bibb Graves Hall a place “where the traditional and the transformational will intersect” during groundbreaking ceremonies for the first major renovation in more than 30 years. The renovation will add more than 40,000 square feet to the building, including a new wing along the back of the building that will house the University’s Center for International Business and Economic Development and the Confucius Institute. |
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| Charles Nailen, chairperson of the Troy University Foundation Board and member of the University’s Board of Trustees, delivers the invocation during Saturday’s groundbreaking ceremony for the renovation of Bibb Graves Hall on the Troy Campus. |
Dr. John Schmidt, senior vice chancellor for advancement and external relations, welcomes special guests during groundbreaking ceremonies for the renovation of Bibb Graves Hall on the Troy Campus. The oldest structure on campus serves as the centerpiece of the University academic quad. |
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| Dr. Kaye Sheridan, interim dean of the Sorrell College of Business, tells those gathered for groundbreaking ceremonies for the renovation of Bibb Graves Hall that the project will “take the College of Business into the 21st Century.” |
Alabama Development Office Director Neal Wade speaks during groundbreaking for the renovation Bibb Graves Hall on the Troy Campus on Saturday. The renovation will add more than 40,000 square feet to the building and will house the Sorrell College of Business, as well as the University’s Center for International Business and Economic Development and the Confucius Institute. |
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| Dr. Guohua Yan, director and consul of education for the Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China in Houston, represented the Confucius Institute at Saturday’s ceremony. |
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