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Dan Caro<br />

Presents at the 17 th Annual<br />

Helen Keller Lecture Series<br />

By Dr. Mary Ann Hooten<br />

The 17 th Annual Helen Keller Lecture Series took place in<br />

April 2012 at <strong>Troy</strong> <strong>University</strong> on the <strong>Troy</strong>, Ala., campus. Dr. Mary<br />

Anne Templeton, Associate Professor in the Department of<br />

Counseling and Psychology, has served as the Chair of the Planning<br />

Committee for this event for the past three years. This year,<br />

she was assisted by Dr. Barbara Lyons, who will be the Chair<br />

for next year’s event. According to Dr. Templeton, “Dr. and Mrs.<br />

Hawkins started the Helen Keller Lecture Series to help educate<br />

students and the community about people with disabilities<br />

who have overcome obstacles.”<br />

This year’s speaker was Dan Caro, a remarkable individual<br />

who is certainly familiar with what it takes to overcome<br />

obstacles in his own life. When Mr. Caro was only two years old,<br />

he was severely burned in a gasoline explosion in his family’s garage.<br />

The accident left him with third degree burns over most<br />

of his body. He also lost both of his hands and most of his face.<br />

He suffered through years of excruciating surgeries and was<br />

ostracized by many people in his hometown in Louisiana.<br />

Through sheer determination, he not only survived but has followed<br />

his dream of becoming an accomplished drummer in<br />

New Orleans. His amazing story and philosophy of life serve as<br />

a testament that anyone can rise above life’s setbacks, no matter<br />

how overwhelming they may seem.<br />

Dan Caro<br />

performs at<br />

Claudia Crosby<br />

Theater on<br />

<strong>Troy</strong> Campus.<br />

Dan Caro is one of many great speakers who have presented<br />

at the Helen Keller Lecture Series over the years. Other notable<br />

speakers include Heather Whitestone, Patty Duke, Radio and his<br />

coach, and Senator Howell Heflin.<br />

According to Dr. Templeton, several organizations<br />

collaborate to host the lecture series each year. In addition to<br />

<strong>Troy</strong> <strong>University</strong>, the co-sponsoring agencies include The Alabama<br />

Institute for the Deaf and Blind, Alabama State Department of<br />

Education, Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services, and<br />

The Helen Keller Foundation for Research and Education.<br />

For more information on Dan Caro, please visit<br />

www.dancaro.com.<br />

College of Education Grants and Contracts 1991-2012<br />

By Dr. Cynthia Hicks<br />

Over the years, the faculty and staff of <strong>Troy</strong> <strong>University</strong> have sought external support for research and creative projects. Over<br />

$100 million in external funding has been generated to date. The Office of Sponsored Programs, established in 1991, serves as the<br />

single point of contact to facilitate principal investigators from project inception to closing of a funded grant or contract.<br />

Outreach through faculty grant projects is an act of faculty scholarship that can take many forms. Some faculty grant<br />

projects are individual, such as the Fulbright Scholars Program. Other forms of outreach, such as conferences, short courses,<br />

institutes, research-centered projects, program development, candidate course and degree completion support, K-12 school<br />

community interventions, program development, and community partnerships are large-scale, such as Science in Motion and<br />

the Alabama Math, Science, and Technology Initiative (AMSTI). Funding from these external grants, partnerships, and contracts<br />

allows faculty members to offer services to reach new audiences, explore new research questions, and provide their expertise to<br />

communities that can benefit from their work as they carry out the mission of the College of Education.<br />

Faculty experts are the heart of these external research and creative outreach projects. In the development of these<br />

grants and contracts, they establish the goals, set the tone, and design the activities to meet the needs of participants.<br />

You will find featured grants and contracts awarded over the last two decades in the “College of Education Milestones<br />

Timeline” in this issue of Lessons magazine.<br />

2005<br />

Conversational<br />

Spanish<br />

MAY<br />

Counselor<br />

and Administrative<br />

Service Net<br />

OCT<br />

Rehabilitation Training –<br />

Long Term Voc. Rehab<br />

Counseling<br />

OCT<br />

Alabama Consortium<br />

Special Education Degree<br />

Certification<br />

OCT<br />

Alabama Math, Science<br />

and Technology Initiative<br />

(AMSTI)<br />

OCT<br />

Science in Motion -<br />

Physics, Biology<br />

OCT<br />

8 www.troy.edu

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