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Gilberto Laines and Jocabet Cortes, with their daughters, began L&C Garden and Home Care, LLC as a result of seeing an opportunity.
For Gilberto Laines and Jocabet Cortes, entrepreneurship did not begin with a business plan, a loan or even the certainty that they would one day own a business. It began with work.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Laines was laid off from his factory job and began painting houses with a friend. While working on those…
A fee waiver demonstrates TROY's commitment to support military students.
Troy University is reaffirming its commitment to military students as the University transitions to a new tuition and fee structure.
Under the “TROY Military Commitment,” eligible military students will continue to receive substantial tuition support and complimentary course materials. The University also has announced that military students will not be responsible for the $50-per-credit-hour general…
L to R: Katelyn Cushman, Susannah Spivey, Bianca Anderson, Emerald Coachman before they begin their round at Children's Hospital in Birmingham
In spring 2026, a group of Troy University nursing students traveled to Children’s Hospital of Alabama for a pediatric rotation. The White Coat Society was able to help the students with cost of the trip. The society is a donor-supported fund started at the School of Nursing.
The White Coat Society is TROY’s way for…
Barati’s research explores whether materials that would otherwise be waste can instead be developed into water-management materials for agriculture.
Troy University researcher Dr. Aboulfaz Barati has received an approximately $249,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to explore how materials recovered from waste can be redesigned to help plants survive drought.
The project, titled “Architected Tolerant Superabsorbent Platforms Derived from Heterogeneous Waste Streams for Water-Resilient Seedling Establishment,” aims to not only show that a recycled…
