U.S. Department of Education grant extends Student Support Services program at TROY

A previous class of participants in the Student Support Services program at TROY enjoy an outing to Camp Butter and Egg.

A previous class of participants in the Student Support Services program at TROY enjoy an outing to Camp Butter and Egg.

Troy University has been awarded a more than $3.8 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education for student support services over the next five years.  

The Student Support Services Project at TROY serves more than 450 students on the University’s Troy, Dothan and Montgomery campuses. The program, which will receive $3,898,330 in U.S….

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Free summer leadership course sees overwhelming success

The class served more than 4,600 students, with lessons from several TROY figures, including Dr. Jack Hawkins, Jr., Chancellor.

The class served more than 4,600 students, with lessons from several TROY figures, including Dr. Jack Hawkins, Jr., Chancellor.

Troy University’s first free summer course was an overwhelming success with students from many walks of life.

Leadership 101, offered free of charge this summer, saw more than 4,600 students register and more than 1,600 receive certificates of completion.

“Our free Leadership 101 course was more successful than we could ever have imagined,”…

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It Came from the Archives: A singing convention at the 1949 Houston County Fair

Dr. Marty Olliff's latest column focuses on a singing tradition that hit the Wiregrass in 1949.

Dr. Marty Olliff's latest column focuses on a singing tradition that hit the Wiregrass in 1949.

In Southern folklife the singing convention has a long and illustrious history.  Always commercial ventures, they changed in scale as communication, printing, and travel technology expanded their market.  A new acquisition in the Wiregrass Archives, the Souvenir Edition, Tenth Annual Frank Stamps – Houston Co. Fair Singing Convention program (available for 50 cents), bears witness…

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Coleman Center receives federal grant to assist teachers, children

The federal grant is distributed by the Alabama Department of Early Childhood Education.

The federal grant is distributed by the Alabama Department of Early Childhood Education.

The Alabama Department of Early Childhood Education (ADECE) has awarded funds from the state’s federal Preschool Development Grant, Birth-Five (PDG B-5) to Troy University’s Coleman Center for Early Learning and Family Enrichment to support high quality early learning and care experiences for teachers and students alike.

A $592,966 grant from the Department, funded through the…

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