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    ATO Walk Hard raises record-breaking $200K for veterans

    News | March 19, 2026

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    Lulu Gribbin, surgeons to speak at Troy University’s Helen Keller Lecture on March 31

    News | March 11, 2026

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    Newly completed Troy University lake restoration adds beauty to campus and community

    News | February 24, 2026

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    Troy University Appoints Dr. Timothy Stark as Inaugural Director of Doctor of Chiropractic Program

    Faculty/Staff | February 24, 2026

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It Came From the Archives: Dothan received the Queen in 1952

Betty Phillips, Mutual Broadcasting Company's 2000th Queen for a Day, visited Dothan in 1952.

Betty Phillips, Mutual Broadcasting Company's 2000th Queen for a Day, visited Dothan in 1952.

Over the years the National Peanut Festival has produced hundreds of local queens and princesses, but in 1952 it hosted one whose name was not known until October 24.

That was Betty Phillips of Los Angeles, who was the Mutual Broadcasting System’s 2000th Queen for A Day.

“Queen For A Day” was a game show…

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TROY earns ‘gold’ for its support of military students in 2023-2024 Military Friendly®

GI Jobs magazine awarded its gold status to TROY for going above and beyond standards set for supporting military affiliated students.

GI Jobs magazine awarded its gold status to TROY for going above and beyond standards set for supporting military affiliated students.

Troy University has earned the 2023-2024 Military Friendly® School designation from G.I. Jobs magazine, along with the organization’s highest gold ranking.

More than 1,800 colleges and universities participated in the survey, with 665 earning special awards for going above the standard. Institutions earning the designation were evaluated using both public data sources and their responses…

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TROY arboretum receives grants from Wiregrass RCD, Alabama Audubon Society

A grant from Wiregrass RC&D will allow another bridge to be installed to connect trail loops.

A grant from Wiregrass RC&D will allow another bridge to be installed to connect trail loops.

Troy University’s arboretum and nature preserve was recently awarded nearly $6,000 in grants from both the Wiregrass Resource, Conservation and Development Council and the Alabama Audubon Society to help with continued upgrades and restoration efforts.

Dr. Alvin Diamond, arboretum director and biology professor, said the $5,000 grant from Wiregrass RC&D will be used to install pedestrian crossing over a…

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Sorrell College and Vietnam-based VNU University of Economics and Business meet to open collaboration for research and student opportunity

A collaboration meeting between Sorrell College of Business faculty and their counterparts from Vietnam's University of Economics and Business.

A collaboration meeting between Sorrell College of Business faculty and their counterparts from Vietnam's University of Economics and Business.

Most graduates probably took the rest of the day off from work following Summer Commencement Exercises in Trojan Arena on July 28.

Not Dr. Nguyen Truc Le, Chairman of the Vietnam National University’s University of Economics and Business. He had been awarded the honorary Doctor of Laws degree by TROY Chancellor Dr. Jack Hawkins, Jr….

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