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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

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

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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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TROY student working to expand music education for children in India

 

Ramkumar Jagadeesan didn’t grow up around music, but he fell in love with it all the same.

Now, the 37-year-old Troy University student is trying to spread that love to his home country of India, where music isn’t considered a priority in education and children often grow up without the option to listen to a…

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75-year-old completes 50-year journey with Troy University degree

 

Irene Whitehurst Johnson knows a little something about perseverance.

For more than 50 years, she took college courses off and on while working in civil services and raising her children, all in an attempt to attain a college degree.

On Sunday, May 15, her perseverance paid off when the 75-year-old Enterprise resident walked across a…

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