Left to right: Randy Phillips, Craig St. Martin, Robert Draper, Becky Watson, AVC for Development, and Matthew Wright, Enrollment Coordinator.
Keeping with their creed to be “just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own,” the Panama City Beach Optimist Club recently partnered with TROY to create a $25,000 Leadership Endowed Scholarship.
In a typical year, organization member Bob Draper said the group would host local events for the youth…
Sherri and Barry Scarborough have established the Sherri Ingram Scarborough and Barry Scarborough Leadership Endowed Scholarship.
Sherri and Barry Scarborough landed together at Troy State University in 1986 through a twist of fate and with the help of a Ford Ranger pickup truck.
Sherri came to TROY with her best friend from Haines City, Florida, after her friend had received a scholarship. However, just two days before classes were to start,…
Alumnus Chad Jones is helping other TROY students by making a $300,000 legacy gift to establish the J. Chad Jones Leadership Scholarship.
Chad Jones (’98 Marketing) found a way to “pay it forward” at a university that changed his life.
One of the first in his family to graduate college, Jones knows first hand the financial struggles families face when it comes time to send children on to higher education. He remembers well the discussion at his…
A fund established through a generous gift by Kate and Gibson Vance will help Troy Campus students who experience unexpected emergencies.
In a tumultuous time of unprecedented financial hardship for many, a new fund established by a gift from Kate and Trustee Gibson Vance aims to help students in need. This selfless assistance from the Vances is an exceptional example of the Trojan giving spirit. The Vance’s contributions promise to help TROY not only retain students…
