Freedom Lecture Series celebrating nation’s 250th birthday set to begin on Thursday

A Freedom Lecture Series featuring TROY faculty will kick off on Thursday as a part of the local celebration of America's 250th birthday.

A Freedom Lecture Series featuring TROY faculty will kick off on Thursday as a part of the local celebration of America's 250th birthday.

We the People Pike County and Troy University are teaming up to present the Freedom Lecture Series in celebration of the country’s 250th birthday.

Four TROY faculty members will speak on various topics related to the country’s founding beginning on Thursday, June 18 at 6 p.m. The events are free and open to the public….

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History student claims national championship for the Trojan Debate Team

Driven by a promise to herself, Cruz put in the hard work this season to become the best, and succeeded.

Driven by a promise to herself, Cruz put in the hard work this season to become the best, and succeeded.

Carmen Cruz, a sophomore history major from Madison, Alabama, won the National Online Forensics Championship on Friday, March 27. Cruz competed in five rounds to win and finish out the Trojan Debate Team’s 2025-2026 season. 

Completing her first full season in competing with the Debate Team as vice president, Cruz said winning the national title…

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TROY history student awarded Graduate Council Fellowship at Stony Brook University 

Matilda Ziegler is an American history major with a minor in philosophy from Cliffside, N.C.

Matilda Ziegler is an American history major with a minor in philosophy from Cliffside, N.C.

Matilda Ziegler, a student in Troy University’s Department of History and Philosophy, has been awarded a Graduate Council Fellowship by Stony Brook University in Stony Brook, New York, where she will begin PhD studies in environmental history in the fall.

The Graduate Council Fellowship is awarded to only 35 incoming graduate students at SBU each…

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Medeiros receives Dr. Robert Kruckeberg Faculty Excellence Award at Troy University

Dr. Avington Medeiros receives the Dr. Robert Kruckeberg Faculty Excellence Award from Faculty Senate President Dr. Lenetra Jefferson.

Dr. Avington Medeiros receives the Dr. Robert Kruckeberg Faculty Excellence Award from Faculty Senate President Dr. Lenetra Jefferson.

Dr. Avington Medeiros, a lecturer of history at Troy University, has been awarded the Dr. Robert Kruckeberg Faculty Excellence Award, presented by the University’s Faculty Senate.

The award honors the memory of Dr. Robert Kruckeberg, an Associate Professor of History who passed away in December 2020 at the age of 43 after a courageous battle…

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