The May 15 event will feature rides for the public in a historic UH-1 Huey helicopter, along with several other attractions.
Friends of Army Aviation, a Wiregrass nonprofit dedicated to preserving the legacy of U.S. Army Aviation, is joining forces with Troy University for an Armed Forces Day celebration Saturday, May 15 at TROY’s Dothan Campus.
The celebration’s featured attraction is the FOAA’s Ride program, which will give customers a chance to fly in a historic…
This guest column from TROY alumna Dr. Hayden McDaniel discusses a groundbreaking Dothan woman whose story can be found in the Wiregrass Archives.
The year 2020 marks the centennial of the 19th Amendment that extended the elective franchise to women. Alabama’s story of suffrage is complicated, as even suffragists disagreed on who should ultimately be allowed to vote. There were organizations and individuals across the state that lobbied tirelessly for women’s right to vote, including in the Wiregrass,…
The simulator is located in the new simulation lab at Adams Hall on the Dothan Campus.
Troy University’s School of Nursing at the Dothan Campus has grown significantly in recent years, and newly purchased equipment will give students more hands-on experience than ever before.
This week, the department unveiled a new SimJunior pediatric simulator, which will give nursing students a chance to practice real-world techniques on a life-sized simulated child patient.
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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…
