Registration open for Summer Spectacular camp at Dothan Campus

The annual learning enrichment camp features hands-on learning experiences for children.

The annual learning enrichment camp features hands-on learning experiences for children.

Registration is open for Troy University’s Summer Spectacular, which will give Wiregrass children an educational summer adventure.

The annual learning enrichment camp, open to children ages 4 through 12, takes place in Adams Hall at TROY’s Dothan Campus June 5-28 every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 9 a.m. until noon.

Registration is on a first-come…

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It Came from the Archives: The Wiregrass Archives’ Oldest Photos

Dr. Marty Olliff's monthly series continues with a look at some of the oldest collected photos in the Wiregrass area.

Dr. Marty Olliff's monthly series continues with a look at some of the oldest collected photos in the Wiregrass area.

The Wiregrass Archives didn’t intend to collect large quantities of photographs, but we have accumulated images in many 19th-and-20th-century formats – cased photos, glass-plate negatives, “tintypes,” panoramic prints, cabinet cards, as well as hundreds of paper prints, slides and negatives.

The oldest photographs in the Wiregrass Archives collections are ambrotypes in the Michael Matthews Collection…

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TROY presents Heritage Week activities in Dothan

The week includes the March of Dimes Walk for Babies on April 14 and the annual Health and Wellness Fair on April 17.

The week includes the March of Dimes Walk for Babies on April 14 and the annual Health and Wellness Fair on April 17.

Troy University presents Heritage Week at the Dothan Campus, starting Saturday, April 14 and running through Friday, April 20.

The week of activities and events begins with the March of Dimes Walk for Babies on April 14. Residents can sign up to participate in the march by visiting www.marchforbabies.org/team/WiregrassMarchForBabies.

The week also includes events such…

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It Came from the Archives: Wiregrass women’s clubs

Dr. Marty Olliff celebrates Women's History Month with a look at the history of women's groups in the Wiregrass.

Dr. Marty Olliff celebrates Women's History Month with a look at the history of women's groups in the Wiregrass.

The women’s club movement in the U.S. began in the 1890s and was closely associated with the New Woman of the Progressive Era though the movement lasted well into the post-World War II era. It continues today.

Local women – from the elite in the white community and fewer but more broadly based among African-Americans…

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