TROY professor leading panels at Fanaticon convention in Dothan

Dr. Scout Blum will bring her knowledge of gaming and its usage in the classroom to Fanaticon, which takes place Oct. 4-6 in Dothan.

Dr. Scout Blum will bring her knowledge of gaming and its usage in the classroom to Fanaticon, which takes place Oct. 4-6 in Dothan.

Troy University will have a strong presence at Fanaticon, the Dothan-based pop culture fan festival taking place this weekend at the Dothan Civic Center, Dothan Opera House and Wiregrass Museum of Art.

Dr. Scout Blum, a professor in the University’s Department of History and Philosophy who championed the University’s new Game Development and Design minor,…

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TROY presses play on Game Development and Design minor

Dr. Scout Blum, left, working with students enrolled in Troy University's new Game Development and Design minor.

Dr. Scout Blum, left, working with students enrolled in Troy University's new Game Development and Design minor.

Sarah Carlson has been a gamer for as long as she can remember.

Now, she’s applying that passion at Troy University as one of the first students enrolled in the new Game Development and Design minor, which began this spring semester at the Troy Campus.

“I’ve always played games when I had time, and I’d…

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TROY student building a community at city’s only comic and gaming shop

Fanatix, opened by a TROY student in September 2016, is the city's only comic book and gaming store.

Fanatix, opened by a TROY student in September 2016, is the city's only comic book and gaming store.

It’s not easy to maintain a 4.0 GPA while running your own retail business. It’s even harder to do those things while trying to build a community.

Yet Hiram Faircloth, a graduate student in Troy University’s clinical mental health counseling program, is doing just that with Fanatix, Troy’s only comic book and gaming shop, which…

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