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U.S. Department of Education grant extends Student Support Services program at TROY

A previous class of participants in the Student Support Services program at TROY enjoy an outing to Camp Butter and Egg.

A previous class of participants in the Student Support Services program at TROY enjoy an outing to Camp Butter and Egg.

Troy University has been awarded a more than $3.8 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education for student support services over the next five years.  

The Student Support Services Project at TROY serves more than 450 students on the University’s Troy, Dothan and Montgomery campuses. The program, which will receive $3,898,330 in U.S….

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Student Support Services Montgomery coordinator, author tells story of perseverance

Deetra Benn, a former Student Support Services student and current program coordinator, spoke to Dothan students last Friday.

Deetra Benn, a former Student Support Services student and current program coordinator, spoke to Dothan students last Friday.

Deetra Benn didn’t have encouragement, financial resources or a support system in her life when she started her college journey.

At Troy University, however, she found those things through Student Support Services, and the experience made such an impact on her life that, today, she is a two-time TROY graduate and current coordinator of Student…

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Dothan attorney alum credits Student Support Services for his success

Dothan attorney Aaron Gartlan says the help given to him by SSS as a student helped him achieve success.

Dothan attorney Aaron Gartlan says the help given to him by SSS as a student helped him achieve success.

Two decades ago, Aaron Gartlan was a student looking for help at Troy University’s Dothan Campus.

He felt lost and aimless as an undergraduate, so he sought tutoring and academic counseling.

What he found, though, was something more lasting: support.

“I had been feeling I was lost in the shuffle of failures and mistakes and…

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