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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TROY student, Miss Alabama USA, competing for Miss USA

TROY sophomore Baylee Smith is competing for the title of Miss USA.

TROY sophomore Baylee Smith is competing for the title of Miss USA.

A Troy University sophomore is getting ready to compete in one of the most prestigious pageants in the country.

Baylee Smith, 19, is representing Alabama in the 2017 Miss USA Competition, which airs Sunday, May 14 at 7 p.m. on FOX.

Smith won the Miss Alabama USA title last November, an achievement that took the…

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DNP student receives $1.1 million grant for breastfeeding education program

Kimarie Bugg, center, and the staff of Reaching Our Sisters Everywhere. Bugg is a student in the Doctor of Nursing practice program.

Kimarie Bugg, center, and the staff of Reaching Our Sisters Everywhere. Bugg is a student in the Doctor of Nursing practice program.

Six years ago, Troy University graduate nursing student Kimarie Bugg took a moment of professional setback and turned it into an opportunity for even greater success.

As a nurse in Atlanta, Bugg spent more than 20 years doing groundbreaking work supporting breastfeeding education, including starting the first lactation program in the state at Grady Hospital….

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It’s OK not to graduate “on time”

Many students take more than the traditional four years to graduate. Senior Chris Niquette shares why that might have some advantages.

Many students take more than the traditional four years to graduate. Senior Chris Niquette shares why that might have some advantages.

Every college student’s favorite question is, “When are you graduating?” especially if they’re not graduating within the “normal” time frame.

Unfortunately for the most part, students who are not graduating within the four-year plan didn’t do so intentionally — some changed majors and it set them back, while others changed schools and credits did not transfer,…

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