Troy University

Troy University

Troy University is a far reaching state funded college that is situated in Troy, Alabama, United States. It was established on February 26, 1887 as Troy State Normal School inside of the Alabama State University System by an Act of the Alabama Legislature. It is the leader college of the Troy University System with its primary grounds enlistment of 6,998 understudies and the aggregate enlistment of all Troy University grounds of 19,579. Troy University is territorially certify by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACS) to grant partner, baccalaureate, master's, instruction expert, and doctoral degrees.

In August 2005, Troy State University, Montgomery; Troy State University, Phenix City; Troy State University, Dothan; and Troy State University (Main Campus) all converged under one accreditation to end up Troy University to better mirror the organization's overall mission. Preceding the merger, every grounds was autonomously authorize and converging of these grounds made a more grounded organization by wiping out covering administrations and hindrances to understudies. The merger joined gifts and assets of staff, workforce, and executives into a solitary exceptionally successful and focused university.

Today, the University serves the instructive needs of understudies in four Alabama grounds, sixty showing locales in 17 U.S. States and 11 nations. Troy University's graduates number more than 100,000 graduated class speaking to every one of the 50 states and from various remote nations. Troy University is known as Alabama's International University for its broad global project in pulling in outside understudies from around the globe. 

History

Troy University is a state funded college with its primary grounds situated in Troy, Alabama. It was established as an ordinary school in 1887 with a mission to instruct and prepare new instructors. The school has following advanced into a state college, situated in four locales over the State of Alabama: Troy, Montgomery, Phenix City and Dothan. The college additionally has different locales situated all through the United States and a few universal areas. Troy University is known for its development in offering in-class and online scholarly projects in adjusting customary, nontraditional, and military understudies. The primary grounds enlistment as of the fall of 2014 is 6,998 understudies. The grounds itself comprises of 36 noteworthy structures on 650 sections of land (1.9 km²) in addition to the nearby Troy University Arboretum.

No less than three noticeable political figures have been connected with Troy University. George Wallace, Jr., child of the late Governor George C. Wallace, is a previous head at the college. Max Rafferty, the California Superintendent of Public Instruction from 1963 to 1971, was senior member of the training division from 1971 until his passing in 1982. Previous Governor John Malcolm Patterson, an intra-party adversary of George Wallace, taught U.S. history at the organization amid the 1980s.

Name change:

On April 16, 2004, the Board of Trustees voted to change the name of the foundation from Troy State University to Troy University. The move to the new name was finished in August 2005 and was the fifth in the school's history. At the point when made by the Alabama Legislature on February 26, 1887, it was authoritatively named the Troy State Normal School. The school was situated in downtown Troy until moving to the present area on University Avenue in 1930. In 1929, the name was changed to Troy State Teachers College and it in this manner gave its first baccalaureate degree in 1931. In 1957, the governing body voted both to change the name to Troy State College and to permit it to start a graduate degree program. The name was changed by and by in 1967 to Troy State University. 

Grounds 

Troy University's Troy grounds is situated close downtown Troy. The grounds sits along moving slopes with numerous old oak trees present along the lanes and all through grounds. A little lake named Lake Lagoona sits before college's Sorrell Chapel. 

The college shut the Trojan Oaks Golf Course with a specific end goal to assemble another b-ball stadium, yet leftovers of the course are still present and are used unreservedly for practice. 

Amusement 

There are numerous recreational exercises accessible on grounds. The Trojan Fitness Center offers wellness machines, free weights, and cardiovascular machines. Trojan Games is an amusement room has two billiard tables, two table tennis tables, and a foosball game. The Natatorium houses an eight-path 25-yard Olympic style pool. The Recreation Center Gym has two ball courts, cardio room, a move room, and a vast outside pool. Wright Hall Gym, found nearby from the Natatorium, offers a ball court, two volleyball courts, and four badminton courts. The Intramural Fields comprise of four banner football fields, two softball fields, and one soccer field.