The Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences: History Notes
1887: The 鈥淭roy Normal School鈥 was established.
1893 The State Legislature changed it to 鈥淐ollege鈥.
1911: The Board of Trustees changed it back to 鈥淪chool鈥.
1927: The State Board of Education changed it to 鈥淪tate Teachers College鈥.
The Biology-related subjects:
1887: Physiology
1889: Methods in Geography and Physiology
1911: Physiology, Botany
1929: General Biology, Physiology, Field Zoology, Field Botany
Biology Alumni
2024
Leah Kennedy has been accepted into Tulane University- Master of Molecular Medicine Program -
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Logan Ferrebee accepted to the UAB School of Dentistry
Peyton Wesson accepted to University of South Alabama School of Physician Assistant Studies
Adaline Grace Armstrong accepted into the Anatomical Sciences Master of Science degree program at UAB
Madalyn Jones accepted into the MD/PhD program at UAB Heersink School of Medicine
Alyssa Gallion accepted to Auburn University School of Veterinary Medicine to begin Fall, 2024
Hudson Hartsfield accepted to Auburn University School of Veterinary Medicine to begin Fall, 2024
Kaelynn Gywnne accepted to Edward Vie College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM)- Auburn Campus - to
begin Fall, 2024
Jillian Hurst accepted Master of Science in Anatomical Sciences - University of Florida School
of Medicine
Markel Kidd accepted to Faulkner University's Doctorate of Physical Therapy Program
Savannah Fleming accepted into the Rural Medicine Program- Auburn University
Donna Sims accepted into the Medical Laboratory Science Program- Baptist South Hospital, Montgomery
Kina Wen Cong Talton accepted to Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine (ACOM) - Dothan Alabama to begin
August, 2024
Jacob Evans accepted to South College of Physician Assistant Program in Knoxville, TN
Jacob Burke completed the Blaze program- University of Alabama-Birmingham and will enter UAB
Heersink School of Medicine in Fall, 2024
Landon McCardle and Aubrey Stewart they have completed the Blaze program- University of Alabama and will enter UAB School
of Dentistry Fall 2024
Fiorella Alger accepted to Harrison College of Pharmacy- Auburn University
Sydney Dockery accepted to University of South Alabama- Master of Physician Assistant Studies
Coleman Wright accepted to the Blaze Master's program for dentistry - University of Alabama
Travis Varnum accepted to Augusta University's Graduate school for a Masters in Medical Physiology
for 2024-2025, and guaranteed matriculation to the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta
upon successful completion of the program in Fall 2025
Claire Marchant accepted to Graduate School (MS), School of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. Auburn
University
Abbie Reed accepted to Graduate School (MS), Department of Biological Sciences, Jacksonville
State University
Mary Joy accepted to Graduate School (MS), Biological and Environmental Sciences, 快猫成版视频
Gabrielle Chartier accepted to Graduate School (MS), Biological and Environmental Sciences, 快猫成版视频
Kathleen Elizabeth Leder accepted to Valdosta State University with the Graduate Research Assistantship starting
Fall 2024
Martin Bouldo accepted to New York University Grossman School of Medicine with full tuition scholarship
Maggie Bryan accepted to Faulkner University School of Physician Assistant Program
Caroline Montini -accepted to Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine (ACOM) to begin Fall 2025
2024 - internships
Sarah Mayes accepted to the UAB Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Summer Internship Program- Summer
2024
Maddi Webb accepted to the Tuscaloosa Rural Pre-medical Internship Program- Summer 2024
Fiorella Alger accepted to the Huntsville Rural Pre-Medical Internship Program - Summer 2024
Elizabeth Bailey accepted to ADEM Field Operations Unit internship program - Summer 2024
Samantha Irby accepted to ADEM Field Operations Unit internship program - Summer 2024
Tyler Parrish accepted to ADEM Field Operations Unit internship program - Summer 2024
Madison Chavers-Fuqua accepted to ADEM Field Operations Unit internship program - Summer 2024
Eli Grice accepted to the Rural Medicine Summer Internship - University of Alabama program
Mario Robledo accepted in Summer Research- UAB Oncology Research Center- pancreatic cancer lab
research
Adele Crabtree and Elijah Ward - will be interns studying rangeland ecology during summer, 2024 at the Sheridan
Research and Extension Center of the University of Wyoming
2023
John Donovan Whibbs - University of New England Dental School, Portland, Maine.
Allison Rucker - Auburn University School of Veterinary Medicine.
Kelsey Tran - Kansas City University, College of Dental Medicine.
Christopher Matthew Ashley - Samford University, McWhorter School of Pharmacy.
Lauren Locke - Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine , Dothan, AL.
Landon McCardle - Rural Dental Scholars Program, UAB's Dental Medicine Program.
Aubrey Stewart - Rural Dental Scholars Program, UAB's Dental Medicine Program.
Bailey Rushing - Clinical Laboratory Sciences at UAB.
Franziska Ahrend won a stipend from the Oak Ridge Institute of Science and Education, U.S. Department
of Energy, to work in the Laboratory of Cell and Molecular Biology, U.S. National
Institute of Diabetes (principal investigator Dr. Astrid Haase) on the computational
genomics of small RNA molecules.
Peyton MacPhail - University of Kentucky College of Dentistry.
Jordan Evans - accepted to the HealthPREP program at Emory University
Lauren Locke - accepted to Florida State University School of Medicine
Dawson Ingram - accepted to Samford鈥檚 McWhorter School of Pharmacy and Auburn鈥檚 Harrison School
of Pharmacy
Madalyn Jones - has been accepted into the Masters in Bioengineering Program at the University
of Pennsylvania. After graduating from TROY, she completed a 2- year internship at
NIH and will also be applying this summer to a MD/PhD program.
Brock Matheny has been accepted to Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine (ACOM), Dothan, Alabama.
Callie Armstrong has been accepted into South University Savannah鈥檚 Anesthesiologist Assistant program
Jack Booker has been accepted to South University - West Palm Beach Master of Science in Physician
Assistant Studies
Danielle Nichols has been accepted to Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine- Auburn Campus (VCOM-Auburn)
Martin Bouldo has been accepted to Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland,
Ohio to begin Fall, 2024
Jordan Freeman has been accepted into Harrison College of Pharmacy- Auburn University to begin in
Fall, 2024
Addison Reynolds has been accepted into the Florida State University Physician Assistant Program to
begin Fall, 2024
Peyton Wesson has been accepted to the University of South Alabama Physician Assistant Studies
Program to begin Fall, 2024.
Dylan Riley has been accepted to Bethel University Physician Assistant Studies Program, Tennessee.
Tanner Holloway has been accepted to Faulkner University School of Physical Therapy.
Taylor Anne Surles has been accepted to Harrison College of Pharmacy, Auburn University to begin Fall,
2024.
Allyson Alexander has been accepted to University of South Alabama School of Medicine to begin Fall,
2024
Pajia Zipperer has been accepted into the Orthotics and Prosthetics Program at Alabama State University
Coleman Wright has been accepted into the Rural Dental Scholars Program at the University of Alabama
Gillian Bailey accepted into the Virtual Engagement & Education Program (VEEP) at UAB School of
Dentistry
Hannah Adkins accepted to Graduate School (PhD), School of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. Auburn
University
Nguyen Tien Anh Quach accepted to Graduate School (PhD), School of Geography and Environment. UNC-Chapel
Hill
2023 - internships
Keegan Carington - accepted to the VIP Summer Veterinary Internship- Auburn University School of Veterinary
Medicine
Leah Kennedy- accepted to Harvard University STEM Cell Institute Summer Internship Program
Rachel Simpson -accepted to the Alabama Department of Environmental Management Internship, stream
biomonitoring
Fisher Parrish -accepted to the Alabama Department of Environmental Management Internship, stream
biomonitoring
William Hudson - accepted to HudsonAlpha Internships, Biotechnology of plants
Mario Robledo -accepted to the UAB Surgery Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) internship summer
program.
Meet Chapani - accepted to the UAB's Cystic Fibrosis Research - Summer Internship program
Callie Smith - has been accepted to a Summer Internship Program- Children's Hospital of Alabama,
(Birmingham).
Awards
Hanna Broadway has been awarded the Department of Biological & Environmental Sciences 2023 Eleanor
Vaughn Crawford Scholarship
Adele Crabtree has been awarded the Fall 2023 Department of Biology Scholarship
Danielle Nichols has received the Beta Beta Beta Research Foundation Grant
Fiorella Alger has received he Beta Beta Beta Research Foundation Grant
2022
Zachery Briley - University of South Alabama's Physician Assistant Program
Christopher Ashley - Samford University McWhorter School of Pharmacy
Hope Niemczyk - featured in the Alabama Pharmacy Association's Tech Talk
Sidney Dockery - Medical Laboratory Science Program at Baptist South Hospital, AL
Douglas Bright - Uniformed Services University of Health Science F. Edward Herbert School of Medicine,
Bethesda, MD
Kellan Hoffman - accepted to Graduate School (PhD), Biological Sciences. University of Alabama