About the Biological and Environmental Sciences Department

The Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences: History Notes

1887: The “Troy Normal School” was established.
1893 The State Legislature changed it to “College”.
1911: The Board of Trustees changed it back to “School”.
1927: The State Board of Education changed it to “State Teachers College”.

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

2025

Eli Grice has been accepted to Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM) Auburn Campus to begin Fall, 2025
Gillian Bailey has been accepted to the one-year Blaze master's DMD program with the following transition to the UAB School of Dentistry class of 2026
Marian Bennett has been accepted to the one-year Blaze master's DMD program with the following transition to the UAB School of Dentistry class of 2026
Brayden Varnado has been accepted to Master of Science in  Biomedical Engineering (MSBME) program at the University of
Alabama at Birmingham to begin Fall 2025 term
Hanna Broderway has been accepted to  UAB School of Dentistry's Virtual Engagement & Education Program (VEEP) for 2025.
Torry Robertson has been accepted to  UAB School of Dentistry's Virtual Engagement & Education Program (VEEP) for 2025.
Mary Katherine Lee has been accepted into the MedServe Program in North Carolina and will be placed with Belmont Medical Associates clinic in Reidsville, North Carolina! MedServe, a 2-year service-learning fellowship.
Reagan Plemons has been accepted to Harrison College of Pharmacy (Auburn University) and McWhorter School of Pharmacy (Samford University).
Brooklyn Fountain has been accepted to the Harrison College of Pharmacy- Auburn University to begin Fall, 2025.

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,  Troy University
Gabrielle Chartier accepted to Graduate School (MS), Biological and Environmental Sciences, Troy University
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
Maddie Webb accepted into medical school-- VCOM-Auburn for Fall 2025.
Ryleigh Butler accepted to Baptist Hospital  Medical Laboratory Science Program- to begin January, 2025.
Julia Miller is accepted to University of South Alabama - Physical Therapy Program! to begin Fall, 2025
Sarah Mayes is accepted to Heersink School of Medicine -University of Alabama- Birmingham  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

2024-Awards and other achievements

Mario Robledo has been selected to present his research project  completed during the 2024 Summer Research Internship at UAB to UAB's O'Neal Cancer Center Annual Research Retreat in October, 2024
Mario Robledo has been selected to present his research project at the NANETS Multidisciplinary NET Medical Symposium in Chicago, Illinois
Gillian Bailey, Braeden Coulter, MacKenzie Daniel, Atley Eiland, Mario Robledo, and Madilyn Webb has been awarded the 2024-25 Eleanor Vaughn Crawford Scholarship.
Sarah Mayes has been selected to present his research project  completed during the 2024 Summer Research Internship at UAB at the North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference in Boston, MA - Sept 25-29, 2024.

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's McWhorter School of Pharmacy and Auburn's 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's 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