Day: May 14, 2015

Hannah Hartline Troy University offers resources to help students who have transferred from community colleges, including assistance when a plan goes awry. Chandni Patel, an accounting major from Andalusia, who was a senior in the spring, said that being a transfer student gave her multiple benefits. “It was being able to have a high GPA, cost saving and being able to know what degree I wanted,” Patel said. Patel said that the STARS guide helped her transfer all her credits because it told her what classes to take. STARS stands…

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Jane Morrell Paige Bartlett lays her syllabus on the table, sips coffee and begins to compare prices on Amazon.com for a required textbook. “There are several ways I go about purchasing books,” Bartlett, a nursing major from Decatur who was a junior in the spring, says as she scrolls through her options. Every student has had to face this struggle of purchasing textbooks, and everyone has his or her own system. The Barnes and Noble bookstore on campus is one way to buy textbooks, and the best way to save…

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Jeff Davis Gamble Chynna McKillion knew that while she was in college she had to have extra money, so she took out student loans. When you are planning for college, essential decisions have to be made about balancing income and expenditures as a student. Student debt is a real and daunting problem many graduates face while starting their lives after college. Today McKillion, who graduated in 2013, works as a graphic designer and marketing assistant at Henig Furs in Montgomery. She explained that even though having the extra money while…

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Kimberly Steele Time can often mean the difference between turning in a great assignment and proper understanding or a slap-dash, last-minute attempt at something. Megan Greer, a computer science major from Panama City, Florida, who was a senior in the spring, understands this. “When I was first starting out … I would leave my assignments until a few days before the deadline,” Greer said. “I quickly realized why my professors were giving us so much time to work on them.” Time management can be a hard skill to learn. “Honestly,…

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Tamela Staples A relationship with a significant other can be hard to handle while in college, but trust and time management are the keys, said Jalen Mims. Mims, a sport and fitness management major from Bay Minette who was a junior in the spring, transferred to Troy from Talladega College in spring 2015 for a better school opportunity and a better relationship. “It’s about maturity when it comes to relationships,” Mims said, reflecting on his relationship with Kayla Gordon, a psychology major from Dothan who was a junior in the…

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