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Campus cats captured

November 8, 2018 News

Bishal Niroula Staff Writer Since 2014, the Troy Animal Rescue Project (TARP) has trapped and safely relocated well over 100 stray cats on campus, according to Tiffany Howington, a 2011 Troy graduate and TARP’s founder and president. “Stray cats are just a problem everywhere in the city of Troy because for many years Troy didn’t have a shelter that would take cats,” Howington said. “I assume people tossed them out at the university thinking students would take them home.” Trent Russel, a sophomore math major from Helena and a resident…

Troy Trojan Heart nominees discuss volunteering at senior center, animal shelter

April 26, 2018April 26, 2018 Sports

Taylor Walding Features Editor As of Tuesday, 21 people had been nominated to receive the Troy Trojan Heart award, according to Avery Livingston, coordinator of the university’s Office of Civic Engagement. The winner will be able to donate $1,000 in prize money to the organization of his or her choice. Catherine Jordan, the director of the Colley Senior Complex, nominated one of her former volunteers, Breanna Maples, a junior social major from Mobile, for two years of volunteer service. Maples volunteered twice per week for two years, completing an array…