Dothan businessman Harry B. Grier, III has been appointed to the Alabama Small Business Development Network Advisory Board as a representative of Troy University’s Small Business Development Center.

Owner of Arch Business Consulting, Inc., Grier, who has a background in the banking industry, has been affiliated with TROY’s SBDC serving as a guest speaker at various training and educational programs, and has been a “go-to expert” for SBDC counselors for commercial lending expertise, said Sandra Lucas, the center’s director.

“Harry Grier is the absolute perfect choice to serve as our representative on the Alabama SBDC Network Advisory Board,” Lucas said.

Author Tiara L. Hawthorne will hold a book singing event on Monday, March 25th from 10 a.m. until 12 p.m. at Barnes & Noble, located at 101 Trojan Way in Troy. Hawthorne, a resident of Brantley, AL, will be available to sign copies of her book, Pick Up Your Weapons and Fight!

It took me a while to recognize in my Christian walk that I was a soldier on the battlefield for Christ. For many years, all I could think about was being in the military. Little did I know that I had already been chosen, predestined before I was yet formed in the womb, to fight on the battlefield for the Lord.
 
Tiara L. Hawthorne has endured the rigorous training required to become a member of the best military in the world. She has done the pushups, the running, and the sweating. She has heard the bark of a drill instructor's commands.

Troy University’s chapter of Alpha Tau Omega will be featured in a segment of the Travel Channel’s documentary “Spring Break 24/7.”

The program highlights the spring break travels of college students, who video document their break preparations and exploits. For more than a dozen brothers of ATO, this year’s break will be about raising funds for Special Olympics in Alabama and Florida, in addition to the original charity.

Walk Hard 2013 will begin on the Quad on March 8, and finish six days later and 140 miles to the south at Panama City Beach’s Pier Park. The fraternity is soliciting corporate and individual donors for the philanthropy. The effort began in 2010 when students Kyle Crabtree and Austin Bivins saw a man dressed as Superman walking down U.S. Highway 231 carrying an American flag. Curiosity sparked, they set out to organize a hike from Troy to the beach and began recruiting more participants.