The INSIDER - Spring/Summer 2024

2024 RETOOL YOUR SCHOOL

LONNIE COLLINS, GWENDOLYN COLLINS, RT DEBOSE, JAKE MARTIN, GAIL HUNTER, PEGGY SULLIVAN, AND WILLIAM PARKER, JR. POSE WITH THE GRANT AWARD AT THE HOME DEPOT 2024 RETOOL YOUR SCHOOL AWARDS CELEBRATION AT MERCEDES-BENZ STADIUM IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA

Texas College won their fourth consecutive Campus Improvement Grant from The Home Depot Retool Your School program. Amassing over 200,000 votes throughout the month-long competition, the College secured a third place ranking to earn a Campus Improvement Grant of $80,000. The official awarding of the grant took place at The Home Depot 2024 Retool Your School Awards Celebration on Thursday, April 11, 2024, in Atlanta, Georgia, at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium, with representatives from each winning institution present. Representing Texas College was Jake Martin, Chief Marketing & Communications Officer (CMCO) and 2013 Alumnus, who oversees the Retool Your School campaigns and projects. Alongside Martin were Texas College Alumni Gwendolyn Collins, Lonnie Collins, RT DeBose, William Parker, Jr., Gail Hunter, and Peggy Sullivan, who were all instrumental in the 2024 voting campaign. The 2024 grant of $80,000 is the largest award received from The Home Depot Retool Your School program to date. While this is the College’s fourth consecutive win, the grant marks Texas College’s sixth Campus Improvement Grant throughout the 15-year existence of the PAGE 2 9 | THE I NS I DE R