THE INSIDER - SPRING/SUMMER 2023

On Sunday, March 26, the 2023 Home Depot Retool Your School grant competition concluded. Texas College amassed over 553,000 votes throughout the month - long competition, which positioned the College in fifth place to earn a Campus Improvement Grant of $60,000. To achieve victory in this year’s competition, Texas College and the Texas College National Alumni Association (TCNAA) collaboratively and strategically employed a multitude of efforts to engage and urge stakeholders to vote. Through varied daily initiatives and accountability measures, Texas College effectively increased individual participation for the 2023 campaign. Though strategically effective, the campaign’s success was undoubtedly derivative of the tireless spirit, hard work, persistence, and unwavering commitment to this initiative by the College’s stakeholders, specifically alumni, students, faculty, and staff. The 2023 Retool Your School competition culminated with the announcement of official results and awarding of grants at The Home Depot 2023 Retool Your School Awards Celebration on Tuesday, April 11, 2023. The ceremony was hosted 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 and 2013 alumnus, who successfully provided oversight to the 2021, 2022, and 2023 Home Depot Retool Your School campaigns and projects. Having secured grants in 2021 and 2022, this year’s grant is the College’s third consecutive year to win a grant from The Home Depot Retool Your School grant competition. 2023's grant award also marks the fifth grant Texas College has won from The Home Depot Retool Your School program. The 2023 Campus Improvement Project will be the renovation of the President’s Living Room Kitchen. The project will serve as a beneficial campus enhancement as an operable food preparation and service station with commercial functionality to adequately accommodate both the President’s Living Room and the President’s Living Room Patio for a multitude of activities for student, faculty, and staff use, as well as alumni and other key stakeholders and external populations when applicable and appropriate. To every single individual who voted this year to ensure a successful campaign, Texas College extends a sincere and grateful “thank you” for your valiant and tireless efforts in the 2023 Home Depot Retool Your School grant competition. Your commitment to this initiative, and congruently Texas College, is undoubtedly evident and genuinely appreciated. Again, thank you! 2023 RETOOL YOUR SCHOOL Mr. Jake Martin, Chief Marketing & Communications Officer, (left) is presented the Home Depot Retool Your School Campus Improvement Grant award at the Awards Celebration in Atlanta, Georgia, at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

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