Why ‘Paine College is not only surviving; Paine College is thriving’
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Paine College has a reason to celebrate, following an awarded $150,000 grant from Home Depot.
The grant will make a difference for current and future students.
CeeLo Green made his appearance on campus, Saturday, meeting with trustees and students about how he can help out the school.
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“Empowering us with the opportunity and the means to make a difference, and not only the property and the premises to the campus but at the core of the fundamentals, you know? And that’s the practice, you know, that we preach,” said Green.
Some changes highlighted are benches with charging stations, gazebos, pole banners, and colorful umbrellas. They also plan to redo the basketball court but it doesn’t stop there.
“To see the excitement but feel that positive vibe. The same Paine College is here. Paine College is not only surviving; Paine College is thriving,” said Dr. Lester G. Jackson III, with Paine College.
In June, Paine College partnered with multiple organizations to help improve their enrollment and retention. Now with this grant, they’re hoping these changes will help not only bring in more students but keep them too.
“My freshman year, we didn’t even have like, 50 kids on campus. So, um, to see that we’re flourishing, not just only with enrollment, but to see that we can actually all come together with the alumni and the students on campus and the community as a whole to bring donations in such a big way. It definitely feels great,” said Demi Mckeever, 97th Miss Paine College.
Having from all over, makes their home away from home a better place.
“They have what it takes, they are themselves, they have the ambition, they have the opportunity. And sometimes just to put the cherry on top, and you’ve been living example, of success, bilaterally, the way the line goes forward and always comes backward. And we meet in that happy medium and I want to be a beacon of light to guide them through it,” said Green.
Some of the changes are already underway and they hope to make even more changes in the future.
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