MARCH 2021
NEWS & UPDATES
Retool Your School
Texas College needs your help to win up to $75,0000 from Home Depot's Retool Your School Grant Program. All you need to do is vote for Texas College!

Click the purple button below to vote online now. Kindly note that Texas College is in Cluster 3. Also, please see below for an explanatory graphic detailing the multiple ways to vote. Voting ends Sunday, March 15, at midnight.
Honors Convocation
To celebrate and acknowledge the academic achievements of Texas College students, the College will host the annual Honors Convocation on Wednesday, March 31, 2021. The convocation will be hosted virtually via the Zoom platform. Link and additional information to be provided.
Founders' Convocation
The annual Founders' Convocation took place virtually on Wednesday, February 24, 2021. Bishop Othal Hawthorne Lakey of the CME Church served as the convocation's speaker. To view a recording of Founders' Convocation, please click the video below.
Religious Emphasis Program
Homecoming Campaign
The Texas College Homecoming 2020 fundraising campaign is still active! Commemorating the College’s founding year of 1894, the campaign's goal is set for $189,400 by the end of this month, March 2021! See the graphic below for the campaign's progress and ways to give now.
To continue progress toward the $189,400 goal, Texas College invites you to celebrate their rich history and cultivate their exciting future by signifying your support with a one-time gift of $189.40, or your best gift. Please click the respective button below to view the campaign’s webpage and progress, or to give now!
Texas College Alumna Appointed ESSENCE CEO
On February 9, 2021, Essence Communications, Inc. (ESSENCE), officially appointed Caroline A. Wanga to serve as Chief Executive Officer for ESSENCE and Chief Growth Officer for Essence Ventures, parent company of ESSENCE. This official appointment follows her seven month service as Interim CEO for ESSENCE. Wanga joined Essence Ventures as Chief Growth Officer in June of 2020, departing Target Corporation, where she served as Chief Culture, Diversity and Inclusion Officer. 

Wanga, a Texas College Alumna (2005), began her Target career in supply chain. While in the supply chain realm, she served in a variety of transformational leadership roles, including modernizing Supply Chain, Business Intelligence, Digital and Strategy capabilities. In 2014, Wanga became Target’s Diversity & Inclusion Senior Director. The following year, she assumed the role of Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer for Target and would continue to excel, serving in executive leadership roles as the Vice President of Corporate Social Responsibility and Vice President of Human Resources. And, in 2019, her role would continue to expand as she became the Chief Culture, Diversity & Inclusion Officer.

Wanga is revered as an inspirational thought and transformational leader, public speaker, and an expert at successfully cultivating a work environment that champions accountability, inclusivity, diversity, and innovation in the corporate world. Among other accolades, Wanga has been named a Top Executive in Corporate Diversity by Black Enterprise and recognized as one of Savoy's Most Powerful Women in Corporate America, as well as is a member of the Executive Leadership Council (ELC), the Talladega College Board of Trustees and the American Airlines Community Council. She previously served on the Intersectionality, Culture, and Diversity Advisory Board for Twitter and as co-chair of the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) Diversity & Inclusion Initiative.
Texas College Online Store
To shop Texas College's online store now, please click the button below or visit shoptexascollege.com.
Important Dates
MARCH 2021
March 15-19
Mid-Term Examinations
March 19
Final Day to Apply and Pay for May 2021 Graduation
March 24
Religious Emphasis Program
March 31
Honors Convocation