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Which HBCUs Won? The Home Depot Retool Your School Announces 2014 HBCU Winners!

Which HBCUs Won? The Home Depot Retool Your School Announces 2014 HBCU Winners!
Posted By: Reginald Culpepper on May 05, 2014

Congratulations to all the HBCUs from HBCU Connect! This year was a complete success, many thanks to all who participated. The Home Depot has been organizing this effort for the last 5 years and they know how valuable our nation’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)are, and how much they have contributed to our country’s growth in so many ways.

This year, The Home Depot is excited to announce that they are awarding even MORE grant funds for 2014.The RYS Campus Improvement Grant Program will award a total of $250,000 to HBCUs for campus and facility improvements.



Grant awards for the 2014 program are:

- Tier I Grant award of $50,000 (1 Winner)
- Tier II Grant awards of $10,000 (13 Winners)
- Campus Pride Grant awards of $25,000 (3 Winners) The Campus Pride Grant will go to the top three schools with the most votes and social media activity, as assessed by The Home Depot.

The 2014 Home Depot RETOOL YOUR SCHOOL Winners

TIER 1
Knoxville College

CAMPUS PRIDE
Howard University
Morris Brown College
Oakwood University

TIER II
Claflin University
Huston-Tillotson University
Jarvis Christian College
JF Drake State Community and Technological College
Lane College
Lincoln University of Missouri
North Carolina Central University
Paine College
Prairie View A&M University
Shaw University
Spelman College
Stillman College
Voorhees College
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