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TG Updates

Shoptalk Online 509, June 23, 2009

TG Updates

TG awards $6.2 million in competitive grants to advance college access and student retention

TG has awarded more than $6.2 million in competitive grants to 55 institutions and nonprofit organizations to advance access to college, student retention, and educational research. This is the fifth consecutive year that TG has awarded competitive grants through its Public Benefit Grant Program, the company's philanthropic initiative.

"These grants reflect our continued commitment to support programs that improve access to higher education, particularly for low-income students," said Sue McMillin, TG president and CEO. "By helping these programs to succeed, we believe we are making a difference that not only affects the students served, but also our communities, region, and country as a whole."

In awarding grant proposals, TG required recipients to use the funding to improve access to, or participation in, postsecondary education, and college retention. Grant funding was particularly targeted to help, either directly or indirectly, students from low- to moderate-income families. Priority was given to proposals that addressed the needs of first-generation college students, or students who are underrepresented in higher education.

TG's grant funds will go to support a variety of initiatives, including need-based grants to students; student mentoring and internships; pre-college outreach to students and families; academic support and instruction; student retention; student transfer guidance and support; and education research. Last year, TG awarded $5.6 million in grants to 49 institutions and nonprofit organizations. These grants are in addition to $2 million in annual direct grant aid for students that TG provides through the Charley Wootan Grant Program.

TG's Public Benefit Grant Program is administered based solely on merit and need, and without regard to the business of TG or any form of quid pro quo consideration.

To learn more
To find out more TG's Public Benefit Grant Program, visit TG Online at www.tgslc.org/publicbenefit.

In the coming months, TG will offer several symposiums for schools that focus on building an effective financial literacy campaign for the college campus. The first 2009 Financial Literacy Symposium will be held in Houston on Monday, June 29, at the Embassy Suites Hotel near the Galleria, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Central Time.

This is the second year in a row that TG has hosted a financial literacy symposium and the first year it will be offered in two locations. The free, one-day events supply forums where professionals can discuss techniques to help students manage their finances more responsibly.

Guest speakers for the Houston event include Kristy Vienne, director of Sam Houston State University's Student Money Management Center, and Mark Mielke, financial aid advisor at Texas A&M University, who will share their expertise and experience in providing financial literacy education programs.

Upcoming symposium
TG will also offer a second financial literacy symposium in Chicago on Tuesday, July 21. Guest speakers will include Bryant Anderson, director of Student Financial Services at Illinois College of Optometry in Chicago, and Janelle Wade, assistant director of Student Financial Assistance at Loyola University in Chicago.

More details about the Chicago symposium will follow in a future edition of Shoptalk Online.

Register online
For more information about TG's 2009 Financial Literacy Symposiums, or to register to attend either event, visit TG Online at www.tgslc.org/training/literacy.

For questions
To learn more about TG's upcoming symposiums, contact TG's financial literacy program manager Margie Harvey at (800) 252-9743, or send an e-mail message to margery.harvey@tgslc.org.