Home Away From Home at Fisk University

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00:00Fisk University is a liberal arts jewel and a number of our students are first generation

00:20students and they haven't been away from home and it's important that the transition be

00:26as smooth as possible.

00:28And often times when freshmen come in they get homesick and want to go home like every

00:33weekend or every other weekend and it's not cost effective.

00:36And so we want to provide an environment that is inviting and warm and welcoming.

00:42I get a strong sense of home when I'm here at Fisk University because the community that

00:48I've built, we're really a Fisk family.

00:51Once I got here I really fell in love with the culture of the school.

00:54And being the top ten HBCU and known for music because of the Fisk Jubilee Singers.

01:03The Home Depot Retool Your School program has really helped to create a safe space for

01:09students.

01:10Many theaters on campus use Retool Your School.

01:13After it was vandalized recently, Home Depot aided in cleanup and restoration of the building.

01:23The partnership is a lot for my campus because we're able to fund different programs like

01:28the Little Theater and where they produce all of our plays.

01:31Having the resources where the campus is getting updated and upgraded and also it's helping

01:36improve our dorms so that we are able to take in more freshmen and increase the count of

01:40students but also be able to expand the campus so it's not so little.

01:46I actually live here in the dorms, here in the pods.

01:50Refrigerators and microwaves that were purchased for our new micro apartment style living were

01:55purchased through the Retool Your School grant.

01:58We have some furniture that we purchased with Home Depot for our counseling center.

02:04The partnership means stability to our campus.

02:08Means for my campus keeping it beautiful.

02:10Fisk University is a very historic campus.

02:13And the reason that I'm sitting right here in the Little Theater is because of our partnership

02:17with the Home Depot Retool Your School Program.