“I’m back with someone with whom I started at 18. For me it’s about purpose. I’m walking over places on campus where I walked when I was 18,” Renick says.
Colette Burnette, vice president of administration and finance at Central State, says Renick and Garland have good chemistry.
“I think it’s good that their personal and professional goals intersect,” says Burnette. “Their friendship conquers that. It makes it better.”
She also says Renick’s involvement allows Garland to be more external and allows him to travel more extensively. “I’m working with a visionary, a good friend, a Central State graduate, and deeply committed person.
It makes for an incredible experience,” Renick says. “You can go home again. It’s our hope that others take what they learned and go back home.”
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