Ryan MayerDevelopment Officer

TEXAS WOMAN’S UNIVERSITY

FRONTIER PROGRAMOVERVIEW

• Internal Support• External Support• Lessons Learned• Updates Since 2014

TEXAS WOMAN’S UNIVERSITY

FRONTIER PROGRAMINTERNAL SUPPORT

• Recognize the need on your campus

• Find your internal champion• Get “Buy-In”

• Speak with students• Wants vs. Needs

• Evaluate possible funding sources

TEXAS WOMAN’S UNIVERSITY

FRONTIER PROGRAMEXTERNAL SUPPORT

• Texas Guaranteed • First application was denied• Requested feedback, reapplied

and received funding• 3 Year commitment from TG

• Allowed us to develop and build• Evaluate the program to open up

future funding sources

TEXAS WOMAN’S UNIVERSITY

FRONTIER PROGRAMEXTERNAL SUPPORT

• Community Support• Denton’s “Breakfast Club”• Kohl’s Department Store• Wal-Mart Neighborhood Grants• Individual Donors

• Gift Cards• Trip to Zoo• Home for the Holidays• Driver’s Education Classes

TEXAS WOMAN’S UNIVERSITY

FRONTIER PROGRAMLESSONS LEARNED

• Find Your Champion• Internal and External

• If at first you don’t succeed….• Collaborate with other campus groups• Evaluate and identify success and failure• Talk with other’s who have been

successful

TEXAS WOMAN’S UNIVERSITY

FRONTIER PROGRAMUPDATES SINCE 2014

• Grant Money Doesn’t Last Forever• Frontier Program is

“Institutionalized”• Created “CARE” Position• Board of Regent’s Emergency Fund

• Continue to Find External Support

TEXAS WOMAN’S UNIVERSITY