Four Texas community colleges – Brazosport College, Clarendon College, Texarkana College, and Hill College – are strengthening campus cultures of care through Caring Campus, with grant support from the Trellis Foundation.
Completed in December 2025, the grant helped launch Caring Campus at each institution, providing the resources needed to train staff, implement proven strategies, and intentionally focus on human connection across campuses. At Brazosport College, the impact seen through staff implementation has led to college leadership choosing to invest additional institutional funds to expand Caring Campus to faculty as well.
“Caring Campus is phenomenal, and we wanted to invest our own dollars to ensure faculty receive the same coaching as staff,” Brazosport College President Dr. Vincent Solis said. “It’s important that all employees are balanced and aligned around the shared goal of connecting with students where they are at. We truly believe in Caring Campus.”
Meaningful changes are already underway at Brazosport. Staff are wearing name tags to increase approachability, Caring Campus is a regular topic in leadership meetings, and employees are being more intentional about connecting with students.
“In a world dominated by AI and social media, Caring Campus teaches us to purposefully connect with people in meaningful ways,” Solis said. “We need that now more than ever.”
The Trellis Foundation grant has helped expand Caring Campus across Texas, supporting colleges as they build intentional, sustainable cultures of care for students.
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