Marketing Education Grant for UT Tyler

TYLER – The Texas Retailers Education Foundation has awarded the University of Texas at Tyler a $25,000 grant. It will be used to enhance marketing education in East Texas. The grant will fund UT Tyler’s first residential retail marketing summer camp next year for area high school students. The proposed week long event will combine on-campus academic activities with tours of area food production facilities, distribution centers and retail businesses. Regional partners in the project include the Tyler Independent School District, Cavender’s, Brookshire Grocery Company and John Soules Foods.