In the 1960s, in the midst of Vietnam War protests and the emergence of the Black power movement, students John Garland and James Renick worked as campus advocates to change the environment and curricula at Central State University. Today, Garland, president of Central State, and his college friend Renick, who began serving as senior adviser to Garland in May, spend time brainstorming ways to strengthen and expand their alma mater, whose main campus is located in Wilberforce, Ohio. The duo are working to address serious challenges, such as securing more funding and improving student retention at Ohio's only public historically black college and university (HBCU). They are also devising ways to boost graduation rates as Ohio has started linking school funding to institutions' ability to graduate students. A significant expansion is in the works, which includes a recently opened Dayton campus.