 In July of that year, the university announced needs-based $1,000 "Rising to the Challenge" scholarships for students at Grayson College, Navarro College, Paris Junior College, and the Eastfield campus of Trinity Valley Community College who were planning to transfer to A&M–Commerce.Also in 2008, President McFarland retired, although he later served as interim provost at Texas Woman's University in 2010 and then acting president of Texas A&M University–Texarkana in 2012.Also in 2012, A&M–Commerce renamed its science building as the Keith D. McFarland Science Building in his honor, which was formally marked with a renaming ceremony held in March 2013.