For more than five decades, Republic Bank has been a feature on the St. Augustine Campus – starting in a tiny space next to Daaga Hall to its current facility on the western side of the Campus. In just 16 months, however, Republic Bank will become a landmark at the northern entrance to the Campus when the construction of a $60 million branch is complete. This spanking new branch will support the needs of the Campus community as well as environs (Curepe, St. Augustine, Tunapuna).
The St. Augustine Campus has entered into a landmark private sector-university partnership with Republic Bank. Construction, on prime land of The University, is the first phase of a broader, more transformative partnership with the concurrent construction of a new building for the Department of Creative and Festival Arts and the future development of a modern ‘Northern Plaza’ at the Campus entrance.
Executive Director Derwin Howell noted that “Over the course of the past five decades, our relationship with both The University and the community continued to grow and it moved even beyond our commitment to provide signature financial products and services”. He continued, “as many of you know, we have been a long-time stalwart of young adult empowerment initiatives, such as Career Fest and the World of Work Programme. While we have continued and have grown that support, we are always eager to do more, especially in novel, ground-breaking ways...both figuratively and literally.”
St. Augustine Campus Pro Vice-Chancellor and Principal Professor Clement Sankat made the point that “it is through these types of partnerships (commercial as well as philanthropic), that Universities such as ours can continue to be transformational and make a significant positive impact upon our collective development.” Click here for sod turning. |
