Republic Bank Continues to Support UWI Open- Campus Students, Through its Bursary Programme

PRESS RELEASE

Republic Bank Continues to Support UWI Open-
Campus Students, Through its Bursary Programme

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Manager – Head Office, Mr. Mc Kie Griffith with cross-section of recipients of the Republic Bank Bursary Programme,

along with UWI Open-Campus Head, Dr. Nicole Philip-Dowe

St. George’s, Grenada – February 15, 2018: “Higher learning not only benefits the student as
individual, but Grenada as whole”, said Republic Bank’s Manager – Head Office, Mr. Mc Kie
Griffith, as he addressed awardees of the Republic Bank Bursary Programme on Wednesday,
February 14, 2018. At a brief presentation ceremony held at the Bank’s Melville Street Branch,
Mr. Griffith, reminded the students that “each is a key pillar towards national development”. He
further encouraged them: “Do your best. Someone will recognize it someday.”
The Republic Bank Bursary Programme provides financial assistance to Grenadian nationals
pursuing studies through the UWI – Open Campus. For this semester, fifteen (15) students were
awarded a total of twenty (20) bursaries, in the amount of $19,440.00 (Nineteen Thousand, Four
Hundred & Forty Dollars); bringing the total disbursement for this academic year 2017/2018, to
$ 39,746.00.
Each year, the Bank allocates $40,000.00, to this programme; which is a supplement to its
Scholarship programme, offered to one student, to pursue full-time studies at any of the UWI
campuses, at a maximum sum of $20,000.00, annually. Both Bursaries and Scholarship are
awarded based on academic qualifications and financial need.
Seven (7) areas of study are covered under the programmes: Business
Management/Management Studies, Information Technology, Economics, Marketing, Finance,
Accounting and, Human Resource Management.
For over two decades, Republic Bank has contributed steadfastly to nation building, through
various educational programmes, all geared toward higher learning and self-development.
More information on the Bank’s Scholarship and Bursary programme can be obtained from the
UWI – Open Campus Centre, Marryshow House, St. George’s.