UNIVERSITY NEWS Celebrating the $1 million gift from Texas Community Bank to the Texas A&M International University Banking Academy are, front, L to R: Oscar Cisneros, Texas Community Bank (TCB) Senior Vice President; Dr. Stephen Sears, Director, TAMIU Banking Academy, Antonio R. Sanchez, Jr. School of Business; Rosanne Palacios, TAMIU Vice President for Institutional Advancement; Douglas Macdonald, TCB Director/Chairman/ President/CEO; TAMIU Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dr. Claudia San Miguel; TAMIU Dean, Sanchez School of Business, Dr. Luis Pérez-Batres, and Joaquin G. Cigarroa, III, TCB Senior Executive Vice President. Back, L to R, Lyssa P. Gonzáles, TCB Executive Vice President, and Sheryl Cox, TCB Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. TEXAS COMMUNITY BANK BANKING ON LAREDO WITH GIFT OF $1M FOR TAMIU BANKING ACADEMY TAMIU strongly believes you can always bank on Laredo...and Texas Community Bank (TCB) has concurred, providing a $1 million gift in October for the new Texas A&M International University Banking Academy of the A. R. Sanchez, Jr. School of Business in ceremonies held at TCB 's McPherson Road offices. Douglas Macdonald, Texas Community Bank president and CEO, spoke of TCB’s commitment to the banking industry, the communities it serves, and TAMIU. “As our name affirms, we are a community bank and believe that partnering with TAMIU, the primary source of this community’s human capital, is a perfect way to elevate our community and prepare generations for growth. Texas Community Bank is all about service and our gift will help ensure our service and all banking services remain superior in Laredo and beyond,” Macdonald observed. TAMIU provost and vice president for Academic Affairs Dr. Claudia San Miguel said the University deeply appreciates TCB’s shared vision and generosity. “This gift is a blessing. It’s a blessing for the future and a blessing of futures for our students and graduates. It’s a gift with generational implications that will benefit Laredo and our State for years. To know that TCB shares this vision and offers such a generous gift to help secure it is truly consequential,” Dr. San Miguel said. The Banking Academy is dedicated to developing tomorrow’s highly qualified banking and finance executives for South Texas and beyond through co-curricular action-based learning methods. Dean of the A. R. Sanchez, Jr. School of Business, Dr. Luis A. Pérez-Batres, said the TCB Gift answers a critical need and will empower generations. “People make the place, and great leaders like Mr. Douglas Macdonald inspire us all to strive for excellence. This transformative gift cements the existence of the Banking Academy at TAMIU’s Sanchez School of Business, empowering multiple generations of South Texans and creating a legacy across the region. We are grateful to Mr. Macdonald and the Texas Community Bank and are fully committed to making this vision a reality,” Dr. Pérez said. Directing the Banking Academy will be Dr. Stephen Sears, Radcliffe Killam Distinguished Professor and former Dean of the Sanchez School. In September, the Matias De Llano Charitable Trust administered by International Bank of Commerce donated $100,000 to the Banking Academy. (see page 14) 7
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