Mount Pleasant-based Guaranty Bank & Trust and Texas A&M University–Texarkana have entered a new partnership that will allow full-time bank employees to take courses at the university with reduced tuition prices. The partnership was officially launched in April on the Texas A&M University–Texarkana campus.
“Throughout our company’s 110-year history, we have always placed a great emphasis on education and the need to learn constantly,” says Justin White, Texarkana market president for Guaranty Bank & Trust. “Ty Abston [CEO] and I are both proud to be alumni of TAMUT. Our degrees have provided us with the opportunity to excel in our careers. Ty, Robert Irwin [Bowie County area chair] and I see this partnership as a great financial benefit for all our coworkers throughout our organization to pursue an affordable education.”
“[Guaranty Bank & Trust] understands the benefit an educated workforce has, not only on its organization, but on the greater community at large,” says Dr. Ross Alexander, Texas A&M University–Texarkana president. “We are pleased to offer their employees the opportunity to attain an affordable, high-quality education.”
Under the terms of the partnership, all full-time employees of Guaranty Bank & Trust will receive a tuition discount on all undergraduate, graduate, certificate or micro-credential programs delivered in-person, online or through a hybrid format. The agreement also waives the standard application fee. In addition to the tuition discount, any eligible employee who is a new student at the university will receive the First Flight Scholarship, which gives the new student their first class free if they are enrolled in at least six hours at the undergraduate or graduate level.
Established in 1913, Guaranty Bank & Trust operates 34 branches in North, Central and East Texas, including the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex and Houston region.
