NASSAU, Bahamas --- College Council Chairman Mr. Alfred Sears has challenged The College of The Bahamas community to envision the opportunities that exist for the institution to leverage the skills of its constituents in order to achieve financial sustainability for the University of The Bahamas.
In a message which set the tone for a new academic year - the final year before The College transitions to university status - Mr. Sears said the institution's most critical resource is the talent of its faculty.
"We have the potential to generate millions of dollars for The College of The Bahamas through research," Mr. Sears said.
In this vein, senior administration is developing strategies to augment the institution's research and grant writing capacity. The College has already achieved some measure of success in grant-writing. In addition to securing other grants, recently RBC Royal Bank awarded The College a $75,000 grant to conduct research on sustainable water use, management and conservation practices.
"We have asked the President and the senior team to build the resources for research facilitation so that all of the faculty members who apply for research grants will have the support of someone dedicated to research in grant writing, helping to identify new sources of revenue and utilising our memoranda of understanding with other universities so that we could collaborate with faculty who share the same research interests in other institutions," the College Council Chairman explained.

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