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With Interest
Banking on education-Robbins
Banking Institute students take classes at Fort
Hays State University's McCartney Hall.
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Class is in session
Through educational initiatives, W.R. Robbins and his team at Farmers Bank &
Trust are doing their part to build the next generation of community bankers.
By William Atkinson
A
s baby boomers contribute
to the largest
wave of retirees in
American history,
succession planning
is a fast-approaching hurdle for
community banks across the nation.
According to ICBA's 2016 State of
Community Banking Survey, 26
percent of respondents consider
attracting and retaining qualifi ed staff
to be among their community bank's
greatest business challenges.
" Many of them are concerned that
they don't have enough people to
replace those who are retiring, " says
W.R. Robbins, president and CEO of
Farmers Bank & Trust in Great Bend,
Kan. " We wanted to fi nd a way to
encourage young people in the state
to consider fi nance in general, and
banking specifi cally, as careers. "
Five years ago, Dr. Emily Breit,
head of the fi nance department
at Fort Hays State University,
approached Robbins about bringing
16 ICBA IndependentBanker August 2017
the community bank's collective
expertise to students at the Hays,
Kan., university. Robbins has had a
personal and professional relationship
with the university for about 35
years and has served as a member
of its foundation board and past
president, as well as many other committees
and organizations on campus.
The Farmers Bank & Trust team
contacted the professor of fi nance
at Fort Hays and asked if some of
the banking professionals from its

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