As part of its efforts to recognize and acknowledge staff members’ hard work and commitment to students, the Northern Marianas College Staff Senate named three employees as “Staff of the Quarter” awardees. The three are marketing coordinator Miguel Dandan, financial aid counselor Verna Deleon Guerrero, and accountant Catherine “Kitty” Villagomez. Each of them will receive a monetary prize and a reserved parking slot for the quarter.

Hardt Eye Clinic is the latest company to sign on as a Northern Marianas College ProaPerks Partner, joining many other businesses and organizations.All card-carrying members of the NMC ProaPerks program can now receive a 10% discount on Oakley sunglasses.

In its effort to advance post secondary education in the CNMI, the Northern Marianas College has announced that its signature event, the 17th Annual NMC Foundation Golf Open, will be held on Saturday, March 19, 2022, at the East Course of the LaoLao Bay Golf and Resort.  

CHCC will be administering FREE COVID-19 Surveillance Testing on Saipan on the following dates:

• January 31-February 4, 2022 from 12:30pm-3pm at Marianas Resort Saipan
• Register at: https://covidtesting.chcc.health

Spots fill up quickly; therefore, we encourage you to register.

Northern Marianas College showed strong enrollment numbers at the start of its Spring 2022 semester, with the College having 1,153 students enrolled. This number represents a slight increase from the same time last year, where NMC also saw high enrollment despite the ongoing challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Northern Marianas College’s Cooperative Research, Extension, and Education Services’ (CREES) Family, Community, and Youth Development program, in partnership with the University of Colorado School of Medicine, was recently awarded a $47,000 grant from the National Hazard Center to strengthen community resilience in the U.S. territories.