Northern Marianas College was awarded a $2.5 million five-year cooperative grant by the U.S. Department of Education’s Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions or AANAPISI Program to establish the Proa Pathway Partnership with Portland State University. 

Eight student officials of the Associated Students of Northern Marianas College or ASNMC were sworn in Friday, Sept. 23, at the Pacific Islands Club. They are Anushi Joshi, president; Jefferson Cunanan, vice president; Jenara Bai, treasurer; Daryll De Luna, secretary; Henry Hofschneider San Nicolas Jr., Tinian representative; Bonnie Gio Sagana, Eloise Lopez, and Jami Starling, senators. 

Leaders of the three largest educational institutions in the CNMI—the CNMI Public School System, Northern Marianas Technical Institute, and the Northern Marianas College—came together to discuss the state of education in their respective institutions during the Education Summit held last last Thursday at the Saipan World Resort’s Taga Hall.

NMC president Dr. Galvin Deleon Guerrero, Education Commissioner Dr. Alfred B. Ada, and Northern Marianas Technical Institute chief executive officer Jodina Attao delivered their first State of Education Addresses last night at the World Resort Saipan Taga Hall. 

As part of its efforts to promote new farming industries in the Marianas, Northern Marianas College’s Cooperative Research, Extension, and Education Services (NMC-CREES) and the KKMP Foundation will be hosting an Open Ocean Aquaculture Symposium (OOA) on October 6, 2022.