After the warmth and friendliness of the local community convinced her to call Saipan home, Lucy Lu Pangelinan decided to serve the island community as an advanced practice registered nurse on Saipan after studying nursing at Northern Marianas College.

The CNMI has endured numerous natural disasters over the years, and Northern Marianas College students and graduates are on the front lines helping to expand the resilience of the CNMI community by actively engaging in helping displaced community members secure new homes.

Northern Marianas College nursing graduates Rachelle Ann Manlapaz, Abbas Shakir, Keejooh Koh, and Angelo Tristan Montes have joined the long list of NMC students who have passed the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses or NCLEX-RN.

As a geographic information system (GIS) specialist, Dianne Pablo shines as do many other Northern Marianas College alumni who are contributing toward the development of our islands and making positive impacts on our community.

The Northern Marianas College recently welcomed the University of Guam (UOG) NextGen delegation as part of the Inception Workshop with UOG, Guam Community College, University of Hawai’i, Utah State University, and the University of Florida for the creation of a cooperative BS Degree Program for the Mariana Islands in the hopes of building and sustaining the next generation of the food, agriculture, natural resources, and human sciences (FANH) workforce.