NMC Weekly Update - March 2nd
NEWS FROM THE PRESIDENT'S OFFICEHafa adai, tirowami and greeting everyone! Please read the following articles about our college:
ACTING PRESIDENT ATTENDS PPEC MEETING IN HAWAII
Danny Wyatt returned this week after attending a Pacific Postsecondary Education Council (PPEC) meeting held in Honolulu, Hawaii on February 26, 2007.
One of the most important topics discussed was articulation between the University of Hawaii at Manoa (UH – M) and PPEC institutions. The UH group provided data on the success of NMC transfer students and also provided incentive for a continuing and improving relationship between the two institutions. NMC transfer students tend to do quite well at UH Manoa, though it was interesting in that one of the major concerns of Pacific Island students transferring to the Manoa campus has been the larger class size there. Overall, their presentation which emanated from criticism during the Acting President’s last visit, has resulted in increasing interest on the University’s part in helping students transfer more easily and successfully. In addition to a binder provided to the Acting President, he received a folder on information that prospective transfer students would receive which includes additional scholarship funding sources and the names and email addresses of those whom students could contact. That folder is now available for review in the Counseling Office. Students considering transfer to UH Manoa should be moving forward on contacting the college as more of NMC’s credits are being accepted and because of the limited housing available on campus. He also found out that there is additional housing being built on campus which will provide an additional 800 beds so the housing crunch will be alleviated to some degree.
Also presented at the meeting was the Pacific Islands Health Officers Organization’s (PIHOA) concern about health education in the Pacific. There are four different Nursing programs (Palau, Guam, CNMI and the Marshall Islands) which is an expensive redundancy in services to the region’s relatively limited population. In addition, Allied Health Services are being woefully underserved. The need expressed by the NMC representative is that the region’s political and educational entities need to work together to better utilize limited funding to better educate the region’s population to take over health care positions. For instance, Kapiolani Community College has excellent Allied Health programs that the region’s entities could utilize to more effectively provide cost effective training. With smoother transfer of credits between institutions already established through the PPEC, students could earn their Associates degrees at regional institutions, then complete a great proportion of their Allied Health degree at Kapiolani, with a portion of their residency or practicum taken at their home hospital through Distance Learning capabilities. This ongoing concern will continue to be addressed through both the PIHOA and PPEC in order to address Pacific Island health care needs.
For more information on the PPEC meeting, please view the Acting President’s trip report on the Eportfolio site.
TRIO DAY in FEBRUARY! (February 22-23, 2007)
Every year NMC celebrates TRIO day starting with a proclamation and an Open House in each respective program (Upward Bound Program, Educational Talent Search and Student Support Services). On February 22, 2007, the Mayor of Saipan, Honorable Juan B. Tudela, signed a proclamation declaring February 22nd and 23rd as TRIO Day. Also in attendance at the proclamation signing was Congresswoman Jacinta Kaipat and Congressman Francisco Dela Cruz. On the second day, the celebration culminated with a get together to showcase the TRIO programs with pictures and opportunities to speak with alumni, parents, college family, and the community.
With the proclamation, an alumni of ETS and Upward Bound (now he is a college student with SSS) gave the opening remarks as a testament of how the TRIO programs work to assist students who meet our federal guidelines in becoming successful in earning a bachelors degree. Assistance includes tutorials, personal and career counseling, computer and Internet access, academic and financial aid workshops, time and study management, and other useful resources.
A radio spot was also designed to have a student from each program provide a brief background of what each program entails.
NMC ROTA SHARES COLLEGE MONTH ACTIVITIES
NMC Rota is pleased to announce the up-coming events that will be celebrated on the beautiful island of Rota in honor of College Month.
To start the festivities, NMC Rota will lead a Health Walk on Saturday, March 31st. The walk will start at 6:00 a.m. at Sunset Villa and will end at the Round House next to the San Francisco De Borja Church in Songsong Village.
The local community and health organizations are all invited and encouraged to participate in this event. There will be a nurse available to check your blood pressure, body mass index (BMI) and blood glucose level. Healthy refreshments will also be provided by the NMC Rota staff and our collaborators, the Diabetes Association of Rota.
On Friday, April 13th, it’s Open House at the NMC Rota Campus! Staff will welcome visitors to tour the campus and will proudly showcase what NMC Rota has to offer. There will be various activities and presentations for high school students and the general public, including a financial aid workshop.
On Thursday April 19th, an Earth Day Environmental Career Symposium will be held at the NMC Rota campus. Representatives from various local agencies will participate in this important event to raise awareness of environmental hazards that can affect an individual’s health as well as other local and global environmental issues. This is very important as NMC Rota instructional site is not limited to just the Tatachog site, but it serves the entire island of Rota.
A question and answer session will ensue after panel members complete their presentations. The NMC Rota student body and Rota High School students will be asking questions of the panelists. Attendees will also be able to browse through various informational tables that address an array of health concerns ranging from environmental protection and sanitation of our water resources, air and more. Furthermore, there will be a booth available to learn about exciting careers in the environmental science field of study.
Due to the importance of these activities, the college is inviting the local community and government agencies to attend. The local media organizations are also invited to attend and cover these events.
On Wednesday, April 25th, NMC Rota staff will participate in an island wide clean up. Each department is assigned an area to pick-up trash. After this worthwhile event, volunteers will be rewarded with barbeque and refreshments at a get together at Teteto Beach. There will be various fun activities for everyone to enjoy!
THE 2007 CHARTER DAY COMMITTEE NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT!
The Charter Day Committee is working hard to ensure this year’s celebration is outstanding! The Committee seeks everyone’s involvement in planning and working towards the success of 2007 Charter Day. All NMC Division and Students are encouraged to become part of the Charter Day Committee. Faculty and Students are highly encouraged to become members in all subcommittees.
Your involvement will assist in coming up with creative ideas and in putting the action plans in place, especially given the financial constraints to successfully pull this through.
The Committee thanks everyone in advance for any assistance the College community can provide in contributing towards this festivity.
For more information, please contact the Committee’s Co-Chair - Ms. Debbie Diaz at 234-5498, ext. 2100 or by e-mail to debbied@nmcnet.edu.
ATTENTION GOLFERS! START POLISHING UP THE CLUBS FOR A WORTHY CAUSE!
The NMC Foundation is in the midst of planning and preparing for its 5th Annual NMC Golf Tournament. The NMC Foundation Golf Committee is Co-Chaired by Mr. Ben Babauta and Mr. Michael Von Siebenthal. The fundraising goal for the committee is 70K. The Golf Tournament is scheduled for Saturday, April 28, 2007 a.m. shotgun. More details will be provided at a later date.
If you are interested in volunteering your time or for further information, please contact Mr. Mark Mendiola at 234-5498 ext. 1050 or e-mail him at markm@nmcnet.edu.
NMC COUNSELORS TO VISIT PRIVATE HIGH SCHOOLS
Our Counselors are planning a recruitment visit to all the private high schools in Saipan. For further information or if you would like to join them, please contact Ms. Susan Satur at 234-5498, ext. 1341 or 1342 or by e-mail to susans@nmcnet.edu. All are welcome to showcase their wonderful programs!
Grace Christian - March 16 @ 1:45 p.m.
Calvary Christian - March 20 @ 9:30 a.m.
Marianas Baptist - March 21 @ 11:15 a.m.
Mount Carmel- March 22 @ 7:30 a.m.
For more information about these planned visits or on how to get involved, please contact Susan Satur at 234-5498, ext. 1341 or by e-mail to susans@nmcnet.edu.
For all inquiries about our college blog, please send an email to beckys@nmcnet.edu or contact the President’s Office at 234-5498, extensions 1000-1002.
Have a safe and wonderful weekend!
Danny Wyatt returned this week after attending a Pacific Postsecondary Education Council (PPEC) meeting held in Honolulu, Hawaii on February 26, 2007.
One of the most important topics discussed was articulation between the University of Hawaii at Manoa (UH – M) and PPEC institutions. The UH group provided data on the success of NMC transfer students and also provided incentive for a continuing and improving relationship between the two institutions. NMC transfer students tend to do quite well at UH Manoa, though it was interesting in that one of the major concerns of Pacific Island students transferring to the Manoa campus has been the larger class size there. Overall, their presentation which emanated from criticism during the Acting President’s last visit, has resulted in increasing interest on the University’s part in helping students transfer more easily and successfully. In addition to a binder provided to the Acting President, he received a folder on information that prospective transfer students would receive which includes additional scholarship funding sources and the names and email addresses of those whom students could contact. That folder is now available for review in the Counseling Office. Students considering transfer to UH Manoa should be moving forward on contacting the college as more of NMC’s credits are being accepted and because of the limited housing available on campus. He also found out that there is additional housing being built on campus which will provide an additional 800 beds so the housing crunch will be alleviated to some degree.
Also presented at the meeting was the Pacific Islands Health Officers Organization’s (PIHOA) concern about health education in the Pacific. There are four different Nursing programs (Palau, Guam, CNMI and the Marshall Islands) which is an expensive redundancy in services to the region’s relatively limited population. In addition, Allied Health Services are being woefully underserved. The need expressed by the NMC representative is that the region’s political and educational entities need to work together to better utilize limited funding to better educate the region’s population to take over health care positions. For instance, Kapiolani Community College has excellent Allied Health programs that the region’s entities could utilize to more effectively provide cost effective training. With smoother transfer of credits between institutions already established through the PPEC, students could earn their Associates degrees at regional institutions, then complete a great proportion of their Allied Health degree at Kapiolani, with a portion of their residency or practicum taken at their home hospital through Distance Learning capabilities. This ongoing concern will continue to be addressed through both the PIHOA and PPEC in order to address Pacific Island health care needs.
For more information on the PPEC meeting, please view the Acting President’s trip report on the Eportfolio site.
TRIO DAY in FEBRUARY! (February 22-23, 2007)
Every year NMC celebrates TRIO day starting with a proclamation and an Open House in each respective program (Upward Bound Program, Educational Talent Search and Student Support Services). On February 22, 2007, the Mayor of Saipan, Honorable Juan B. Tudela, signed a proclamation declaring February 22nd and 23rd as TRIO Day. Also in attendance at the proclamation signing was Congresswoman Jacinta Kaipat and Congressman Francisco Dela Cruz. On the second day, the celebration culminated with a get together to showcase the TRIO programs with pictures and opportunities to speak with alumni, parents, college family, and the community.
With the proclamation, an alumni of ETS and Upward Bound (now he is a college student with SSS) gave the opening remarks as a testament of how the TRIO programs work to assist students who meet our federal guidelines in becoming successful in earning a bachelors degree. Assistance includes tutorials, personal and career counseling, computer and Internet access, academic and financial aid workshops, time and study management, and other useful resources.
A radio spot was also designed to have a student from each program provide a brief background of what each program entails.
NMC ROTA SHARES COLLEGE MONTH ACTIVITIES
NMC Rota is pleased to announce the up-coming events that will be celebrated on the beautiful island of Rota in honor of College Month.
To start the festivities, NMC Rota will lead a Health Walk on Saturday, March 31st. The walk will start at 6:00 a.m. at Sunset Villa and will end at the Round House next to the San Francisco De Borja Church in Songsong Village.
The local community and health organizations are all invited and encouraged to participate in this event. There will be a nurse available to check your blood pressure, body mass index (BMI) and blood glucose level. Healthy refreshments will also be provided by the NMC Rota staff and our collaborators, the Diabetes Association of Rota.
On Friday, April 13th, it’s Open House at the NMC Rota Campus! Staff will welcome visitors to tour the campus and will proudly showcase what NMC Rota has to offer. There will be various activities and presentations for high school students and the general public, including a financial aid workshop.
On Thursday April 19th, an Earth Day Environmental Career Symposium will be held at the NMC Rota campus. Representatives from various local agencies will participate in this important event to raise awareness of environmental hazards that can affect an individual’s health as well as other local and global environmental issues. This is very important as NMC Rota instructional site is not limited to just the Tatachog site, but it serves the entire island of Rota.
A question and answer session will ensue after panel members complete their presentations. The NMC Rota student body and Rota High School students will be asking questions of the panelists. Attendees will also be able to browse through various informational tables that address an array of health concerns ranging from environmental protection and sanitation of our water resources, air and more. Furthermore, there will be a booth available to learn about exciting careers in the environmental science field of study.
Due to the importance of these activities, the college is inviting the local community and government agencies to attend. The local media organizations are also invited to attend and cover these events.
On Wednesday, April 25th, NMC Rota staff will participate in an island wide clean up. Each department is assigned an area to pick-up trash. After this worthwhile event, volunteers will be rewarded with barbeque and refreshments at a get together at Teteto Beach. There will be various fun activities for everyone to enjoy!
THE 2007 CHARTER DAY COMMITTEE NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT!
The Charter Day Committee is working hard to ensure this year’s celebration is outstanding! The Committee seeks everyone’s involvement in planning and working towards the success of 2007 Charter Day. All NMC Division and Students are encouraged to become part of the Charter Day Committee. Faculty and Students are highly encouraged to become members in all subcommittees.
Your involvement will assist in coming up with creative ideas and in putting the action plans in place, especially given the financial constraints to successfully pull this through.
The Committee thanks everyone in advance for any assistance the College community can provide in contributing towards this festivity.
For more information, please contact the Committee’s Co-Chair - Ms. Debbie Diaz at 234-5498, ext. 2100 or by e-mail to debbied@nmcnet.edu.
ATTENTION GOLFERS! START POLISHING UP THE CLUBS FOR A WORTHY CAUSE!
The NMC Foundation is in the midst of planning and preparing for its 5th Annual NMC Golf Tournament. The NMC Foundation Golf Committee is Co-Chaired by Mr. Ben Babauta and Mr. Michael Von Siebenthal. The fundraising goal for the committee is 70K. The Golf Tournament is scheduled for Saturday, April 28, 2007 a.m. shotgun. More details will be provided at a later date.
If you are interested in volunteering your time or for further information, please contact Mr. Mark Mendiola at 234-5498 ext. 1050 or e-mail him at markm@nmcnet.edu.
NMC COUNSELORS TO VISIT PRIVATE HIGH SCHOOLS
Our Counselors are planning a recruitment visit to all the private high schools in Saipan. For further information or if you would like to join them, please contact Ms. Susan Satur at 234-5498, ext. 1341 or 1342 or by e-mail to susans@nmcnet.edu. All are welcome to showcase their wonderful programs!
Grace Christian - March 16 @ 1:45 p.m.
Calvary Christian - March 20 @ 9:30 a.m.
Marianas Baptist - March 21 @ 11:15 a.m.
Mount Carmel- March 22 @ 7:30 a.m.
For more information about these planned visits or on how to get involved, please contact Susan Satur at 234-5498, ext. 1341 or by e-mail to susans@nmcnet.edu.
For all inquiries about our college blog, please send an email to beckys@nmcnet.edu or contact the President’s Office at 234-5498, extensions 1000-1002.
Have a safe and wonderful weekend!
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