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Sister Remedios gets Lifetime Achievement Award
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Posted on Oct 26 2005
Sister Remedios P. Castro was honored Tuesday when the NMI Council for the Humanities awarded her the Lifetime Achievement in the Humanities Award.
Sister Remedios was among seven other awardees honored during the 2005 Governor’s Humanities Awards ceremony held at the Aqua Resort Club.
NMI Council for the Humanities chair Herman T. Guerrero said the committee had chosen the nun for her dedication in teaching literacy to the CNMI community.
Other awardees honored were Herbert Del Rosario, who received recognition for Research and Publication; Phillip Mendiola-Long, who received the award for preserving CNMI history; Dr. David Khorram of Marianas Eye Institute, who received the Outstanding Teacher Award; and Michael A. Fleming, who received the Preserving Traditional Cultural Practices Award. Cathy Anderson, Genevieve Cabrera, and Maya Kara also received awards for the Marianas Memorial Subcommittee.
The council also awarded a plaque of appreciation to Gov. Juan N. Babauta for his support during his term to the council.
The council also recognized and gave plaques of appreciation to the following: Mobil Oil of Micronesia, Summer Holiday Hotel, Winzler and Kelly Consulting Engineers, Dr. Anthony Bottone, Public School System, American Memorial Park, NMI Museum of History and Culture, Joeten-Kiyu Public Library, Northern Marianas College, Historic Preservation Office, and its former board members, the late Vicente T. Camacho, Paula Bermudes-Castro, and Fermin Meriang.
