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A year of forging partnerships
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Posted on Dec 26 2005
Northern Marianas College has fostered partnerships with various institutions in fiscal year 2005, NMC president Antonio Deleon Guerrero has reported.
In May 2005, Deleon Guerrero and Dean Vance Riley from the College of Business Administration at the University of Hawaii-Manoa signed an agreement allowing UH-Manoa to provide business courses through the local college.
According to Deleon Guerrero, the inter-institutional agreement was made possible with the assistance of UH-Manoa’s Pacific Business Center Program.
ÅgThis cooperative agreement will expand opportunities for CNMI residents and NMC graduates to advance their studies for business leadership beyond the associate degree level,Åh the college president said.
Earlier this month, NMC also signed an agreement with another Hawaii-based institution, Argosy University.
The partnership will allow local teachers, principals, and other professionals to obtain a doctor’s degree in education and bachelor’s degree in business administration from Argosy University by attending classes at NMC.
Furthermore, through a partnership between the NMC Social Sciences and Fine Arts Department and the CNMI Department of Corrections, 26 graduates received certificates in criminal justice on Nov. 30, 2005.
The cadets spent 10 weeks learning about defensive tactics, being a first responder, report writing, firearms, the law, and the corrections profession in addition to further on the job training.
The students received 17 college credits for their efforts, which according to Deleon Guerrero was Åga major accomplishment for the time available.
