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NMC to highlight resource function in Okinawa summit
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Posted on Mar 07 2006
The Northern Marianas College has been invited to present at this year’s “Okinawa-Pacific Islands Academic Summit” in Okinawa, Japan this weekend.
The University of the Ryukyus, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Sasakawa Peace Foundation has invited NMC president Tony V. Deleon Guerrero and the Pacific Postsecondary Education Council regional chief executive officer to attend this year’s “Okinawa-Pacific Islands Academic Summit.”
The event will be held from March 10 to 11, with the theme “Sustainable Development of Islands: Education, Tourism, Environment and Economic Development.”
Deleon Guerrero said he would be making a presentation entitled “Promoting Higher Education Institutions as Community Resource Centers” and would share how NMC has been serving as the CNMI’s community resource center through its various educational programs and services as a comprehensive community college.
Since its inception, the University of the Ryukyus in Okinawa has enjoyed a strong relationship with the Pacific islands, with the Okinawan people having strong historical connections with the Micronesian region. In 2002, the university also established the “Center for Asia-Pacific Islands Study” to promote and strengthen academic ties and collaborative partnerships within the Pacific region.
“I am very grateful and appreciative to our Japanese educational partners for the invitation to participate in this academic summit and for their sponsorship and generosity to cover all the travel expenses to this regional event, “ Deleon Guerrero said.
Confirmed participants at the summit will include all the regional presidents of postsecondary institutions from Guam, Palau, Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Hawaii, American Samoa, and other South Pacific island nations.
