In honor of his dedicated service to the organization, the honor students presented advisor Larry Lee with a plaque of appreciation “as a token of our appreciation for all your dedication, support, understanding, kindness and friendship as our Advisor. Our moments together will always be cherished.”
Lee also received recognition from the Phi Theta Kappa National Headquarters Center for Excellence’s executive director Rod Risley: “We at Phi Theta Kappa’s Center for Excellence owe a tremendous debt of gratitude to our chapter advisors whose dedicated service is responsible for the success of our local chapters. We are proud to honor Mr. Larry Lee for 5 years of service as advisor of the Beta Lambda Psi Chapter at Northern Marianas College.”
Present at the PTK event were, in photo, front row, from left, Robert Guerrero and Patricia Matagolai; middle row, from left, Mindy Park, Roxanne Ferrer, Larry Lee, Frances Santos-Hofschneider, and Albert Indalecio; back row, from left, Lauren Cundiff, Katie Cundiff, Josefa Untalan, Dyenina Diaz, Shannon Hofschneider, Mightee Kim, Yeji Yoon, and Glenn Songcuan.
An international organization, Phi Theta Kappa has recognized academic excellence, leadership, and service in two-year colleges since 1918. It is the largest honor society in American higher education with more than 1.5 million members and 1,200 chapters located in the 50 United States, U.S. territories, Canada, and Germany. Phi Theta Kappa’s mission is two-fold: (1) to recognize and encourage the academic achievement of two-year college students; and (2) to provide opportunities for individual growth and development through participation in honors, leadership, service and fellowship programming.
For additional information about the NMC chapter, membership, or activities, contact chapter president Glenn Songcuan, or advisor Larry Lee for further information at 234-5498, ext 1811, or e-mail larryl@nmcnet.edu.
ABE extended placement testing
(NMC) — Northern Marianas College’s Adult Basic Education Extended Placement Testing for General Educational Development, Adult School, and English as a Second Language is scheduled for Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 20-21. Extended Registration is scheduled for Sept. 22 to 24, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
For more information, contact the Adult Basic Education Office at 234-3690 Ext. 1723, 1724, or 1721 located in Bldg.G at the As Terlaje campus.
In addition, to increase NMC’s efforts in recruiting instructors, all interested individual are encouraged to submit their application at NMC Human Resource Office located in building P.
All applications will then be forward to the ABE State Office for review and then routed to respective content area departments for certification.
The Adult Basic Education Program receives the bulk of their funding from the U.S. Department of Education/ Office of Vocational and Adult Education.
Military to conduct training on FDM, south of Guam
(EMO) — The U.S. military will conduct training on Farallon De Mendenilla from Sept. 22 to Sept. 27, from 5 a.m. to 11 p.m., and on Sept. 28 from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m., and in the areas south of Guam on Sept. 22, from 8 a.m. to 2 a.m.
Due to the danger imposed by these activities, Gov. Benigno R. Fitial is advising the general public, especially fishermen, commercial pilots and marine tour operators, to stay away from this area during the time and dates indicated.
For more information, call the Emergency Management Office at 322-9528, 322-9529, VHF marine channel 16 or HF single sideband radio on 5.205.0.
