The University of Guam School of Business and Public Administration, together with representatives from Northern Marianas College, awarded master’s degrees to 11 graduates of UOG’s Master of Public Administration program during a hooding ceremony at the Gov. Pedro P. Tenorio Multi-Purpose Center on Saturday, Dec. 8, 2024. The 11 graduates are from the CNMI and are part of UOG’s second cohort from the Commonwealth. The UOG MPA program for the CNMI is an 18-month program that provides graduate students with a quality educational experience that prepares them to be leaders, managers and analysts in public affairs, public administration and public policy careers at the territorial, regional, federal and international levels. In the photo with the graduates are Dr. Roseann Jones, UOG-SBPA dean; Galvin Deleon Guerrero, EdD, NMC president; Michelle Lin Sablan, NMC regent; Frankie Eliptico, NMC vice president for administration and advancement; Kimberlyn King-Hinds, CNMI delegate-elect; Joe Taijeron, UOG MPA cohort instructor; and House Speaker Edmund Villagomez.
