That was the experience of Vermon Santos, a student of the Northern Marianas College’s Educational Talent Search, or ETS, who was selected to attend an off-island math and science summer camp in California. Santos, a sophomore at Saipan Southern High School, participated in the Monterey Peninsula College’s Math & Science Upward Bound Program in the summer of 2009.
He had the opportunity to visit colleges in southern California, which included University of California Los Angeles, University of Southern California, University of California at Santa Barbara, California State University Long Beach, and many other colleges in the area.
The most important experience for Santos was being able to “live” the college life during the short period that he was there. He stayed in dormitories during the six-week long summer camp program and ate dorm cafeteria food, along with actual college students. He was also able to compare the various environments, college programs, and services offered by each university and college that he visited.
“This was truly the experience of a lifetime,” said Santos. “I am extremely thankful for having had the opportunity to attend the summer program.”
During the summer program, Santos was also exposed to classes that offered intensive math and science training. He was afforded the opportunity to interact with faculty who conducted research in math and science and was also allowed to study research procedures under the supervision of faculty members.
“The classes I took were both fun and challenging,” Santos said.
The ETS program was invited to send an active participant to the math and science summer program, which is designed to strengthen math and science skills of participating students primarily in the 10th and 11th grade level in high school. The goal of the program is to help students recognize and develop their potential to excel in math and science and encourage postsecondary degrees in these fields.
Revised Tinian ferry schedule
THE following ferry schedule takes effect Monday, Feb 22:
• Monday, from Tinian — 8 a.m. and 11:30 p.m.; from Saipan, 9:30 a.m.
• Wednesday, from Tinian — 8 a.m., from Saipan, 5 p.m.
• Thursday, from Tinian — 8 a.m., from Saipan 5 p.m.
• Friday, from Tinian — 11:30p.m.
• Sunday, from Tinian — 8 a.m., from Saipan 5 p.m.
Bank of Hawaii to present at Boston conference
HONOLULU (Bank of Hawaii) — Bank of Hawaii chairman and chief executive officer Allan R. Landon, president and chief officer Peter S. Ho, and vice chairman and chief financial officer Kent T. Lucien will be presenting at the Keefe, Bruyette & Woods 2010 Bank Conference in Boston on Wednesday.
Keefe, Bruyette and Woods will offer a live Web cast of the presentation on the Web site at http://kbw.com/news/conference_bank2010_Webcast.html. The presentation will be archived for 60 days following the event.
MAFEA induction of officers
ALL members of the Marianas Association of Filipino Engineers and Architects, old and new, are requested to attend the induction of officers and board of directors on March 13. The location will be announced on a later date.
For more information call, text or e-mail Hector Sevilla, 287-7095/[email protected]; Jun Liberato, 235-1314/ [email protected]; or Lito Marquez, 286-6337/ [email protected].
