NORTHERN Marianas College Interim President Frankie Eliptico and other college officials on Thursday presented to Gov. Ralph DLG Torres and Lt. Gov. Arnold I. Palacios a new federally funded classroom, bookstore and media center.
The capital improvement project funds were provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs.
Through the work of the local CIP office and its technical analyst, Nerissa Benavente, NMC was awarded over $600,000 for Phase 1 of the Building V renovation project, Eliptico said.
Now NMC students have a spacious classroom equipped with the latest instruction technology and is compliant with Covid-19 safety measures.
State-of-the art technology has also been installed at the media center.
“We are really happy that we are opening new spaces on campus thanks to CIP funds from OIA through the governor’s office,” Eliptico said.
He said the CIP funds also help NMC with a lot of structural improvements, including the construction of a second floor in Building V.
“We are really thankful to the governor’s CIP office, its team and the Department of the Interior’s OIA because without that funding we will not be able to do this construction,” Eliptico said.
Northern Marianas College recently marked the completion of a major renovation of one of its campus buildings financed by federal Capital Improvement Project funds. In this photo, NMC Interim President Frankie Eliptico, third left, and Gov. Ralph DLG Torres, center, pose with NMC regents as they receive the ceremonial “key” from contractor principal Steve Qian of USA Fanter. The renovation included the transformation of the damaged warehouse at Building V into a 40′ x 40′ classroom, bookstore and media service center, an electrical system upgrade, the installation of a fire alarm system, an air-conditioning system, and acoustical tiles. In photo with Eliptico and Torres are CIP office technical analyst Nerrisa Benavente, CIP office technical financial analyst Sunny Aldan, CNMI Office of Planning and Development Director Kodep Ogumoro, U.S. Office of Insular Affairs field representative Harry Blanco, NMC regents Irene Torres and Michelle Sablan, NMC Board Chair Charles Cepeda, and Lt. Gov. Arnold Palacios.
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Northern Marianas College Interim President Frankie Eliptico, center foreground, speaks as he presents a new spacious classroom to Gov. Ralph DLG Torres, right, and Lt. Gov. Arnold I. Palacios, left, on Thursday at NMC.
Photo by Emmanuel T. Erediano
