Students from the school’s student government, Japan Club, and Young Writers Club have given up their weekends by helping paint and landscape the monument area before the Aug. 6 peace ceremony.
The hardworking students that volunteered their time included Janessa Aquino, Nisha Shrestha, Billy Manglona, Monica Manglona, Alisha Shrestha, Terilyn Taisacan, Virginia Wedding and Sheila Palacios.
Rep. Edwin P. Aldan and Sen. Henry H. Hofschneider donated landscaping sheets and paint to help prepare the monument area.
Members of the business community also pitched in with Don Power from Tinian Ice & Water and Susan Cruz of Susan’s Boutique lending a hand, while Fleming’s Hotel and Restaurant provided refreshments.
Volunteers Ann Marie Hocog and sister Jane Castro dedicated valuable time by working to create candle-holders for this year’s candlelight vigil scheduled for the evening of Aug. 6.
The organizers of the 6th Annual Tinian Nagasaki Hiroshima Peace Ceremony would like to sincerely thank all the tireless volunteers who have helped at the peace ceremony site.
Organizers would like to invite all interested members of the community to the sounding of the sirens ceremony at 8:50 a.m. and the candlelight vigil at 6:50 pm on Wednesday, Aug. 6.
NMC completes review of accreditation documents
(NMC) — Northern Marianas College has completed a comprehensive review of program documents fundamental to NMC’s efforts to meet accreditation requirements.
The review, led by the college’s Program Review and Outcomes Assessment Committee, involved a meticulous and painstaking review and discussion of NMC’s key departments’ Form 2 documents.
A Form 2 document provides information and analysis of a program’s history, specific services/activities; data/evidence used for planning and assessment purposes; human, physical, and technology resources, recommendations for improvement, etc.
To ensure extreme focus during the assessment, the PROAC members met over two separate weekends — full day meetings were held on July 19-20 and 25-27.
PROAC is NMC’s official institutional assessment committee and is charged with facilitating the program review process.
The committee reviewed submissions from all academic programs, academic support, and administrative units.
The committee will be prepared to provide feedback to programs starting Aug. 4 in the form of a composite report.
The report covers a number of items including strengths and areas for improvement, findings and recommendations at the program and institutional levels, and next steps.
Dr. Carmen Fernandez, NMC president and ex-officio member of PROAC, participated in all the review sessions.
“The extensive deliberations that took place were so beneficial,” Fernandez said. “It was so gratifying to see the results of the hard work from all levels of NMC and it will be more so when we begin to implement the improvements recommended by the program review process.”
She added, “The program review process is a powerful exercise that leads to dialogue and engagement at all levels of the institution that is so healthy. PROAC is to be commended for their sacrifice and dedication during the review period.”
The next step in the Program Review process is for PROAC to forward the composite report to the College Council and the Planning, Budgeting, and Evaluation Committee for action.
Results of program review will be linked to the strategic plan and budget allocation.
(MVA) — Asiana Airlines will launch a new non-stop flight between Kansai International Airport in Japan and Saipan on Dec. 19.
The flight will operate three days per week.
The flights will depart Osaka on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday.
The flights from Saipan to Osaka will depart on Monday, Thursday and Saturday.
Flight days and schedules are tentative at the moment and subject to change.
Using a 177-seat Airbus, the new service is expected to generate over 20,000 additional passengers from the Osaka region during its first year of operation.
Asiana also operates a daily flight service between Seoul’s Incheon Airport and Saipan.
By combining these services, an itinerary visiting both Saipan and Seoul will be feasible.
From Kansai Airport, Asiana Airlines operates 25 weekly flights to Seoul, seevn weekly flights to Pusan, and will operate three weekly flights to Saipan.
“We are thrilled to further invest in the tourism industry in the CNMI” said Asiana Airlines general manager K.J. Kim. “With our flights from Korea and our upcoming flights from Japan we will bring in visitors from the number one and two source markets.”
