Dr. Zaidul Islam Sarker, lead Food Scientist and Program Leader at the Northern Marianas College Cooperative Research, Extension and Education Services (CREES), recently served as the keynote speaker for 3rd International Conference on Traditional Medicine in Modern Era for Cure on January 7-8, 2022, in India and presented information from his research regarding modified “green” method of supercritical fluid extraction.

Jhen’s Sweet Corner is the latest company to sign on as a Northern Marianas College ProaPerks Partner, joining many other businesses and organizations. All card-carrying members of the NMC ProaPerks program can now receive a free iced tea with any order.

NORTHERN Marianas College and the Department of Public Works on Tuesday signed a memorandum of agreement to establish an on-the-job training and social support program. The program is for women, minorities, and other disadvantaged individuals who are interested in highway construction careers.

Partners and volunteers of The Governor’s Council of Economic Advisers-Public Private Partnership program started the year by completing three community improvement projects. Northern Marianas Sports Association, Shirley’s Football Club/Shirley’s Coffee Shop, and Northern Marianas College completed adopt-a-median projects in high-traffic intersections on Saipan. The organizations gave streets, medians, curbs, and barriers much-needed facelifts and helped  improve the safety and visibility of the medians and curbs for motorists and pedestrians.

CHCC will be administering FREE COVID-19 Surveillance Testing  on Saipan on the following dates:

• January 17-21, 2022 from 1pm-3pm at Pacific Islands Club
• Register at: https://covidtesting.chcc.health

Spots fill up quickly; therefore, we encourage you to register.

Northern Marianas College’s nursing department will be implementing a change to the scoring tiers of their admission test for the Fall 2022 semester.