WILMER JOEL Ten high school students from the Federated States of Micronesia and Marshall Islands went to the Northern Marianas to join the Junior State of America Civics Institute Micronesia earlier this month. Nia Wase, a student at Majuro Cooperative School, was the sole RMI representative. For the second time, Northern Marianas College was chosen […]
WILMER JOEL More than 50 Upward Bound students moved into the dorms at the College of the Marshall Islands Arrak Campus last month. This is the first time in three years that their summer program has resumed at Arrak after it was used as a quarantine facility. The students attend eight-hour summer classes from Monday […]
The United Church of Christ (UCC) has over 2,000 participants in its youth conference in Majuro this year. The large number represents UCC church chapters from all across the US, Guam and Marshall Islands. A youth conference is held in Majuro every two years. The conference runs for two weeks. Posing for the Journal are […]
WILMER JOELThe stake youth leadership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints organized a three-day youth conference last week with the theme, “I can do all things through Christ which strengthen me,” taken from Philippians 4:13. The stake youth conference is an annual gathering for youth from seven of the wards, from Laura […]
The famous now-former Miss Marshall Islands Billma Peter received her Master’s degree in Health Administration from Taipei Medical University last week. And who best to take her photo and share to the world of social media than her best friend and RMI’s Mr. Everywhere Chewy Lin! Chewy traveled halfway around the world to surprise her, […]
Five Marshallese are newly minted bachelor degree holders, following their graduation last week from Tamkang University in Taiwan. The government of Taiwan provides a range of scholarship opportunities to students in the RMI and the five new graduates are testimony to the results of the educational program. Bachelor’s, master’s and medical degree tracks are available […]
It was a grand graduation ceremony for 16 Majuro Cooperative High School students last Saturday. Hundreds of family members and friends turned out the ceremony held at the school’s campus in Delap. Among those graduating was Cassandra Donato, who is pictured here with parents Charlie and Charlette, and sister Alexa.
Elizabeth Marques is breaking the norm in Majuro with her job as a taxi driver. Elizabeth says she is on the road to encourage more women to take on the taxi service. “I understand the risk with being a female behind the wheel,” she told the Journal. “But, women should be open-minded with the idea […]
Photojournalist Shimada Kousei arrived Friday to a friendly welcome by members of the National Nuclear Commission and the Japanese community in Majuro. It was Shimada’s first visit since before the Covid pandemic. Shimada and his late wife, Taniko, lived in Delap for over six years in the mid-1980s into the early 1990s. He focused his […]
Yukiko Muller is expected to be the second Marshallese woman to complete a Ph.D., after former President Hilda Heine, who was the first. She is currently studying in Japan in a doctoral program in Interdisciplinary Intelligent Systems Engineering at the Graduate School of Engineering and Science, University of the Ryukyus. She studied computer science in […]
