HILARY HOSIA College of Marshall Islands kicked off its 30th Foundation Week celebration Monday at the Staff Sergeant Solomon Sam Sports Center in Majuro. Different activities were scheduled throughout the week, including a career fair, car wash barbecue, trivia night, international night and a volleyball tournament to conclude the event. To add on, CMI will […]
Student members of the College of the Marshall Islands Nuclear Club were featured on Power 103.5FM’s “prime time” interview last week, promoting a large exhibition they prepared that is on display at the CMI library. The display features advocate for nuclear victims and community health pioneer the late Darlene Keju-Johnson. The CMI student group was […]
HILARY HOSIA It pays to be smart. The 75 recipients of the Republic of China/Taiwan-RMI Presidents’ Scholarship honored at the Marshall Islands Resort last Friday thought so too. The Melele Room at MIR last week was full of proud students and parents who couldn’t hide how happy they were when they heard the name of […]
WILMER JOEL Upward Bound Program is sticking to its traditional school calendar and is scheduled to start classes next week. This program is a college preparatory program that provides eligible high schoolers rigorous academic support and guidance toward post-secondary education. However, there will be changes in how students will enter the campus at the College […]
GIFF JOHNSON With the border opening looming, there is more talk in the community about the arrival of Covid in RMI. There are more questions than answers: Are we ready, will there be lockdowns, will schools be closed? Neighboring FSM opened its borders officially Monday this week — but Covid slipped into Pohnpei and Kosrae […]
The College of the Marshall Islands’ summer session enrollment was the second highest in CMI history, the college reported this week. This enrollment of 1,218 students set a summer enrollment record for CMI and came close to the highest-ever enrollment in CMI history, with the Fall of 2021 recording 1,267 students. This continues the trend […]
A team of RMI EPA staff took on the PADI open water dive course and passed with flying colors, according to the organization. In addition to this being a useful skill to have for people living on atolls, the effort raises capacity at RMI EPA for doing more comprehensive environmental assessments and responses to pollution […]
Graduation dominoes keep falling: The end of May it was Majuro Coop School,Assumption and SDA on consecutive days. Then a brief lull before the public schools launched, with Kwajalein Atoll High School Monday, Marshall Islands High School Tuesday and Laura High School Wednesday this week.These events “sandwiched” another set of graduations at Kwajalein Atoll. The […]
The College of the Marshall Islands 29th Commencement Exercises at the newly renovated SSG Solomon Sam Basketball Court featured 180 college-level graduates and the awarding of 217 certificates and degrees. President David Kabua and Minister of Education Kitlang Kabua were on hand to congratulate the graduates, along with keynote speaker Broderick Menke. Besides the awarding […]
Majuro Baptist Christian Academy seniors — pictured here — will be the first high school graduates in Majuro with their graduation set for this Friday May 20 at 3pm at the Rita school. The College of the Marshall Islands is next, graduating May 26 at its Uliga campus. Then comes Majuro Coop High School on […]
