WILMER JOELMore than 10 elected student leaders were inducted into the Student Government Association in a ceremony held at the College of the Marshall Islands earlier this month. The SGA is the recognized student body voice at the college. In the positions of president and vice president, respectively, Marlin Doulatram succeeds Faith Lanwi as president, […]
EVE BURNS After finishing the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), popularly known as Summer Boot Camp, 30 students were awarded certificates Wednesday. The eight-week TVET focuses on automotive, electrical, and welding instruction. The camp is an initiative between the College of the Marshall Islands, the Productivity Center at the National University of Fiji, […]
WILMER JOELA five-day workshop organized by the Pacific Media Institute on democracy, elections and media started last Friday with an opening ceremony attended by diplomats and more than 40 journalists and public information officers from across the Pacific at the College of the Marshall Islands. Editor of the Marshall Islands and PMI co-founder Giff Johnson […]
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 […]
The US government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), has awarded $1 million to the College of the Marshall Islands (CMI) to provide 24,000 local language, place-based books to public schools, libraries, and learning centers across the Marshall Islands. The Pacific Sustainability Readers series of 24 books will address critical issues such […]
WILMER JOEL The once empty College of the Marshall Islands campus in Uliga was full Monday with the start of the first day of school. Students were wearing face masks, and security monitored strict entry rules, allowing only those with ID badges. Students and teachers had to carry a valid CMI ID that has a […]
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 […]
As part of its ongoing improvement project for the SSG Solomon Sam Memorial Sports Court at CMI, the college plans to install a new sign honoring the only Marshall Islander to die in the US Armed Forces during a combat mission. The college earlier this month demolished the existing small stage next to the court […]
KAREN EARNSHAW Maria Fowler opened her remarks to the crowd at the College of the Marshall Islands with the words: “You are all beautiful rainbows as I look at you” and then went on to describe the various parts of a jaki-ed also known as a finely woven clothing mats. Her words were part of […]
