(NMC) — Seven high school students from Saipan, Tinian, and Rota will head to Washington D.C. this month to represent the CNMI at this year’s National 4-H Conference.

(NMC) —  Northern Marianas College’s Cooperative Research, Extension, and Education Services’ Family, Community, and Youth Development or FCYD program, in partnership with the University of Colorado School of Medicine, was recently awarded a $47,000 grant from the National Hazard Center to strengthen community resilience in the U.S. territories.

(NMC) — Dr. Zaidul Islam Sarker, lead Food Scientist and Program Leader at the Northern Marianas College Cooperative Research, Extension and Education Services, 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.

(NMC) — The Northern Marianas College’s Cooperative Research, Extension, and Education Services was recently awarded $620,000 as part of a $10 million grant from the United States Department of Agriculture to study simulations to identify and test drivers of resiliency in food supply chains for decreasing food waste and increasing food and nutrition security, healthful diets and health among children.

Gov. Ralph DLG Torres and Lt. Gov. Arnold I. Palacios have proclaimed Oct. 3 to 9, 2021, as National 4-H Week during a proclamation signing at the Northern Marianas College last Monday. Throughout the week, 4-H will highlight the hard work of the organization’s many youth members in the CNMI and recognize their dedication to making a positive impact on those around them.

(NMC) — Parents of campers who attended 4-H Marianas’ Camp Maga’lahi held on all three islands expressed great satisfaction with the recently held camp.