Northern Marianas College must host an educational conference for the Pacific next year or in the near future to put the institution on the map and be recognized internationally.<\/p>\n
Regent William Torres proposed this to the Board of Regents on Friday, saying this will be a great opportunity for NMC to recruit international enrollees as well.<\/p>\n
\u201cI hope the board will consider this idea to have a regional higher education symposium here next year or in the future because it would be good for NMC. At the same time, we can also invite folks from throughout Asia and the Pacific to participate, which will become a promotional event for the college. We need to put NMC on the map and we should try not to depend on local recruitment,\u201d said Torres during Friday\u2019s special board meeting.<\/p>\n
Torres also recommended that NMC start establishing regional affiliations in terms of accreditation; he said this was highly recommended by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.<\/p>\n
These, and other college issues\u2014including a suggestion to hold regular public outreach programs for the board\u2014were taken up during the meeting held Friday noon but the board held off making any decisions on these items.<\/p>\n
Saipan Tribune learned that Torres on June 9 emailed regents a list of ideas that he said would help the college \u201cregain its glory.\u201d He also criticized regents for showing \u201ctoo much reaction\u201d instead of taking a \u201cpro-active\u201d stance in dealing with college issues and situations.<\/p>\n
In the same meeting, Torres questioned the yet-to-be completed performance evaluation of the interim president. \u201cWe did approve the evaluation instrument but the actual evaluation is not taking place? Based on our policy, the written evaluation should be done May or June of each year,\u201d he told colleagues.<\/p>\n
Board chair Juan Lizama, for his part, said the board must rectify the regents\u2019 practice of holding long executive sessions without telling public attendees of when the public meeting will resume.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat has been the criticism of this board,\u201d said Lizama, admitting that he also doesn\u2019t like people speaking during the public comment section and expecting immediate action from the regents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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