The Northern Marianas College is looking for other funding opportunities to better serve the college\u2019s vision, mission, and goals to attract and keep students coming to NMC.<\/p>\n
NMC president Dr. Sharon Hart said one of the biggest funding opportunities she found during a recent trip to the U.S. mainland is under the U.S Department of Education.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe U.S DOE has a program called SERV, and it stands for School Emergency Response to Violence. That project is open to any institution that would meet their requirements. It is not a competitive grant because they have set aside money for any institution that would reach their requirements,\u201d Hart said.<\/p>\n
Hart also told NMC board members about funding opportunities that the college could avail off to improve majority of their programs.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey extend the SERV program to the point to allow institutions like us to get funding there. My goal when I visited the U.S. was to start finding funding opportunities,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Although NMC has lost its only grant writer, Rita Chong, NMC is already seeking to fill the position, she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt the same time, we are strategizing because this is our time to write significant amounts of grants. We have other employees here that will be involved. The SERV grant [will] bring a strong learning environment back to the college,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Hart noted that they could tap the SERV grant, which can go from $250,000 to over $1 million and can last from 18 to 24 months.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is important for us to get moving on these right away,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
The American Council on Education grant is another potential source of funding.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are now hoping to get scholarship doors open. They are helping us and those funding will be for students and the facilities,\u201d Hart said.<\/p>\n
She said she also talked to several people who could help the college.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have given our foundation [the task] to focus on funding opportunities for community colleges and there are other various organizations that we can avail of funding resources,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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