{"id":216031,"date":"2015-12-07T06:06:25","date_gmt":"2015-12-06T20:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=216031"},"modified":"2015-12-07T06:06:25","modified_gmt":"2015-12-06T20:06:25","slug":"pcf-class-of-2015-holds-culmination-trip-in-hawaii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/pcf-class-of-2015-holds-culmination-trip-in-hawaii\/","title":{"rendered":"PCF Class of 2015 holds culmination trip in Hawaii"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Pacific Century Fellows-Marianas Chapter Class of 2015 visited Pearl Harbor during their culmination trip to Hawaii last November. The class will be graduating in January. (Contributed Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nThe Class of 2015 of Pacific Century Fellows-Marianas Chapter recently went on a trip to Hawaii as part of their nine-month program.<\/p>\n

The four-day trip to Hawaii from Nov. 16 to 20 included a meeting and panel discussion at the East West Center where they met their Hawaii counterparts and discussed issues such as the environment, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, as well as Trans-Pacific Partnership or TPP.<\/p>\n

The class also met with the chancellor of the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Dr. Robert Bley-Vroman. They also visited the Honolulu Rail Transit Project, Bishop Museum, the American Red Cross-Hawaii Chapter, USS Chosin, and Matson Navigation.<\/p>\n

Tourism and culture were also discussed by various resource persons from the Hawaii Tourism Agency, Waikiki Improvement Association, and the state Department of Land and Natural Resources.<\/p>\n

The tour was organized by former Honolulu mayor Mufi Hannemann, chairman and founder of PCF-Hawaii.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a very informative session. Every single one of them was an excellent overview of the Hawaii economy, global issues, we talked about TPP, the global warming issues,\u201d PCF-Marianas Chapter vice chair Alex Sablan said.<\/p>\n

The Marianas Chapter Class of 2015 is composed of Amanda Allen, Edward Arriola Jr., Mable Ayuyu, Alex Camacho, L.J. Castro, Michael Ernest, Jonathan Liwag, Judy Mendieta, Jaclyn Mendiola, and Mark Rabauliman.<\/p>\n

According to Castro, the trip inspired him to do better with what he is doing right now as a public information specialist as well as the founder of the non-profit organization, Simiyan I Ma\u00f1aina-ta.<\/p>\n

\u201cI enjoyed the experience. Definitely, our counterparts in Hawaii, they have a lot of insight to what they do and it opened our eyes to try and enhance our job, what we do for the community,\u201d Castro said.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy favorite part was looking at how much traditional and cultural practices are used in the leadership,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

For Rabauliman, the experience was an eye-opener on the similar challenges that are being encountered in Hawaii and the CNMI.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing from Commerce, it was an eye-opener to the inner workings of how things are decided upon, what direction needs to be taken,\u201d Rabauliman said. \u201cOne of the visits that was very insightful was when we went to UH Manoa, how they decide what marketing strategies to fund, and what demographics, and how they\u2019re also pushing, just like NMC, to keep our students on island.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a small island and hopefully some of the young minds that were part of this trip can come together and see how they can turn things around on our piece of paradise,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Ayuyu said among the significant experiences she had was meeting and interacting with various professional leaders.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that the \u2018one-on-one\u2019 interaction I had with them will help me professionally by helping me re-evaluate how I can be a more effective leader in my work and for my family business of McDonald\u2019s,\u201d Ayuyu said. \u201cI also think that my encounter with the different leaders I\u2019ve met on this trip will help me as a person by reminding me to remain humble in all that I do. They\u2019ve taught me to approach projects with a passion for it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m grateful for this experience and it has given me some great ideas on how I can be a better leader for the islands I call home,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

The 2015 class will be having a graduation ceremony in January.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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