{"id":235354,"date":"2016-08-31T06:00:07","date_gmt":"2016-08-30T20:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=235354"},"modified":"2016-08-31T06:00:07","modified_gmt":"2016-08-30T20:00:07","slug":"bank-hawaii-donates-25k-nmc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/bank-hawaii-donates-25k-nmc\/","title":{"rendered":"Bank of Hawaii donates $25K to NMC"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_235365\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-235365\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Bank-of-Hawaii-pix-300x200.jpg\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-235365\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Northern Marianas College interim president David Attao, third from left, accepts a $10,000 donation from Bank of Hawaii vice president and branch manager Rose Sumor, far left, and assistant VP and assistant branch manager Herminio Matsumoto, second from left. The donation brings the total contribution the bank has made to NMC to $25,000 this year. (Contributed Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Northern Marianas College recently received $10,000 from the Bank of Hawaii, bringing the total donation the bank has made to the community college to $25,000. Earlier this year, the Bank of Hawaii Foundation contributed $15,000 to support Northern Marianas College\u2019s business programs.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cWe recognize and are happy to support the important work that Northern Marianas College is doing to help our students prepare for meaningful careers in business, education, nursing, criminal justice, natural resources, and hospitality management,\u201d said Rose Sumor, Bank of Hawaii vice president and branch manager-Gualo Rai branch.<\/p>\n<p>The presentation of the donation was made at the Gualo Rai branch, which was recently opened for business several months ago. In addition to Sumor, Bank of Hawaii assistant vice president and assistant branch manager Herminio Matsumoto was on hand to present the check.<\/p>\n<p>Accepting on behalf of NMC were David Attao, NMC interim president; Leo Pangelinan, dean of Student Services; Jacqueline Che, director of Institutional Effectiveness; Dr. Brady Hammond, Language and Humanities chairperson and NMC\u2019s Accreditation liaison officer; and James Glenn, NMC Foundation director. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cNMC students and employees are extremely thankful to Bank of Hawaii for its very generous contribution to NMC,\u201d said Attao. \u201cThe company has been an unwavering supporter of higher education in the Pacific and we are glad to have Bank of Hawaii as a strategic partner as we expand higher education opportunities for our students.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Attao added, \u201cGraduates from our business programs and in our other degree program have gone on to become successful entrepreneurs, corporate executives, and business and government leaders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> \u201cBank if Hawaii\u2019s donation allows the institution to continue providing high quality programs so that more of our graduates can fill critical workforce needs and contribute to the local economy,\u201d said Attao. <strong>(PR)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Northern Marianas College recently received $10,000 from the Bank of Hawaii, bringing the total donation&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":235365,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[56,37,69,262],"class_list":["post-235354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-business-3","tag-education-2","tag-nmc","tag-northern-marianas-college"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235354\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}