Northern Marianas College\u2019s Charter Day festivities on Friday will not only showcase live entertainment and vendors offering delicious foods. The event will also feature cooking demonstrations, plant giveaways, an aquaculture exhibit, as well as interactive activities for children hosted by the staff members of NMC\u2019s Cooperative Research, Extension, and Education Service Program.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor the past few weeks, the staff members at CREES have been preparing for this Friday\u2019s celebration,\u201d said NMC president Dr. Carmen Fernandez. \u201cThey are excited to engage community members of all ages about their programs and services.\u201d<\/p>\n
The CREES booth at Charter Day will be hosting a number of food and cooking demonstrations that promote nutrition and healthy lifestyles. The CREES agricultural program will be handing out hundreds of seedlings for various crops that CREES has been cultivating at its As Perdido Agriculture Station.<\/p>\n
Moreover, the aquaculture program at CREES will be providing information about its fish stocks and aquaculture research services.<\/p>\n
The Family, Community, Development, and Youth program will be hosting interactive activities for children.<\/p>\n
The Charter Day celebration will be held from 4pm to 10pm this Friday, May 12, 2017, at NMC\u2019s south field.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are inviting everyone to join us in As Terlaje for our annual Charter Day celebration on Friday,\u201d said Fernandez. \u201cThere will be lively entertainment from students and community members, fun competitions, and other activities for the entire family.\u201d<\/p>\n
This Friday\u2019s celebration will include the \u201cPROA FACTOR\u201d talent competition. More information about the event can be found at marianas.edu or email nmc@marianas.edu. (NMC)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Northern Marianas College\u2019s Charter Day festivities on Friday will not only showcase live entertainment and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[855,7077,16713,69],"class_list":["post-251937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news","tag-charter-day","tag-crees","tag-education-service-program","tag-nmc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251937","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=251937"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251937\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}