{"id":275605,"date":"2018-05-09T06:00:49","date_gmt":"2018-05-08T20:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=275605"},"modified":"2018-05-09T06:00:49","modified_gmt":"2018-05-08T20:00:49","slug":"framingham-graduates-obtain-their-degrees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/framingham-graduates-obtain-their-degrees\/","title":{"rendered":"Framingham graduates obtain their degrees"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_275606\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-275606\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Framingham-pix.jpg\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-275606\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Framingham University graduates pose for a photo during the graduation ceremony last Friday at the Pedro P. Tenorio Multi-Purpose Center. (Kimberly A. Bautista)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The 11th batch of graduates of Framingham University\u2019s international masters program officially received their degrees last Friday. <\/p>\n<p>Framingham University is based in Massachusetts and has expanded its graduate program in international education to the CNMI. <\/p>\n<p>Last Friday, 24 CNMI educators were awarded their master\u2019s degree in education with a concentration on international education. <\/p>\n<p>According to one of the graduates, Vinni Orsini, he feels ready to go out and incorporate the knowledge he has obtained in his classroom.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like I am more prepared to make an impact on students\u2019 lives and I am really glad that I  learned so much from our professors but mostly from my classmates that took the course with me. Without them and the support they have given me, I wouldn\u2019t be the teacher that I am today,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Orsini\u2019s biggest takeaway from the program was that the impact you make on a student\u2019s life is what defines your credibility as an instructor. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cLife is not about making an income but about making an impact,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>Orsini will be returning to his World History class at the Admiral Herbert G. Hopwood Jr. Middle School to practice all he has learned throughout the past two years. <\/p>\n<p>One of the oldest members of the graduating class was 66-year-old Chang Whan Jang. According to Jang, there is no time limit in achieving your goals. \u201cIt\u2019s never to late to learn and to obtain the degree you are aiming for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A master\u2019s in international education allows the individual to practice teaching in any setting and among any age, gender, or ethnic group. <\/p>\n<p>According to Northern Marianas College president Dr. Carmen Fernandez, Framingham University established a union with NMC over 10 years ago. The university handles the logistics, the classroom, and the materials and NMC provides support for program. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will be starting up another group again and I think there are about 20\u2026they will be starting very soon,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 11th batch of graduates of Framingham University\u2019s international masters program officially received their degrees&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":275606,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[26,37,21127,69],"class_list":["post-275605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-cnmi","tag-education-2","tag-framingham-university","tag-nmc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275605","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\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=275605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275605\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/275606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}