The Senate confirmed last Friday morning three of Gov. Ralph DLG Torres\u2019 nominations to the newly created Northern Marians Technical Institution board of trustees. <\/p>\n
The confirmed nominations were that of previous Northern Marianas Trades Institute board member Mario Valentino, first-time NMTI board member and Tinian representative Ray Pangelinan, and first time NMTI board member and Carolinian, women, and Saipan representative Carmelita Faisao. They were all confirmed on a vote of 7-0.<\/p>\n
Sen. Jude Hofschneider (R-Tinian) and Sen. Paul Manglona (Ind-Saipan) were absent from the session.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am looking forward to working with the two new [board members] because I have not worked with them before,\u201d NMTI chief executive officer Agnes McPhetres told Saipan Tribune in an interview.<\/p>\n
\u201cBased on their backgrounds, I am sure they will become very good trustees,\u201d she added. \u201cAs for [Valentino], we have worked together for the last two to three years and he has been a very good and dynamic board member.\u201d<\/p>\n
McPhetres noted that she wishes to work with the new board on institutional accreditation. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe have to pull ourselves and establish ourselves so we can have a good facility. [We would] also be pushing for good accreditation,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n
McPhetres clarified that NMTI classes are accredited by various trade accreditation organizations. NMTI itself as an institution has yet to be accredited.<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2026Our courses are accredited, but the institution is not\u2014that is what we wish to work toward with our new board members. \u2026We have the facility, and now we have the board members, along with the stability of funding. We got good, clean audits in the last four years, and those are some of the requirements for [accreditation],\u201d McPhetres said. \u201cI believe we are moving in a good and right direction.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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