{"id":329957,"date":"2020-09-17T06:03:01","date_gmt":"2020-09-16T20:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=329957"},"modified":"2020-09-17T06:03:01","modified_gmt":"2020-09-16T20:03:01","slug":"nmc-students-vie-for-leadership-positions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/nmc-students-vie-for-leadership-positions\/","title":{"rendered":"NMC students vie for leadership positions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A total of 18 students from the Northern Marianas College have announced their intent to pursue student government positions as officers of the Associated Students of NMC or ASNMC. The student elections will be held on Sept. 21 and 22 &#8211; 2020.<\/p>\n<p>ASNMC is a student-driven governance body at the college. Its executive cabinet is composed of students who are elected by the student body and serve a one-year term in office.\u00a0 The available positions are president &#8211; vice president &#8211; secretary &#8211; treasurer &#8211; and three senators.<\/p>\n<p>The candidates for this year\u2019s student leadership elections are:<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT:<br \/>\n\u2022 Aira Joy Velasco &#8211; Nursing major<br \/>\n\u2022 Jamerie E. Paras &#8211; Business Management and Accounting major<br \/>\n\u2022 Maia Pangelinan &#8211; Education major<\/p>\n<p>VICE PRESIDENT<br \/>\n\u2022 Eloise Lopez &#8211; Education major<br \/>\n\u2022 Jaiden Pia-Mae M. Santos &#8211; Business Management major<br \/>\n\u2022 Jamerie E. Paras &#8211; Business Management and Accounting major<br \/>\n\u2022 Victoria Matsunaga &#8211; Education major<\/p>\n<p>SECRETARY<br \/>\n\u2022 Ainah Chargualaf &#8211; Liberal Arts major<br \/>\n\u2022 Aira Joy Velasco &#8211; Nursing major<br \/>\n\u2022 Eloise Lopez &#8211; Education major<br \/>\n\u2022 Hilaria Aldan &#8211; Education and Social Work major<br \/>\n\u2022 Jaiden Pia-Mae M. Santos &#8211; Business Management major<\/p>\n<p>TREASURER<br \/>\n\u2022 Alyssa Attao &#8211; Education major<br \/>\n\u2022 Duncan Laxa &#8211; Business Management major<br \/>\n\u2022 John Chloel Delos Reyes &#8211; Business Management major<br \/>\n\u2022 Eloise Lopez &#8211; Education major<br \/>\n\u2022 Kelly Malisga &#8211; Business Management major<\/p>\n<p>SENATOR<br \/>\n\u2022 Alyssa Attao &#8211; Education major<br \/>\n\u2022 Victoria Bellas &#8211; Business and Liberal Arts major<br \/>\n\u2022 Angela Bernal &#8211; Education major<br \/>\n\u2022 Reaven Cruz &#8211; Liberal Arts<br \/>\n\u2022 Duncan Laxa &#8211; Business Management major<br \/>\n\u2022 Eloise Lopez &#8211; Education major<br \/>\n\u2022 Nemerlyn Magat &#8211; Business Management and Business Administration major<br \/>\n\u2022 Victoria Matsunaga &#8211; Education major<br \/>\n\u2022 Joelin Mettao &#8211; Education major<br \/>\n\u2022 Leila Nawaz &#8211; Education major<br \/>\n\u2022<br \/>\n\u201cIt is great to see that more and more students are wanting to become a part of NMC\u2019s governance process,\u201d NMC interim president Frankie Eliptico said. \u201cStudents leaders play an important role in advocating for students and making sure their voices are heard in major decision making processes.\u201d<br \/>\nAll voting will be held online through Google Forms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI look forward to working with the students who are elected in this year\u2019s elections,\u201d said NMC Student Leadership coordinator Alexis Cabrera. \u201cI wish all the candidates the best of luck next week.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More information about each candidate can be found on NMC\u2019s social media pages on Facebook and Instagram (@nmc.proa). For any questions, email Cabrera at alexis.cabrera@marianas.edu.\u00a0(NMC)<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-329957 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/nmc-students-vie-for-leadership-positions\/ainah-chargualaf-secretary\/'>Ainah Chargualaf - Secretary<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-329958'>\n\t\t\t\tAinah Chargualaf &#8211; Secretary\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/nmc-students-vie-for-leadership-positions\/aira-joy-velasco-president-and-secretary\/'>Aira Joy Velasco - President and Secretary<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-329959'>\n\t\t\t\tAira Joy Velasco &#8211; President and Secretary\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/nmc-students-vie-for-leadership-positions\/alyssa-attao-treasurer-and-senator\/'>Alyssa Attao - Treasurer and Senator<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-329960'>\n\t\t\t\tAlyssa Attao &#8211; 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VP, Sec, Treas, Sen\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/nmc-students-vie-for-leadership-positions\/hilaria-aldan-secretary\/'>Hilaria Aldan - Secretary<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-329964'>\n\t\t\t\tHilaria Aldan &#8211; Secretary\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/nmc-students-vie-for-leadership-positions\/jaiden-santos-vp-sec\/'>Jaiden Santos - VP, Sec<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-329965'>\n\t\t\t\tJaiden Santos &#8211; VP, Sec\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/nmc-students-vie-for-leadership-positions\/jamerie-paras-president-and-vp\/'>Jamerie Paras - President and VP<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-329966'>\n\t\t\t\tJamerie Paras &#8211; President and VP\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/nmc-students-vie-for-leadership-positions\/joelin-mettao-senator\/'>Joelin Mettao - Senator<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-329967'>\n\t\t\t\tJoelin Mettao &#8211; Senator\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/nmc-students-vie-for-leadership-positions\/john-delos-reyes-treasurer\/'>John Delos Reyes - Treasurer<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-329968'>\n\t\t\t\tJohn Delos Reyes &#8211; Treasurer\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/nmc-students-vie-for-leadership-positions\/kelly-marie-malisga-treasurer\/'>Kelly Marie Malisga - Treasurer<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-329969'>\n\t\t\t\tKelly Marie Malisga &#8211; 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Senator\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/nmc-students-vie-for-leadership-positions\/victoria-bellas-senator\/'>Victoria Bellas - Senator<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-329974'>\n\t\t\t\tVictoria Bellas &#8211; Senator\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/nmc-students-vie-for-leadership-positions\/victoria-matsunaga\/'>Victoria Matsunaga<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-329975'>\n\t\t\t\tVictoria Matsunaga\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A total of 18 students from the Northern Marianas College have announced their intent to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":329962,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[69],"class_list":["post-329957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-nmc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329957","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=329957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329957\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/329962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=329957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=329957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=329957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}