{"id":35653,"date":"2014-05-15T07:24:37","date_gmt":"2014-05-14T21:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=35653"},"modified":"2014-05-15T07:24:37","modified_gmt":"2014-05-14T21:24:37","slug":"public-invited-nmc-charter-day-celebration-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/public-invited-nmc-charter-day-celebration-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"Public invited to NMC Charter Day celebration on Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To celebrate 33 years of enriching lives through higher education, the Northern Marianas College is inviting the CNMI community to one of its biggest celebrations of the year, Charter Day, this Friday, May 16, 2014.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe&#8217;re inviting everyone to join us again in As Terlaje for our annual Charter Day celebration,\u201d said Charter Day planning chair and NMC student Ervin Cruz. \u201cThere will be lots of great food, fun, and live entertainment so I hope everyone can celebrate with us this Friday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_35655\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35655\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/NMC-Charter-Day-pix-300x178.jpg\" alt=\"Members of the community gather to watch the performances on stage at the Northern Marianas College\u2019s Charter Day event last year. This year\u2019s Charter Day event will take place this Friday, May 16, 2014, from 5pm to 10pm at the College\u2019s South Field in As Terlaje. (NMC)\" width=\"300\" height=\"178\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-35655\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-35655\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of the community gather to watch the performances on stage at the Northern Marianas College\u2019s Charter Day event last year. This year\u2019s Charter Day event will take place this Friday, May 16, 2014, from 5pm to 10pm at the College\u2019s South Field in As Terlaje. (NMC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>The festivities will kick off at 5pm and will continue until 10pm, at the NMC South Field in As Terlaje.<\/p>\n<p>The event will feature various entertainment and competitions, including the Marianas Idol singing contest, Battle of the Bands, and the Hi-Lux Truck &#038; Sport Compact Car Show. Numerous vendors will also be selling delicious food and drinks, as well as hosting game booths.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As part of its commitment to promote healthier health habits, sugary drinks will not be sold at Charter Day. This includes sodas or other drinks with high sugar content. Water and coconut (in nut) will be sold.<\/p>\n<p>Those who cannot attend NMC\u2019s Charter Day festivities can view the festivities online by visiting the following website for the live stream: www.ustream.tv\/channel\/nmc2014charterday.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, contact Ervin Cruz at 237-6782 or via email at\u00a0ervin.cruz@student.nmcnet.edu, or visit\u00a0www.marianas.edu. <em>(NMC)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To celebrate 33 years of enriching lives through higher education, the Northern Marianas College is&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":35655,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[855,42,69,262],"class_list":["post-35653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-charter-day","tag-food","tag-nmc","tag-northern-marianas-college"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35653","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\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35653\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}