{"id":365104,"date":"2022-03-28T06:04:40","date_gmt":"2022-03-27T20:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=365104"},"modified":"2022-03-28T06:04:40","modified_gmt":"2022-03-27T20:04:40","slug":"100-take-part-in-nmcs-first-set-sail-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/100-take-part-in-nmcs-first-set-sail-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"100 take part in NMC\u2019s first \u2018Set SAIL\u2019 Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"
Participants of the \u201cSet SAIL\u201d Conference listen to one of the breakout\u00a0sessions at the Royal Taga Hall Ballroom of the Saipan World Resort. (Leigh Gases)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

About 100 Northern Marianas College students and staff and partners participated in NMC\u2019s first Set SAIL, or Students Advocacy Inclusion and Leadership Conference, at the Saipan World Resort\u2019s Royal Taga Ballroom last Friday.<\/p>\n

The conference provided participants from Saipan, Tinian, and Rota with helpful information, strategies, and best practices to take personal and leadership skills to the next level.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Alexis Cabrera Manglona, program manager for the Office of Student Activities and Leadership at NMC, said they wanted to \u201crevolve their breakout sessions regarding different things that our students have been experiencing, and also to prepare them to become leaders now and leaders later.\u201d<\/p>\n

The conference included four plenary sessions. The first was called \u201cEffective Communication Leads to Success by Eileen Alepuyo Babauta, Pamela C. Sablan, Josephine Tudela, and Greg Borja. The second was called \u201cNavigation Through Change\u201d done by NMC president Galvin Deleon Guerrero. The third was called \u201cThe Leaders Toolkit: Integrity, Empathy, Self-awareness, and Gratitude.\u201d The last one was called \u201cNavigating Change with Healthy Coping Strategies.\u201d<\/p>\n

The conference also had two breakout sessions. The first breakout session included \u201cCourageous Conversations! Cultivating a Climate of Inclusion by Honoring Indigenous Knowledge\u201d by Dr. Beylul Solomon; \u201cBeyond NMC: Transfer and Research Opportunities\u201d by Maria Dizon, Jesse Deleon Guerrero, Beda Mundo; and \u201cYour Journey Starts Here: Earn A Congressional Award!\u201d by Maia Pangelinan.<\/p>\n

The second breakout session included \u201cBroadening Your Horizons at Home and Away\u201d by Project PROA; \u201cVOICES (Very Outspoken Individuals Can Each Succeed) of the CNMI\u201d by Monika Diaz, Hannah Igisaiar, Robert Mendiola, and Emmet Fitial; and \u201cEmerging from the Pandemic: Prioritizing your Mental Health\u201d by Guadalupe A. Camacho.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Student leader Eloise Lopez, who is a senator with the Associate Students of NMC, said, \u201cThe [conference] made me realize the importance of getting together and making sure that when we do make a difference, we bring the best version of ourselves. It all starts with community: learning how to work together, learning to find the importance of our voices, learning to use these resources and creating our own toolkits for mental health. We have our first NMC Set Sail Conference because we want to strive back again even with the pandemic still ongoing. What I learned from the [conference] is learning from the rest of the students and seeing how happy they are to have an event in person. It\u2019s just to show that we still have the PROA spirit despite the challenges we are facing today! We hope to have more events like in the upcoming weeks and we look forward to working with our previous partners today.\u201d<\/p>\n

When asked whether there will be another conference like this next year, Cabrera said, \u201cYes, we\u2019re hoping that this will now become an annual conference for our students.\u201d She hopes to be able to invite participants from Guam and Palau to \u201creally make this a regional conference.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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