{"id":388057,"date":"2023-03-27T06:06:32","date_gmt":"2023-03-26T20:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=388057"},"modified":"2023-03-27T06:06:32","modified_gmt":"2023-03-26T20:06:32","slug":"uog-agri-students-receive-scholarship-in-honor-of-farmer-educator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/uog-agri-students-receive-scholarship-in-honor-of-farmer-educator\/","title":{"rendered":"UOG agri students receive scholarship in honor of farmer, educator"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The scholarship recipients are joined by College of Natural & Applied Sciences dean Lee Yudin and senior vice president and provost Dr. Anita Borja Enriquez during Charter Day on March 2, 2023.\u00a0From left, Shawn Wegner; Tim de La Cruz; Kristina Sayama; Dean Yudin; award recipients Christopher Certeza, Joshua Artuz, Laura Layan, Ha\u2019\u00e5ni Bettis, Lara Mozloum, Stephanie Santos, and Aubrie Uson; Katrina Perez; and Borja Enriquez.\u00a0\u00a0(UNIVERSITY OF GUAM)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Seven agriculture students from the University of Guam College of Natural & Applied Sciences were awarded the Tanom Bernard Watson Scholarship during the university\u2019s Charter Day on March 2, 2023. The scholarship honors the legacy of the late Bernard Watson, a farmer and agroecologist who was active in Guam\u2019s farming community and with UOG for more than 30 years as an innovator, collaborator, and educator.<\/p>\n

Ha\u2019\u00e5ni Bettis, a second-time recipient of the award, said she is proud to see a growing interest in agriculture on the island and that she hopes to make an impact in the agricultural community.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy future goals are to establish a community space in the south where we can grow and process our own food tying in CHamoru culture and sustainable progress,\u201d she said.\u00a0\u00a0The students collectively received\u00a0$2,500.<\/p>\n

The 2023 Tanom Bernard Watson Scholarship recipients are:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Joshua Artuz, sophomore, Tropical Agriculture Production Track<\/p>\n

\u2022 Ha\u2019\u00e5ni Bettis, senior, Tropical Agriculture Production Track<\/p>\n

\u2022 Christopher Certeza, senior, Agriculture & Natural Resource Science Track<\/p>\n

\u2022 Laura Layan, Tropical Agriculture Production Track<\/p>\n

\u2022 Lara Mazloum, junior, Human Nutrition & Food Sciences Track<\/p>\n

\u2022 Stephenie Santos, senior, Agriculture & Natural Resource Science Track<\/p>\n

\u2022 Aubrie Uson, junior, Agriculture & Natural Resource Science Track<\/p>\n

The scholarship is posted and awarded annually through the UOG Endowment Foundation. Community members interested in contributing to the Tanom Bernard Watson Scholarship fund may contribute through the UOG Endowment Foundation at (671) 735-2957 or\u00a0https:\/\/give.uog.edu\/.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(UOG)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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