{"id":402337,"date":"2023-11-30T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=402337"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T14:00:00","slug":"6-named-recipients-of-Governor-s-Humanities-Awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/6-named-recipients-of-Governor-s-Humanities-Awards\/","title":{"rendered":"6 named recipients of Governor\u2019s Humanities Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Northern Marianas Humanities Council would like to announce the 2023 Governor\u2019s Humanities Awards recipients.<\/p>\n<p>Each year, as part of CNMI Humanities Month in October, the Humanities Council partners with the CNMI Office of the Governor to recognize outstanding contributions to the humanities by individuals and organizations in the community across six award categories. Awardees are selected based on nominations submitted by members of the community.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s recipients are:<\/p>\n<p>Ajani S. Burrell: For Research and Publication in the Humanities<\/p>\n<p>Burrell was recognized for his editorial work and contribution of essays and articles to the book, \u201cMarianas Mosaic: Signs and Shifts in Contemporary Island Life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>William J. Fife, III: For Outstanding Humanities Teacher in a classroom setting<\/p>\n<p>Fife was recognized for his impactful teaching methods and for connecting students to the importance of their cultural identities.<\/p>\n<p>Carmen S. Taimanao: For Outstanding Humanities Teacher in a non-classroom setting<\/p>\n<p>Taimanao was recognized for her efforts to promote Chamorro language and culture by translating and writing an array of books in Chamorro that is used in the Chamorro and Carolinian Language and Heritage Studies and Motheread\/Fatheread CNMI programs.<\/p>\n<p>Deborah A. Fleming: For Preservation of CNMI History<\/p>\n<p>Fleming was recognized for her role as a cultural advisor and historian on various archeological, infrastructure, and humanities projects on Tinian.<\/p>\n<p>Milton F. Coleman Jr.: For Preservation of Traditional Cultural Practices<\/p>\n<p>Coleman was recognized for building various styles of sailing and voyaging canoes and sharing his knowledge and passion for cultural seafaring traditions throughout the Pacific.<\/p>\n<p>Donald B. Mendiola: For a Lifetime of Achievement in the Humanities<\/p>\n<p>Mendiola was recognized for dedicating 50 years of practice in medicinal healing and for enriching the community with his knowledge of language and culture.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about each awardee\u2019s contributions to the humanities and photos of the 2023 Governor\u2019s Humanities Awards reception on Oct. 17, 2023, visit www.nmhcouncil.org\/GHA2023. <strong><em>(PR)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <figure style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/imgupload\/17f645c355ce26cd3576b87ec6136570.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p>\n<p>The 2023 Governor\u2019s Humanities Awards recipients, Ajani S. Burrell, William J. Fife, Carmen S. Taimanao, Deborah A. Fleming, Milton F. Coleman Jr., and Donald B. Mendiola pose with Gov. Arnold I. Palacios and Northern Marianas Humanities Council board members.<\/p>\n<p>-NMHC<br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure> <figure style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/imgupload\/3dcb9cda8502b148136e6b0f7d35e66c.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p>\n<p>Roberto Santos plays the flute during the 2023 Governor\u2019s Humanities Awards event.<\/p>\n<p>-NMHC<br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure> <figure style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/imgupload\/f6be22ae36bb26fe43fb7df69abe3bdd.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p>\n<p>Catherine Rosario Perry served as the emcee of the event.<\/p>\n<p>-NMHC<br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Northern Marianas Humanities Council would like to announce the 2023 Governor\u2019s Humanities Awards recipients&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-402337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402337","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=402337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402337\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=402337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=402337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=402337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}