The Northern Marianas College handed out over 400 college degrees and honored over 400 graduates for both Class of 2020 and Class of 2021 in a commencement ceremony last Friday that was split into three separate venues and streamed live over the internet to comply with social distancing measures.

AMID a global pandemic shaking education systems across the globe, Northern Marianas College on Friday conferred over 400 degrees to its Class of 2020, whose commencement exercises last year were canceled, and the Class of 2021.

The Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation (CHCC), with guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, will be offering 12 to 15-year-olds the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the MCAT vaccination site starting May 14, 2021.

Northern Marianas College nursing alumna Joy Lacorte recently received her Doctorate in Nurse Anesthesia Practice, or DNAP, from AdventHealth University in Orlando, Florida in April of this year.

JC Cafe on Tinian is the latest company to sign on as a Northern Marianas College ProaPerks Partner, joining many other businesses and organizations.

Maria Dizon, a Northern Marianas College alumna, was recently awarded the Outstanding Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Leadership from Oregon Health and Science University’s School of Public Health.