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The Community College of the Air Force announced plans for a new degree program slated for launch in 2021. The new Associate of Applied Science in Military Technology and Applied Sciences Management degree is a flexible alternative for enlisted personnel serving in Air Force specialties lacking enough formal skills training to meet current degree program requirements. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Klynne Pearl Serrano)
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Community College of the Air Force reveals plans for new degree program

The Community College of the Air Force announced plans for a new degree program slated for launch in 2021.
Photo courtesy of Guam National Guard Public Affairs
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VIDEO| First-ever basic camp between University of Guam ROTC and Guam National Guard graduates six cadets

The new training relationship between the University of Guam Reserve Officer Training Corps and the Guam National Guard 203rd Regional Training Institute reached another landmark Friday, with six ROTC Cadets graduating from Basic Camp.
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DODEA teacher reunites with favorite educator from childhood

Back in September, Tracy Rice, a language instructor at Kadena Elementary School on Okinawa, was quick to answer the question: Who’s the teacher that’s had an impact on your life?
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Latest children’s book from UOG Press shares story of Guam’s last mature håyon lågu tree

A new children’s book titled “Mother Tree” tells the story of the last remaining mature håyon lågu (Serianthes nelsonii) tree in Northern Guam.
(Left) Gavin Whitt, an incoming University of Guam freshman from Simon Sanchez High School, earned a four-year Henry San Nicolas Ofeciar Scholarship from the UOG Board of Regents for UOG’s Army ROTC program. (Right) University of Guam junior Samde'lana Obina received a two-year Army ROTC Scholarship to finish her undergraduate degree. Photos courtesy of the University of Guam
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Seven students win scholarships through UOG ROTC

The University of Guam Army ROTC program has awarded scholarships to seven students, funding the remainder or entirety of their four-year degree programs. The scholarships pay either tuition or $5,000 per semester toward room and board for the duration of each recipient’s degree.
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University of Guam launches Guam Recovery website to empower businesses to reopen and rebuild with confidence

The University of Guam invites the community to utilize its newly developed Guam Recovery web portal (www.guamrecovery.com), a free, one-stop resource to assist with a safer, more efficient reopening of Guam’s economy.
The homepage of the “Combating Corona” website delivers a powerful visual image about combating racism during the coronavirus and drives visitors to action. The website was a project of five communication students at the University of Guam during the Spring 2020 semester.
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University of Guam student project combats racism during COVID-19

A group of communication majors at the University of Guam has developed an advocacy website to help individuals speak up against racial stigmas related to the coronavirus pandemic and to halt the perpetuation of race-based sentiments, discrimination, and hate crimes.
Officer candidates from the Guam National Guard, and ROTC Cadets from the University of Guam, train together in Barrigada on June 17. The joint exercises mark the first coordinated training effort between the two commissioning sources in over 10 years.
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Joint exercise between Guam National Guard’s Officer Candidate School and UOG’s Reserve Officer Training Corps

They emerge from the six-foot-high sword grass one by one, carrying carbine paintball guns and wearing vastly different uniforms. Command Sgt. Maj. Celso Leonen, commandant of the Guam National Guard’s 203rd Regional Training Institute, must suppress his urge to make uniformity corrections – for now.
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Brighten a servicemember's day with our Pen Pal Program

What better way to put a smile on our deployed servicemembers' faces than by writing them a letter? With our Pen Pal Program, your kiddos can do just that.
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GTA’s Youth Leader Program officially launches for school year 2020-2021

GTA is now accepting applications from high school students for their Youth Leader program for SY 2020 to 2021.
Jim Dalton, an educator at the U.S Military Academy at West Point, teaches cadets online in March. Students were unable return to campus after spring break because of the COVID-19 pandemic. (U.S. Army photo by Deb Dalton)
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Teleteaching during the pandemic? USU center seeks educators' stories

Melissa Montoya's family spent most of the school year moving in three different directions.
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UOG to hold virtual commencement on Thursday for 360 graduates

The University of Guam will confer degrees to 360 graduates at its Fañomnåkan Commencement Ceremony this Thursday.
Photos by Allie Whalen
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A how-to: Starting a book club for your kids

One of my favorite parts about homeschooling my kids are the books we get to enjoy together! We love reading chapter books aloud and sharing our favorite parts.
(From left) University of Guam faculty Sarah Lemer, assistant professor of marine invertebrate genomics, and Laurie Raymundo, interim director of the UOG Marine Laboratory and professor of marine biology, hold certificates of grants they were awarded from UOG Sea Grant to continue critical research on coral restoration and reef recovery on Guam. (Photos courtesy of the University of Guam)
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Two coral research projects get funding from UOG Sea Grant

Two University of Guam professors have been awarded research grants from the UOG Sea Grant Program to continue critical work on coral restoration and reef recovery on Guam.
2nd Lt. Brendan Santos was named Top Cadet of the Program and received several other awards during the University of Guam’s ROTC Program Awards Ceremony on May 22. (Photo courtesy of University of Guam)
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UOG ROTC names ‘Top Cadet’ and other awardees

The University of Guam’s Army ROTC program honored several of its cadets and recent graduates with awards at its virtual commissioning ceremony on May 22.
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UOG awards its most innovative, impactful student researchers

The Office of Graduate Studies at the University of Guam has named five awardees of its 2020 Graduate Awards, an annual competition that recognizes excellence, innovation, and impact within the university’s master’s degree programs.