Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero, center, signs a proclamation designating March as the University of Guam’s Charter Day Month. UOG President Anita Borja Enriquez, right, and UOG Senior Vice President and Provost Sharleen Santos-Bamba, applaud the governor during the ceremony at the Office of the Governor’s main conference room at Adelup Friday, March 1. (Photo courtesy University of Guam)
The public is invited to the University of Guam’s 56th Charter Day celebration on Thursday, March 7.
The festivities start at 9:30 a.m. with the opening ceremony in the Center Courtyard and will feature a fun-filled day with food trucks, arts and crafts vendors, games, and activities for the whole family. Dunk your professor, check out the hut-building competition, see cultural presentations, and explore the UOG campus with tours of the Marine Lab, a virtual aquifer, a “Guam Rocks” display, science programs, and more.
This year’s theme, “Tulos Mo’na: Propelling Forward in Unison,” captures the spirit of the University of Guam’s progress and its role in delivering public value as an engine of progress through its mission of “Ina, Deskubre, Setbe – To Enlighten, To Discover, To Serve.”
Food trucks and other vendors are seen during the 55th Charter Day celebration at the University of Guam on March 7, 2023. (Photo courtesy University of Guam)
Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero, seated, front center, is joined by UOG President Anita Borja Enriquez, right, academic administrators, students, and staff during the ceremony at the Office of the Governor’s main conference room at Adelup proclaiming March as Charter Day Month for UOG. (Photo courtesy University of Guam)
This 56th Charter Day celebration marks the anniversary of the signing of the charter that renamed the Territorial College of Guam to the University of Guam in 1968.
In support of UOG’s celebration, Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero signed a proclamation on Friday, March 1, declaring March 7 as the University of Guam Charter Day and the month of March as UOG Charter Day Month.
“Since its founding, UOG has conferred over 20,000 bachelor’s and master’s degrees to graduates who serve as the foundation of our island’s and region’s professional workforce and who strengthen our economy as they establish themselves in businesses and in the community as accountants, scientists, nurses, teachers, entrepreneurs, social workers, engineers, and many other specialties,” the governor’s proclamation states, in part.
UOG President Anita Borja Enriquez and a team of administrators, staff, and students joined the governor at Adelup. President Enriquez thanked the UOG Community and its network of supporters for helping to lift the University to what is today, with its expanding role in nationally recognized research initiatives and in developing a diversified professional workforce in Guam and the region.
“We always get asked the question: What would our island be without the University? There’s so much pride because of the heightened level and depth of initiatives that truly support the fabric of our society at a social and economic level,” President Enriquez said at the proclamation signing. “So there’s so much more that we’re doing.”
President Enriquez commended UOG’s 62nd Student Government Association for taking the lead in organizing Charter Day events.
More than 1,000 elementary to high school students are expected to make their way to UOG on field trips for campus tours.”
Traffic route
During Charter Day, there will be one-way traffic on campus from 7:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. Vehicles can only enter the campus through University Drive near the electronic billboard. Vehicles can exit through the back gate next to the Calvo Field House.
Blue Night 2024: Homecoming
It’s a full day of celebration as Charter Day continues into the evening with Blue Night 2024: Homecoming, starting at 6 p.m. in the Center Courtyard.
Bring your family for an exciting evening of activities with entertainment, food trucks, and music featuring The John Dank Show, Straight Up Jed, Jonah Hanom, and more!
Triton Alumni can visit the Alumni Booth to get a FREE T-shirt or UOG “Balutan” Bag and a chance to win some great prizes!
For more information about Charter Day and to view the schedule of activities, visit www.uog.edu/charterday.
