National and Pohnpei Campuses Hold 57th Commencement Exercise
Graduates from National and Pohnpei Campus during the 57th Commencement Exercise.
(Palikir, Pohnpei) The National and Pohnpei Campuses celebrated their 57th Commencement Exercises on May 22, 2013 at the FSM-China Friendship Sports Center, National Campus. Over 500 people attended the ceremony and witnessed the marching of the graduates.
College President & CEO Joseph M. Daisy, Ed.D. gave the welcoming remarks and shared that “For our students it is a time to recognize and celebrate their academic accomplishments. For the parents and families of our students, commencement provides yet another point of pride. For all of us and for our faculty, most especially, commencement is an opportunity to acknowledge our work and success in educating the young men and women who represent the future hopes, dreams and aspirations of the FSM.”
The commencement address was given by Professor Susan Moses who then challenged the college community, according to her; “Improve the level of education and instruction that we provide so that all of the future graduates will mark Good or maybe we should include Excellent on the next survey and strive to achieve 100% Excellent marks.” Professor Moses in her speech said that she gave a survey to the graduating students to fill out and rated the overall performance of COM-FSM.
Academic Honors being awarded to Valedictorian Damien Mailbung by President Joseph M. Daisy, Ed.D.
The top two Academic Honors were given to Damien Mailbung as the Valedictorian and Sepe Serlyann Isaac as the Salutatorian. Fulltime students on the honor roll list who took only college-level courses, and who have achieved a semester grade point average of 4.00 were Emylou Leigh Fredrick, Rockyner Hadley, Gayle Marie Hallers, Galliart James, Raynard Kerman, Damien Mailbung, Rose Ann Pama, Iumileen Saimon, and Marlyn Viti.
Fulltime students on the honor roll list who took only college-level courses, and who have achieved a semester grade point average of 3.50 to 3.99 were Aron Deffeny, Tracy David, Beverlyn Etse, Merlihse Keiorihner Esiel, Petrina Hasugulmal, Sepe Serlyann Isaac, Cherryll Ligohr, Roxann Moya, Jessica Nanpei, Kenneth K. Nerro, Tyson Otto, Lorry Ann Rudolph, CharMarie S. Rufes, Kieko Kenye Sabino, and Angelica Seiola.
According to information from the Admissions Records & Retention Office, 176 students graduated from the college’s national and state campuses during spring 2013: 21 from Chuuk Campus; 7 from Kosrae Campus; 113 from National Campus; 35 from Pohnpei Campus and 30 from Yap Campus. 10 students graduated under the UOG and the COM-FSM baccalaureate partnership program in elementary education.
Yap Campus and the Fisheries and Maritime Institute will be holding their Spring 2013 Commencement on May 24, 2013. 24 cadets from the Fisheries and Maritime Institute are graduating from the advanced certificate programs in Navigation, Marine Engineering, and Fishing Technology.
For more photos of the 57th Commencement Exercise, visit the College's Official Facebook Page.
