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August 20, 2008 MEMORANDUM To : All Concerned From : President Subject: President’s Update #315 COM-FSM Students Receive STAP Scholarship Assistance The Samahang Tagalog Atbp. sa Ponape (STAP) has awarded six College of Micronesia - FSM students scholarship assistance. Each student will receive a total award of $500 for school year 2008-2009 and will be payable at $250 per semester. STAP is a regional association of Filipinos in Pohnpei whose primary purpose is to encourage Micronesian citizens to pursue a post high school education through its scholarship assistance program. Application forms and guidelines are available online and may be downloaded from http://www.comfsm.fm/~pulmano/opportunities.html At a friendly luncheon and awarding ceremony held at the China Restaurant on August 5, 2008 , STAP President, Rafael Pulmano, congratulated the following award recipients: Christopher Delcampo, Merleener Elias, Fritz Gallen, Warren De Martini Neth Lebehn, Grace Ann Tobin, and LaShauna Wilson. Mr. Freddie Ricafrente, STAP Founding President and Chair of the Scholarship Committee, also conveyed his congratulations to the award recipients and expressed the hope of the Filipino community in Pohnpei to continue to avail this service to our students. The awardees were urged to improve themselves by being dedicated to their studies. The COM-FSM President, Spensin James, was invited to the award ceremony where he expressed his appreciation and gratitude to the association for its support of the College and its students. President James personally handed the checks to the awardees. In his closing remarks, Pulmano commented to the scholars that they could help their fellow Micronesians by passing on information about the scholarship to them as well as by supporting STAP’s various fund-raising activities like the Annual Fun Run/Walk and Bingo Social Events. The event was attended by several officers and board members of STAP and by Mr. Joseph Felix, Jr. of COM-FSM National Campus. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The following photos were taken during Registration Week at Kosrae Campus:
President James attends FACSSO meeting in Chuuk President Spensin James of the College of Micronesia - FSM attended the FACSSO meeting in Weno, Chuuk during the week of August 11-15, 2008 . (FACSSO stands for FSM Association of Chief State School Officers). The agenda of the meeting included the following: teacher certification, basic skills courses minimum standards, textbooks requirements from JEMCO, bridging the gap between ECE through 14, consolidated FY 2009 Education Sector and FY 2008 SEG Budgets, ECE as a transition program for children between ages 3-5, and others. FACSSO also adopted the following resolutions:
APAFS Country Investment Conference concludes at National Campus The Asia Pacific Association for Fiduciary Studies (APAFS) selected the FSM-China Friendship Sports Center Practice Gym as the venue for the Mini Investment Conference on August 19, 2008 . The mini conference in Pohnpei is part of a series of other planned conference being held in preparation for the major conference in Manila , Philippines scheduled for the week of October 9-10, 2008 . During the Pohnpei conference, it was disclosed that the mini conferences will no longer be referred to as “mini” but will be replaced with “country” since they are being held in each participating country. Most of the participants for this Mini-Investment Conference will be attending the Pacific Region Investment Conference in Manila , Philippines . The agenda for the Country Investment Conference included the following:
The following COM-FSM faculty and staff attended the conference: Mr. Danny Dumantay, Mr. Joseph Saimon, Mr. Joseph Habuchmai, Mrs. Pelma Palik, Mrs. Juvilen Mariano, and Mr. Spensin James. President James delivered the welcoming remarks at the Conference. The following photos were taken during the conference:
COM-FSM Board to hold 3 rd Quarter meeting in Yap The COM-FSM Board of Regents Third Quarter meeting has been scheduled to take place during the week of August 27-29, 2008 in Yap State . Board meetings are open to the public. The following are the agenda items: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1. Call to order; opening prayer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| a. May 19-21, 2008 , regular meeting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5. Communications | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| b. President’s update c. Instructional Affairs d. Student Services e. Cooperative Research and Extension (Land Grant) f. Administrative Services | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1) Business Office 2) Institutional Research and Planning Office 3) Human Resources Office 4) Facilities and Security Office 5) Information Technology Office 6) Development and Community Relations Office 7) Chuuk Campus 8) FSM FMI 9) Kosrae Campus 10) Pohnpei Campus 11) Yap Campus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| g. Accreditation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8. Old business | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| h. Chuuk Campus permanent site* i. Chuuk Campus current site* j. Incentive Update | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9. New business | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| k. Finance | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1) Presentation by Smith Barney 2) Supplemental budget from fund balance* 3) Use of general fund earnings* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| l. Discussion | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1) Future direction
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| 10. Executive session | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| m. President’s evaluation* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11. Next meeting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
