Journalism Crew of 2002, left to right, Harvey Kilmete, Brandon Iarte, Charlene Yoma, and Mac Emwalu.
by Charlene Yoma
Wilson J. Kalio is a Professor here at COM-FSM National campus and also an
Associate Minister in Madolenihmw. He
lives in Sokehs with his Pohnpeian wife. He
has two boys and two grandchildren.
His education goes back to when he attended CCM in 1971 and then
left Pohnpei to further
his education in California. He also attended UH Manoa in Hawaii and UOG in
Guam.
After two years of college education, he became a grade school
teacher and taught for six years. With
the assistance and encouragement of his lead American supervisor, Mr. Loren
Peterson,
he excelled and was promoted to an administrative position at the State
Department of Education as a Specialist. He served for several years before transferring to become the
Registrar, and finally the Coordinator for the Office of Admissions and Records
at College of Micronesia-FSM.
There were two reasons that prompted him to become an
instructor at COM-FSM. He stated:
“My experiences at the College exposed me to interaction with many people from
many different cultures and levels of education.
It was because of this experience and the competitive demand for
credentials that I decided to join the faculty so that I could have the chance
to pursue graduate studies. While still at OAR, I was given a part time chance to teach advanced
English courses. I found this
experience so challenging and rewarding that I wanted to continue.
Thus, my reasons for becoming a faculty”.
Prof. Wilson J. Kalio is a great teacher and a good friend. Additionally, teaching has always been his main interest. "Teaching is number 1, 2, and 3; everything else is number 4", according to Prof. Kalio. He enjoys teaching his students and would love to help out any student. Apart from teaching, he also enjoys helping out his community as a Minister. In fact, it was at his community's request that he also became a Minister. He loves what he is doing and finds it interesting. And we feel the same about him. We're very happy to have him available to us now as a teacher.