“A rising tide floats all boats,” said Dr. Austin Shelton, director of the University of Guam Center for Island Sustainability, in response to the question whether they support the Northern Marianas College’s bid for Sea Grant status after a preliminary meeting with the National Sea Grant Association members and NMC’s leadership team last Friday at the Hyatt Regency Saipan.
If approved, NMC will be funded in part by the $709,000 that UOG received from the National Sea Grant College Program.
This grant will help NMC support local initiatives and priorities developed within the islands toward conserving and protecting its precious natural resources, and to promote the efficient use of human, institutional, and financial resources to meet local and…
