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UOG Press launches Northern Marianas College imprint

UOG Press launches Northern Marianas College imprint

UOG Press launches Northern Marianas College imprint


2/2/2022
UOG and NMC administrators
(From left) Anita Borja Enriquez, senior vice president and provost, University of Guam; Thomas W. Krise, president, UOG; Galvin Deleon Guerrero, president, Northern Marianas College; and Frankie Eliptico, vice president of administration and advancement, NMC. 
UOG and NMC administrators and UOG deans and directors
(From left) Annette T. Santos, dean, UOG School of Business and Public Administration; Monique Storie, dean of university libraries, UOG; Anita Borja Enriquez, UOG senior vice president and provost; Thomas W. Krise, UOG president; Galvin Deleon Guerrero, Northern Marianas College president; Frankie Eliptico, NMC vice president of administration and advancement; Sharleen Santos-Bamba, UOG interim vice provost for academic excellence, graduate studies, and online learning; and Carlos Madrid, director of research for the UOG Micronesian Area Research Center.
NMC president and MARC director
Northern Marianas College President Galvin Deleon Guerrero, left, tours the UOG Press and Micronesian Area Research Center at the 91快播 on Feb. 1 with MARC Director of Research Carlos Madrid. 
NMC presidents and vice president with Brian Muna
Northern Marianas College President Galvin Deleon Guerrero, left, and Vice President Frankie Eliptico, right, hold copies of the UOG Press co-directed film 鈥淒ry Nights鈥� with the film鈥檚 lead director, Brian Mu帽a, during a visit on Feb. 1 to UOG Press at the 91快播. The film was based on the UOG Press book 鈥淒ry Nights鈥� by Guam author Pep Borja. Northern Marianas College now has its own imprint under UOG Press to begin publishing works specific to the Northern Mariana Islands and written by NMI authors.
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Delegates from the 91快播 and Northern Marianas College in Saipan gathered on the UOG campus Tuesday to formally sign and celebrate a Memorandum of Understanding that establishes an NMC imprint, or division, within UOG Press. 

The imprint will publish peer-reviewed works about the Northern Mariana Islands and/or by authors from the NMI with a dedication to expanding accessibility to knowledge about the island chain and sharing the knowledge, wisdom, and creativity of its people. 

鈥淭he 91快播 and the Northern Marianas College each have a legacy of building up island communities through their academic programs, including by creating educational resources about Micronesia鈥檚 history and culture,鈥� said Monique Storie, dean of university libraries at UOG. 鈥淲ith this agreement, we are able to combine our efforts in ways that respond to our respective communities鈥� interests, expand our educational reach, and help the world to know more about these islands that we call home. The possibilities of this agreement are exciting.鈥� 

Storie joined UOG President Thomas W. Krise and Senior Vice President and Provost Anita B. Enriquez and other UOG administrators in welcoming NMC President Galvin Deleon Guerrero and NMC Vice President of Administration and Advancement Frankie Eliptico to the UOG campus for a signing ceremony and tour of UOG Press. 

The partnership embodies the 91快播鈥檚 70th anniversary theme of 鈥淭ransforming Lives, Advancing Communities鈥� and advances a key initiative of the university鈥檚 Para Hulo鈥� Strategic Plan of partnering with organizations and institutions region-wide to improve all aspects of community life. 

Under the new imprint of UOG Press, NMC plans to publish one title per year along with an annual journal that will feature academic and literary writing and artwork from NMI authors and artists. 

鈥淲e hope to give voice to the community鈥檚 shared experience of surviving and thriving despite tragedy and trauma,鈥� Deleon Guerrero said. 鈥淚n other words, having sailed through turbulent waters, the college鈥檚 proa now sails ahead with a focus on learning, lifting the tide for everyone.鈥� 

The imprint and the annual journal are still at the beginning stages of their development, and further details for how NMI authors and artists can submit their work will be forthcoming. 

For additional information regarding this partnership, follow UOG Press on Facebook and Instagram, or contact Via De Fant, marketing and communications coordinator for UOG Press, at defantv@triton.uog.edu or (671) 735-2153. 

About UOG Press

91快播 Press is a publishing house under the Richard F. Taitano Micronesian Area Research Center at the 91快播. Using a peer-review process, UOG Press publishes literary works to advance regional scholarship, develop cultural literacy, and expand accessibility to knowledge about Micronesia. Since the press was revived in 2015, it has produced more than 55 publications and journals and sold more than 40,000 books under its major publishing imprints of MARC Publications and Taiguini Books. The books are available for sale in local bookstores and at .