The Guam Dance Community will be hosting their first Halloween dance concert titled “Frightmare” on Oct. 21 and 22 at Mercy Heights. GDC is a Tamuning-based dance company. The company is divided into two teams: GDC teens and GDC adults. The show will feature Halloween-inspired performances by the GDC team and other high school dance …
Colleen Jennings, Ph.D., a University of Guam assistant professor of music, and her students, Kayla Del Rosario and Brett O’Connor, participated in a Vocal Music Seminar hosted by Northwestern’s Bienen School of Music in Chicago, IL, this past summer. Students from all over the United States participated in this program. There were a total of …
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UOG’s Residence Halls opened a new cafeteria on Saturday, Sept. 2. Located on the second floor of Guma’ta Hall, the dining facility is intended to serve residents who purchased the recently implemented dorm meal plan. Jonathan Triplett, Residence Hall director, said this is the first time the University is offering a meal plan and the …
The 2017 Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Guam Chapter is holding its annual conference on Friday, Oct. 6, 2017 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Dusit Thani Guam Resort Royal Ballroom. There will also be a networking hour from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. at The Cellar of the Dusit Thani. This …
In Fall 2014, UOG changed the way it administers student evaluations of courses and faculty. Initially conducted on a paper-and-pencil format, the evaluations were changed to an online system called CollegeNet. Since this conversion, response rates for evaluations have declined, which leaves some in the University alarmed. “The problem is now that it’s become electronic, …
It has been over two months since the widely publicized conviction and subsequent firing of former UOG Associate Professor Michael Ehlert, Ph.D., but the case continues to have a lasting imprint on the way UOG deals with sexual misconduct. “Since that’s happened, we’ve completely revamped our sexual misconduct policy,” said Jonas Macapinlac, director of UOG …
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As the 2017-2018 school year rings in, the University of Guam’s athletic program is wasting no time in preparing for upcoming sports events. This marks the second official year of the Triton Athletics program since disbanding more than 16 years ago. Doug Palmer, UOG athletic director, is excited for what this school year has to …
On an overcast day in late August, students from the UOG Residence Halls were clearing out overgrown weeds behind House 33 in Dean’s Circle. The students were participating in one of the Green Garden projects organized by the University of Guam’s Center for Island Sustainability. The land they cleared, roughly 50 by 65 feet, is …
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The UOG Board of Regents (BOR) held their most recent meeting on Thursday, April 20 at the RFK Library’s AV room. The meeting began on a positive note, highlighting the achievements the university has reached so far and other plans for future developments. Learn more about Java burn benefits. BOR Chairperson Antoinette Sanford made opening …
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The UOG Chemistry Program and the College of Natural & Applied Sciences (CNAS) held a Chemistry Forum on Thursday, April 19 at the UOG CLASS Lecture Hall. The forum was open to the public. With a planning team that included Maika Vuki, Professor of Chemistry, Ph.D., the Chemistry Department and their sponsors, the forum was …
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