The heat and humidity did not deter the thousands who showed up to UOG on Tuesday, March 14 to celebrate the 49th Charter Day.
This year’s event offered participants a full day of live entertainment, presentations, language competitions, games, souvenirs, food, picture booths, rock climbing, virtual reality games, and student organization activities.
“We expected to hold about five to maybe 6,000 people, but today
seemed like more,” said Jonas Macapinlac, director of Integrated Marketing Communications.
According to Macapinlac, turnouts have been slightly increasing over the past few years, with growing
attendance among the young.
“Many kids from all schools on island look forward to attending Charter Day each year,” Macapinlac said. Triton’s United
This year’s theme of “Triton’s United” was formulated with the idea that all Tritons, past and present, are standing
together in unity and wholeness.
“If we all work together and pave the way for our future successors, Guam will definitely have a brighter future,” Macapinlac said. Charter Day History
Former Governor Carlton Skinner founded the Territorial College of Guam in 1952,
which was a two-year training institution. The college was the rest and only of it’s kind in the region at this time period.
Sixteen years later
in 1968, the name was of offcially changed to the University of Guam. Our newly announced University eventually became an accredited,
four-year institution that still to this day offers various programs in place to prepare our up and coming leaders of the region.
Since then, the University has presented more than 20,000 degrees in all schools, most of which people reside elsewhere for their call of duty.