 Territorial College of Guam Honored with Historical Marker
For Immediate Release December 7, 2012 For more information contact: Jonas Macapinlac Director, Integrated Marketing Communications Tel: 735-2944 Cell: 787-1010 Email: jmacapinlac@uguam.uog.edu Territorial College of Guam Honored with Historical Marker What is now known as the University of Guam began in a quonset hut on the former George Washington High School campus in Mongmong in 1952. As part of the University’s 60th Anniversary celebration, the Territorial College of Guam will be commemorated with a historical marker and the renaming of N. Old GW Road to the “Territorial College of Guam Road” at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, December 11. The site is located along Route 8 across from Coast 360. “With this historical marker, we recognize our humble beginnings and celebrate what the University is today, the engine of progress in Guam and the Region,” said Dr. Robert A. Underwood, UOG President. The Territorial College of Guam, the first post-secondary educational institution in Guam, was established in Mongmong on June 30, 1952. Sharing campus grounds with the George Washington High School, it began as a two-year teacher training college under the Department of Education with five faculty members, 13 staff, and 123 full-time students. In 1960, the College moved to its present campus in Mangilao where it continued to grow. On August 12, 1968, the College was renamed the University of Guam. Over the years, UOG has thrived. As the only U.S.-accredited, baccalaureate-degree granting institution on this side of the international dateline, UOG has graduated over 14,000 students and currently employs nearly 300 full-time and part-time faculty and a staff of nearly 600 in support of extensive service, educational and research activities. Over 3,700 students are enrolled at UOG this fall. See attached photos courtesy of University of Guam Photo Archives. |
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