CEO | Community Development
Community development involves working with people, places and various interests and
roles. The processes involved in community development work embraces the idea of action
research through community empowerment leading to improving quality of life, managing
change and promoting vibrant communities.
A useful reference to describe the role of community development work is to provide a conceptual understanding of community development and the work of community development practitioners. Two key roles include serving as facilitators to a range of community conversations about information and knowledge levels on key island issues (process expertise) and to help community residents, government and non-government organizations address how to deal with those issues (content expertise).
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Islands of Opportunity Alliance - Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (IOA-LSAMP)
The University of Guam I Hale’ta STEM Scholars Program is a learning community that serves as an organized environment for underrepresented minority students -- in particular Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders -- to achieve academic success in the STEM fields (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics). I Hale’ta translated from CHamoru means “our roots.”
Are you a full-time Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander student at UOG majoring in a STEM field? Are you looking to engage in rigorous scientific research grounded in indigenous knowledge and cultural practices? The I Hale'ta STEM Scholar Program is for you!
You will experience and benefit from:
Eligibility:
Stipend: $250 to $1,000 per semester, depending on involvement as either a member, tutor, mentor, or researcher
Eligibility for Stipend:
Scholars will:
Deadline to Apply: Applications for the Fanuchånan (Spring) 2023 semester are due by 5 p.m. CHST on Jan. 31. Priority will be given to completed applications submitted by Jan. 26.
UOG I Hale’-ta STEM Scholars Program is an integral part of the Islands of Opportunity Alliance (IOA), a network of 11 campuses across Oceania supported by the NSF-funded Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) program.
The IOA aims to prepare and diversify the STEM workforce in Oceania by providing culturally relevant education and research experiences, rooted in indigenous languages and cultures. I Hale’ta students from UOG and other students across the IOA will interact through various programs, including an ethnographic study on how Pacific Islander worldviews are incorporated into STEM learning.As part of the IOA, UOG’s campus coordinator communicates with alliance campus coordinators to foster continuity of student progression through the pipeline from community colleges to four-year universities.
For more information, contact:
Kristina Sayama
Extension Agent II, Community Development
IOA-LSAMP Campus Coordinator
Tel: (671) 735-2054
Office: ALS 228B
Email: kristina@triton.uog.edu
Program email: communitywf@triton.uog.edu
This project is supported by National Science Foundation grant #HRD-1826864 until August 2024.
The COFA Cost-Benefit Analysis & Impact Methodologies project seeks to strengthen Guam's data collection regarding Compact of Free Association (COFA) migrants to Guam for its reconciliation report to the U.S. Government Accountability Office. The project team will be working with the Government of Guam agencies to develop uniform reporting guidelines and cost estimations across the public health, safety, and education agencies that deliver services to COFA migrants.
Under the Compact of Free Association Act of 1985 (P.L. 99-239; P.L. 99-658), migrants from the Freely Associated States (the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and Palau) are authorized unrestricted immigration into the United States and its territories and possessions to lawfully engage in occupations and establish residence as non-immigrant aliens.
The "Compact Impact" costs incurred as a migrant destination for FAS citizens are reimbursable to Guam through the U.S. Department of the Interior; however, Guam's 2004 request for $200 million in debt relief was declined by the U.S. Government Accountability Office due to weaknesses identified in its reconciliation report.
Tel: (671) 735-2051
Email: cofa.cba-im@triton.uog.edu
This project is funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior to the Guam Bureau of Statistics & Plans. The University of Guam is carrying out the project as a sub-awardee.
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For more information:
Ben Raetilmwai
Coordinator, Household Income & Expenditures Survey
(671) 735-2062
uoghies@triton.uog.edu
raetilmwaib@triton.uog.edu
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