(NMC) — As part of Northern Marianas College’s efforts to promote economic diversification and workforce development, its Cooperative Research, Extension, and Education Services-Aquaculture and Natural Resources Program secured a $536,000 grant to construct mangrove crab (Scylla serrata) farming demonstration units on the islands of Saipan, Tinian, and Rota.

Northern Marianas College’s Cooperative Research, Extension, & Education Service recently hosted Catherine Atalig as a social impact intern.

The Northern Marianas College, Cooperative Research, Extension, and Education Services has been awarded $3.4 million to conduct food science research and spur further economic development in the CNMI.

Northern Marianas College, Cooperative Research, Extension, and Education Services food scientist, program leader, and professor Dr. Zaidul Sarker will use the bulk of the funds to purchase equipment for the food science laboratory on Saipan and a smaller laboratory on Rota.

(NMC) — Hannah Isabel Shai, an extension agent for the Nutrition and Health Program under Northern Marianas College’s Cooperative Research, Extension, and Education Services, has been selected by the Children's Healthy Living or CHL Program to be the CNMI scholar for the CHL Food Systems Training or FST Program. Specifically, Shai will work towards obtaining her Ph.D in nutritional sciences.

(NMC) — Three program leaders from Northern Marianas College’s Cooperative Research, Extension, and Education Services recently completed LEAD21 — Leadership Development for the 21st Century: Linking Research, Academics, and Extension.