CREES News

The latest news from Cooperative Research, Extension, and Education Program

NMC-CREES is awarded $1.79M for pineapple cultivation research

The Northern Marianas College’s Cooperative Research, Extension, and Education Services was recently awarded $1.79 million to research commercial pineapple cultivation in the CNMI.

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EDA awards NMC $13.2M grant for new CREES building

The Northern Marianas College has been awarded a $13.2-million grant by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration to develop the colleges’ Cooperative Research, Extension, and Education Services program further and its role in supporting regional economic development.

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NAP program receives over 100 pounds of tomatoes from NMC-CREES

The Nutrition Assistance Program received a donation of about 100 lbs of tomatoes from the Northern Marianas College-Cooperative Research, Extension & Education Services yesterday for distribution under the local food stamp program.

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NMC CREES gains regional and national recognitions

The University of Hawaii’s Pacific Business Center Program recently named Northern Marianas College’s interim dean for the Cooperative Research, Extension, and Education Services Patricia Coleman as a “Rising Star of Oceania.”

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NMC CREES awarded $725K research grant

Northern Marianas College-Cooperative Research, Extension, and Education ServiceAgriculture Production Program was recently granted a $725,000 research grant from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture to conduct vegetable and fruit variety performance trials in the CNMI.

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NMC-CREES secures $460K grant

Northern Marianas College-Cooperative Research, Extension, and Education Service was recently awarded a $460,00 grant from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture to continue its research of the commercialization of forktail rabbitfish in the CNMI.

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