Palau Community College
MESEKIU'S
NEWS
Friday, July 20, 2007 Weekly Newsletter Volume 9, Issue 29
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Palau Community College MESEKIU'S NEWS |
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Friday, July 20, 2007 Weekly Newsletter Volume 9, Issue 29 |
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Hatchery Production of Rabbitfish (Meas) Fingerlings- A Success |
College Hosts Dinner for Yap Apprentice Training Participants To celebrate the mid-term
apprentice training, the College's Executive
Committee comprised of President Dr. Patrick U. Tellei, Vice Presidents- Jay Olegeriil
and Thomas Taro, Dean William Wally, Classified Staff Organization
President- Ephraim Ngirachitei, Director Deikola Olikong and Armstrong Debelbot
hosted a dinner for the six participants of the
4th Apprentice Training at Landmark Hotel. The trainees had the opportunity
to interact with the College officials and share what they've experienced
since arriving on island. The Apprentice Training is set to conclude next month. |
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In order to provide a continuous supply of fingerlings for stock enhancement in meas fishery and develop an aquaculture of meas in Palau, PCC through its Cooperative Research and Extension (CRE) office has been conducting a research on the seed production meas using the existing hatchery facilities of the Bureau of Marine Resources located at Malakal area. According to Mr. Miguel De Los Santos, Researcher/Aquaculturist of PCC-CRE, as early as January this year 2007, the wild caught spawners of meas have started to produce millions of eggs in a 6 ton capacity circular tank. The eggs were collected and about 400,000 pcs newly hatched larvae were stocked in a 10 ton capacity tank for larval rearing. During this preliminary run, 2,500 pcs of 21 days old meas larvae (1-2 cm Total Length) were produced.
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Successive spawning of meas occurred every month, 5-7 days after the new moon and efforts to improve and refine the larval rearing procedures were undertaken to obtain a better survival rate. Recent runs (June 2007 spawning) yielded about 80,000 pcs of 21 days old larvae out of 300,000 newly hatched larvae stocked. This revealed a significantly high survival rate which is about 26.7 %. These larvae are now being maintained in the hatchery until they reach the fingerling stage (1 to 2 inches TL) that will be ready for release. During the recently concluded OBF, samples of these larvae including the first batch of hatchery produced fingerlings were brought for aquarium exhibit. Interested clients who wish to avail of these meas fingerlings for stocking in there fishponds or release in the natural waters may contact the PCC-CRE office for reservation. For more information about this project, please contact Mr. Thomas Taro, Vice-President-CRE.
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CRE Participates in the Olechotel Belau Fair |
Educational Talent
Last Friday, about forty (40) Koror Elementary School students, including parents, tutors, and two (2) Talent Search staff, Academic Advisor/Counselor Angelio Anthonio, and Talent Search Project Director Laura S. Mangham, went on an overnight trip to Ngemelis Island. The purpose of the trip was to introduce students to cultural and historical sites around Palau. Ibedul Yutaka Gibbons and Senator Alan Seid very generously hosted the students and provided for a sumptuous dinner Friday evening, breakfast and lunch the next day Saturday. The students had a wonderful time playing in the water and beach where the famous story of the two lovers met, and got to see more constellations in one night than can be seen in many nights. It seemed the stars were out to welcome the students, and to show them what beautiful nature Palau has offered through centuries. All the students, parents, tutors, and TS staff had a wonderful time and learned some very useful things about surviving at the rock islands. |
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The Cooperative Research & Extension Department of the College participated in the recently held Olechotel Belau Fair (OBF). The CRE booth was teeming with posters and exhibit materials on their products and current research activities. The Aquaculture Division featured rabbit fish production in the hatchery. A big bucket with 15-day old rabbitfish fries, and two aquarium tanks were filled with adult and 2-month old rabbitfish spawned and raised in captivity. The potentials of rabbitfish production in Palau captured the interest of many guests of the CRE booth. The Agriculture Division distributed taro planting materials from the field and from tissue culture to many women farmers in Palau. Visitors to the CRE booth also had the chance to look at minute insect pests of taro which were magnified under the microscope. Guests also had the chance to taste products of food technology such as cookies made of taro and tapioca flour as well as taro ice cream. |
A demonstration of the process of shochu production from taro corms was also featured together with sampling of the shochu. For more information on these different products and activities of CRE,
please contact the PCC-CRE office at 488-2746. |
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Summer 2007 Teachers' Academy in its Fourth Week at PCC |
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Twenty-eight (28) participants from Palau Community Action Agency (PCAA)- Head Start continues to meet at Baderirt Building for their Summer 2007 Teachers' Academy. The Academy provides the opportunity for beginning or aspiring teachers who are high school graduates or current teachers who need refresher training. A retired Koror Elementary School teacher and principal, Esther Koshiba taught Teaching Methodologies/Strategies last week, the third of the Academy's five course series offered this summer. This week, Masaharu Tmodrang taught Test & Measurement/Evaluation. The Academy began four weeks ago and will continue until July 27, 2007. |
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Message of Appreciation We, Karen Mobel and Anne Mobel, would like to take this opportunity to thank all for your kind contributions, thoughts, and prayers during the loss of our loved one, William "Myos" Mobel. May God continue to Bless us all! |
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BITS AND PIECES... ANNOUNCEMENT • Registration for Mandarin Class is now closed. First day of class will begin Monday at Room #68 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Classes will be held every week only on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. • Summer Kids Program ends today. The Awarding Ceremony will take place at CE Training Room from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. • Koror State Government and CE office is inviting the public to witness the display of weaving, spear-making, woodcarving, and performing arts that the Summer Cultural Class has been studying over the summer. Doors will open at 3 :00 p.m. at Koror State Assembly Hall on July 27th, 2007. CORRECTION In Volume 9, Issue 27, under the heading Mandarin Instructor Returns Home After Successful Three Months at College it stated that Ephraim Ngirachitei was the Classified Staff President. However, the organization to which Ngirachitei is president of, is officially named Classified Staff Organization. Therefore, it should have stated that Ephraim Ngirachitei is the Classified Staff Organization President. This shall also apply to the article under Bits and Pieces entitled Classified Staff Meets. It should have been Classified Staff Organization Meets. Also in the same article, it should have stated that the organization met to review the organization's bylaws, not the school's bylaws. In addition, under the heading, Cafeteria Crew Get Busy for Summer it stated that Rosita Weilbacher is the Cafeteria Supervisor; however, it should have stated that she is the Cafeteria Food Coordinator. In the same article, it also stated that there are twenty (20) students living in the dorm from FSM. However, the 20 students do not only comprise of FSM students, but RMI and Palau students as well. |
Over Forty Students Complete Summer UBMS Classes |
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This summer marks the 4th annual Upward Bound Math and Science (UBMS) Banquet. The banquet serves as the culminating event for the forty (40) plus students from the different high schools around Palau who have proudly completed the requirements of the UBMS program. The ceremony took place in the Cafeteria on Tuesday July 17th, 2007. The program began with the UBMS students singing the Palau National Anthem. Afterwards, completing their program Stiffney Paul, an off-island student of UBMS, |
opened the ceremony with a prayer. President Dr. Patrick U. Tellei gave welcoming remarks after the invocation. After a few words from the PCC President, awards were presented to the UBMS students. Three special awards from Palau International Coral Reef Center (PICRC), PCC-Cooperative Research & Extension (CRE), and Computers Plus were presented to selected students for their outstanding work. The Palau International Coral Reef Center (PICRC) awarded certificates of completion to all of those who are entering 12th grade for successful completion of Marine Science Lab classes. For all of those who are entering 10th and 11th grade, certificates of completion were awarded for successful completion of Environmental Science Lab classes. PICRC provided the instructors and facilities. The PCC Cooperative Research and Extension (CRE) also awarded certain students for successfully (Continued on page 4) |
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Rodriquez and Helgenberger Complete Internship at PPUC |
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There is no question that dedication and hard work do pay off. This had been demonstrated by Mr. Ioakim E. Rodriquez and Mr. Nixon M. Helgenberger, two internship trainees who majored in Electrical Technology and took their internship training this summer semester at the Palau Public Utilities Corporation (PPUC). Their dedication and hard work had allowed them to complete more than the required internship hours during their mid-term evaluations. Not only did they complete the required hours ahead of time, they did such a good job as reflected in the |
excellent evaluations they received from their respective site supervisors. Site supervisors for Mr. Rodriquez and Mr. Helgenberger are Mr. Gainy Rdialul and Mr. Tilden Teltull respectively. Mr. Teltull was a 1997 PCC graduate majoring in ET. He took his internship at PPR before being hired permanently at PPUC. The college would like to thank Mr. James Mengeolt, Power Distribution Manager, Ms. Shirley Tulop, Human Resources Manger, and PPUC for their commitment and continued support and participation in the internship training. |
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ALUMNI NOTES: Class of
2004 (PCC) Class of 1993 (PCC) Class of 1989 (MOC) Alumni Notes showcases MOC/PCC alumni who contribute to the quality of life in their local community and are postive role models for other PCC students to emulate. If you are that alumni or know someone who is, please contact the PCC Development Office at telephone number 488-2471. We would like to feature you in future issues of the Mesekiu's News.
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All Second Year Students In preparation for Internship placement for Fall 2007, we need to know the number of students who will be eligible to participate in the training and their respective trade areas at this time. This will allow us time to identify and secure commitments from appropriate employers who will be providing training to our students. To assist in this effort, Academic Advisors are requested to review their advisees' folders and to advise those who will be eligible to participate in internship training to come to Academic Affairs office and see the Extension Program Coordinator, Mr. Vincent Ito, and fill out required application forms. Application forms are now ready for pick up anytime during working hours from Monday to Friday. Deadline for submission of completed application forms is Friday, August 3, 2007 in order for student to be considered for internship placement.
(Continued from page 3) In addition, a website design contest sponsored by Computers Plus, was drawn for the first time. Students were to design a website with three web pages, working links to those pages and a custom banner. Student contestants were also judged on the clarity and creativity of their website. Thirteen (13) seniors who recently graduated from high school received their Certificates of Completion, while the off-island students, two from Chuuk and one from the Republic of the Marshall Islands, received their certificates as well. The students also received their component awards (Achievement Award and Best Effort Award) for each subject; Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Algebra II, Geometry, Trigonometry, English, Japanese, and Computer. Aside from having classes, the students spent their Fridays participating in field trips and/or workshops. Since their summer program began, there were two field trips/workshops. At the end of June, the students had the opportunity to participate in Mikania cleanup at PCC with Dr. Joel Miles, Joe Tiobech, and Leilanie Rechelluul. Then at the beginning of this month, they participated in the AHEC workshop conducted by Dr. Isebong Asang and Julita Tellei. |
Attention PCC Students: Global Student Entrepreneur Awards program, an Entrepreneurs' Organization program, is presenting a competition for undergraduate students that are currently owning and running their own businesses while attending school. Who is Eligible to be Nominated? The student must be an undergraduate student at a recognized University or College for the 2006/2007 academic year. The student must be the owner, founder or controlling shareholder of their company and principally responsible for its operation. The student's company must have been in business for at least the last six consecutive months. The student must have not been the GSEA winner in the past and/or were not one of the four finalists for the 2006 GSEA competition. What are the Benefits of Competition? Competing in the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards brings you unlimited value! There is also a $10,000 cash prize, plus tens of thousands in business products and services donated by EO members including web services, printing, PR, consulting and more! Over $100K in total! For more information and about the nomination process, please visit the GSEA website at www.gsea.org. For further questions, please contact the GSEA by email at info@gsea.org or by phone at +1-250-391-6035.
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