Palau Community College
MESEKIU'S
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Friday, October 05, 2007 Weekly Newsletter Volume 9, Issue 40
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Friday, October 05, 2007 Weekly Newsletter Volume 9, Issue 40 |
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CRE Booth Attracts Many at the 13th Independence Day Celebration
PCC-CRE participated in the 13th Independence Day celebration by having a booth display. CRE booth showcased their various research projects that included the famous shouchu production, taro tissue culture, and rabbitfish and grouper hatchery and rearing methods. They also gave free samples of taro cookies and shouchu. |
2nd Dorm Women's Retreat at
Bailechesau, Melekeok While everyone else was taking part in the Independence day festivities, twenty (20) female dorm residents took off with Director Deikola Olikong and Counselor Maurine Alexander Saturday afternoon, September 29th, to Bailechesau, Melekeok for the second two-day Women's Retreat. Throughout the retreat, students participated in the different sessions and learned important skills and information which will help them make proper decisions in life. The two-day session began with a presentation by Counselor Alexander on Achieving Your Goal with Time Management; Director Olikong also shared with students tips on Healthy Relationships as well as Protecting Yourself from Unwanted Pregnancy; Counselor Alexander then joined Dorm Manager Ephraim Ngirachitei in a (Continued on page 3) |
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PCC Welcomes New Automotive Mechanics and Electrical Technology Instructors |
More New The College would like to welcome Patricia Maech and Francisca Blailes who are two new adjunct faculty members teaching nursing. They too, along with the rest of the adjunct faculty members, believe in the importance of education and are also devoting their time to help instill valuable knowledge and information to the students here at PCC. The September 14th issue of Mesekiu's News also welcomed new adjunct faculty member Simon Allen, but did not show his photograph; therefore, his picture is included in this issue with pictures of Maech and Blailes. Welcome aboard! |
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In order to maintain its standard of providing quality education for our students and have diverse, balanced and experienced faculty members, the College has hired two new faculty members, Nobby H. Enano, Automotive Mechanics Technology (AMT) instructor and Jerry Taroy, Electrical Technology (ET) instructor who both arrived two weekends ago. Enano began working last week by observing the AMT classes with instructor Eugene Uehara. Enano will teach AM 212- Chassis Electricity for sophomore students and AM 111- Automotive Fundamentals for freshmen students. He has a Bachelor's degree in Industrial Technology at the University of Southern Philippines. He majored in Industrial Management in the field of Automotive Technology. Asked what he thinks about his new job, he replied, "I am still observing with Eugene but, I am excited!". |
Taroy, on the other hand, is teaching ET 111- AC/DC Electricity and ET 112- Basic Wiring for freshmen students; and ET 211- Commercial & Industrial Wiring for sophomore students. He has a Bachelor's of Science in Industrial Education, majored in Electrical Technology at Marikina Polytechnic College in the Philippines. He is also a candidate for a Masters of Arts and Teaching. Taroy heard of Palau and Palau Community College from instructors, Margie Buban and Joel Yabes, former colleagues. He wanted to come to Palau "to share knowledge and skills in Electrical Technology to my students". The College is proud to have these special individuals join the PCC team and we are positive they will make a significant contribution to the educational success of our students, our faculty, and our College as a whole. Welcome aboard! |
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Japanese Family Returns for Pre-WWII Paintings of Palau |
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Three years ago during the 9th Festival of Pacific Arts, Christina Alonso gave paintings of Palau to the Belau National Museum for display to participants of the Festival of Pacific Arts. The paintings which her late grandfather Takenosuke Kurosawa, a Japanese national, painted in the 1930's depict various areas in Palau before World War II. Some of the paintings include the Ngaremlengui Pineapple Plantation, various abais and buildings in Palau, and Yap stone money quarried from the Rock Islands of Palau. Alonso is back and brought along her family to collect the paintings. While here, the family paid a courtesy visit to the President of the College |
Dr. Patrick U. Tellei. Dr. Tellei, along with both Vice Presidents Thomas Taro and Jay Olegeriil met the family and had the opportunity to view the paintings.
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Christina Alonso and her family will be leaving the island this evening. Alonso will be going back to the States where she currently resides while her family will be returning back to Japan.
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BITS AND PIECES... ANNOUNCEMENT UBMS Orientation Tomorrow... There will be an orientation for the Upward Bound Math & Science (UBMS) this Saturday on October 6, 2007 at PCC Cafeteria starting at 9:00 a.m. All new and returning participants are required to attend. Tutoring sessions will begin on Monday October 8, 2007. If you have any questions, call UBMS office at 488-3965 for more information. THANKS Environmental Club Participates in
The Environmental Club took part in the 13th Independence Day Walk-N-Pick last Friday. Due to class schedule conflicts, the club members were only able to pick up trash on campus. ANNOUNCEMENT Basic Tagalog Begins in October... Continuing Education (CE) office would like to announce that the Basic Tagalog class is set to begin next month in October. Registration is still open so if you want to take the class, please call CE office at 488-6223/ 2470/2471. Take advantage of this opportunity to learn a new language for FREE! |
(Continued from page 1) The two-day retreat not only gave the students the opportunity to learn valuable information about "Becoming a Model Woman" as their retreat theme states, but also gave them the opportunity to get to know one another. Some of the activities the students participated in included swimming, barbecuing, and watching movies. Some of the participants' comments: "It was great and so much fun but it was too short, I wish we can go on another trip like this". "This is a very fun and enjoyable retreat, I learned a lot from it". "I recommend that we have the retreat continuously going since there will be new students every semester. The information provided to us is very helpful and will help us to be good and responsible women". Director Olikong would like to thank the following people: Governor Lazarus Kodep and his staff for the venue and support; Upward Bound Math & Science for the technical assistance; PCC Cafeteria for the food and drinks; the staff at Student Life & Housing- Counselors, Recreation Staff, and Dorm Managers for their hard work and time; SBA President Emrei Takeo and PCC students who showed up to give support. Thank you for making this retreat a succesful one. |
Talent Search
By: Angelio Anthonio, Talent Search Academic Advisor/Counselor
The Talent Search Program held its first Tutors' Workshop on Saturday September 22, 2007. Tutors from all central schools attended the workshop which was aimed to help tutors gain more tutoring skills and knowledge on how to approach students in acknowledging their weaknesses. The workshop also indicated several ways to accept each students' attitude as well as each of the individual tutors. Vicky Maui attended the workshop as the guest speaker. She made a presentation on "Building Healthy Attitude (s)". The presentation taught the tutors to recognize each individual student's attitude and how they should deal with it. It also taught them how to cope with their attitudes and how they could help solve them. This workshop was basically new to all the tutors, and they participated well (Continued on back page) |
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What is Happening in AHS? |
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Students of the Adult High School (AHS) Program have embarked on a fundraising |
mission to raise funds for the creation of their own baseball and basketball teams. The students are currently looking for any "Tsumong" projects such as garden and yard clearing. Prices are negotiable and they are willing to take any projects of any size. Their initial schedule will be on Fridays and Saturdays only, but may expand to include other days. If you have any projects for the AHS students, please call Christez at 488- 0826. |
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ALUMNI NOTES: Class of
2004 (PCC) Class of 1998 (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. Previous Mesekiu Issues: |
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Faye Ngirchomlei, a Palau Housing Authority Accounting Clerk, is the newest member of the Endowment Fund. PCC welcomes the new supporters of the Endowment Fund and invites others who have not signed up to show their support as well. For more information about the PCC Endowment Fund, please contact Hulda, Dilubch, or Koyungil at the Development office at 488- 2470 ext. 253. |
(Continued from page 3) enough to see the importance of having good attitude not only towards the students but also towards their peers. The workshop did not just focus within the classroom, but also in the home. Maui stated, "attitude begins at home". This indicates where attitude starts. Now, the tutors can also help improve students' attitudes by taking advantage of the time spent with them. Talent Search Program is one of the TRIO programs here at PCC campus, which provides tutoring services to elementary schools as well as high schools, both private and public. For more information about the Talent Search (TS) Program, please call TS office at 488- 3936. |
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More Creative Writing- Part V Below is another writing by a student in Midori Mersai's English summer class who also submitted a paper for the in-class creative writing contest. "The First Time I Baked a Cake": by Sean Mesubed |
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The first time I baked a cake, is a moment in my life I will never forget. I was only a clumsy little kid who had no sense of order and coherence. At first I doubted that I'll ever bake it right. Amazingly, through great concentration and carefully following the steps written on the back of the square box of the cake mix, everything turned out just fine. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw what I had accomplished! Everything turned out just wonderful. In fact, the cake was excellent. Astonished by how well the cake looked, and its fine shape,
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size and texture that made it perfect, I jumped up high and shouted so loud so the whole world could hear my joy. For a moment, I was out of breath, I closed my eyes and I was in my own happy place. To be candid, I almost cried. I felt a feeling I have never felt before in my life. A feeling that made me feel so high like I'm the king of the world, and that I could do anything if I set my mind to it. From that day on, I made a promise to myself that I will always believe in myself and do my best in everything good in life and be all that I can be.
Synergetics Seeking Support Synergetics, comprised of mostly PCC students from Palau Evangelical Church, are fundraising for a ministry in Yap this Christmas where they will be performing dances, skits, action songs, and singing. They are asking support through donations from all PCC staff/faculty as well as the students. They also do "Tsumong" in order to raise funds for their tickets, so if you need any cleaning, please contact Sasha at 488-5447/779-1215 or 779-7678. |
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A curious youngster stops at the CRE grouper
and rabbitfish aquarium display while making his
rounds of the various booths during the Independence
Day celebration under the JP Bridge.
