{"id":187982,"date":"2023-12-04T12:26:15","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T22:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=187982"},"modified":"2023-12-04T12:26:15","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T22:26:15","slug":"uh-american-samoa-education-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/12\/04\/uh-american-samoa-education-center\/","title":{"rendered":"<abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> strengthens ties to American Samoa, opens education center"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/system-america-samoa-2023.jpg\" alt=\"People standing and smiling\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-187988\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/system-america-samoa-2023.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/system-america-samoa-2023-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/system-america-samoa-2023-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Residents of American Samoa will now be able to expand the number of degrees and certificates they earn without leaving their islands after the opening of the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> physical facility in December, further strengthening the long-established ties between the two groups.<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Lemanu P. S. Mauga lobbied for years for <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> to open physical facilities in the region. He helped to arrange an agreement for the new stand-alone <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr>-American Samoa Center in the village of Puapua. Mauga and <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> President David Lassner were on hand for the opening along with officials from the government and <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr>.<\/p>\n<p><abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> has had alumni from American Samoa earn degrees and certificates through many of the programs of the <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> campuses.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I extend my sincere appreciation to the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> for their steadfast support in molding the educational terrain of American Samoa,&rdquo; Mauga said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are grateful to American Samoa for so graciously welcoming <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> to their community,&rdquo; Lassner said. &ldquo;This next step in our partnership will enable <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> to provide more opportunity for American Samoa residents to earn higher education credentials and meet their community needs while staying home and remaining close to family.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There is a strong kinship between <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> and American Samoa. We are proud of our alumni here,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/coe.hawaii.edu\/cs\/programs\/pacmed\/\">Pacific Masters in Education<\/a> (PACMED) Director Deborah Zuercher said. PACMED has helped educators throughout the Pacific earn their advanced degrees since 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The American Samoa Government and <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> have collaborated on educational matters for almost 45 years. Since 1979, <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> has partnered with the American Samoa Community College.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> has had alumni from American Samoa earn degrees and certificates through many of the programs of the <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> campuses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[134,947],"class_list":["post-187982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-international","tag-uh-system","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=187982"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187982\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":187989,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187982\/revisions\/187989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}