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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Representatives from the Department of Education Scholarship Office visited the American Samoa Community College (ASCC) last week to speak to students, faculty and administrators about the revival of the American Samoa Government (ASG) student loan program, and that...
Most of American Samoa’s high school graduates enjoy the privilege of qualifying for the Pell Grant, which covers most if not all of the cost of them earning a Bachelors degree in college. However, students born outside of the US and its territories often face a tremendous financial burden trying...
Ti’alemasunu Dr. Mikaele Etuale (center) of the American Samoa Drug Control Commission spoke last week at the American Samoa Community College on his agency’s efforts to address the territory’s drug problem. Dr. Etuale, a former ASCC faculty member and administrator, was hosted by the Student...
The American Samoa Community College last week recognized Mrs. Siaumau Ropeti (2nd right) for 20 years of service. Ropeti, a mainstay of the College Accelerated Preparatory Program, is pictured with (l-r) Human Resources Officer Sereima Asifoa, Vice President of Academic and Student Affairs Letupu...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Samoan Studies Institute (SSI) at the American Samoa Community College (ASCC) has announced the winners in the annual Gagana Samoa writing competition. Each year, the SSI opens the competition to ASCC students as a means of promoting to literacy in the Samoan...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Institutional Core Values of American Samoa Community College (ASCC) state the goal of students learning to become effective communicators, critical thinkers, global citizens and responsible leaders. All of these qualities involve an engagement with pressing social...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On Thursday, October 25, the American Samoa Community College (ASCC) Political Science Club welcomed Bishop Vaifanua Mulitauaopele of the American Samoa Republican Party as their guest speaker. Accompanied by his wife Eva, Bishop Mulitauaopele spoke to the club members...
Students from the School of International Training (SIT) and their chaperones visited the American Samoa Community College this week, hosted by the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society. The SIT students’ activities included instruction in siapo design from ASCC artist Regina Meredith-Fitiao (seated). [...
Provo, UTAH — Faculty from the Samoan Studies Institute (SSI) at the American Samoa Community College (ASCC) joined distinguished guests from across the United States and the Pacific region at the 2018 International Samoan Language Symposium held in late September at Brigham Young University in...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The public is invited to meet this year’s candidates for American Samoa’s seat in the US Congress during a Congressional Forum being held Tuesday, October 23, from 12:30 to 1:50 p.m. in the American Samoa Community College (ASCC) Multi-Purpose Center Auditorium....