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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The overall goal of the American Samoa Area Health Education Center (AHEC), a program hosted by American Samoa Community College (ASCC), is to improve the health of the underserved through education and health workforce development.
Locally, AHEC pursues this goal by...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Sigma Kappa Delta (SKD), a collegiate honor society for students of English at two-year institutions, has become part of campus life at the American Samoa Community College (ASCC). Nationwide, Sigma Kappa Delta has 141 chapters with an average undergraduate membership of...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Community College’s (ASCC) Agriculture, Community and Natural Resources (ACNR) Division has collaborated with the college’s division of Student Services (DOSS) counseling services on a six-week pilot program for young adults with disabilities. A total...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa Community College (ASCC) student and Natural Resources major, Talofa Fe‘a, received a 2022 SACNAS Student Presentation Award at the Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics & Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) 2022 National Diversity in STEM (...
ASCC student Talofa Fe‘a attended the Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics & Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) 2022 National Diversity in STEM Conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico held from October 27-29, 2022. Fe‘a received an award in recognition of her outstanding research...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Two students from the American Samoa Community College (ASCC) attended the 2022 American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) National Conference in Palm Springs, California held from October 6-8, 2022.
The Annual AISES National Conference is a unique, three-...
New and current members of the Alpha Epsilon Mu chapter Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) honor society at ASCC, including chapter president Trish Buenavista (far left) celebrate a successful PTK induction ceremony last week. Read story elsewhere in this issue. [photo: J. Kneubuhl]
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Grant funding from the Department of the Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) will enable the American Samoa Community College (ASCC) to make major upgrades in its capacity for instruction in the area of information technology, and will also allow the College to...
ASCC recently recognized Dr. Michael Otto Hansell (center) of the Agriculture, Community and Natural Resources division for 20 years of service. Presenting Dr. Hansell with his Certificate of Recognition are (l – r) ASCC President Dr. Rosevonne Pato, Vice President of Administration and Finance Mr...
ASG is up to date with its subsidies paid to the American Samoa Community College, this is contrary to our previous article titled "ASCC audit report shows two years of missing ASG subsidies" published on 3 June, 2022.
The Audit report by the Moss Adams Auditors Company based in the U.S. mainland,...

![During the Teen Health Camp this past Saturday at ASCC, presented by the Area Health Education Center, high school students received an introduction to a new device called Makey Makey, and its application to medical technology. [photo: J. Kneubuhl] introduction to a new device called Makey Makey](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/ascc_3_teen_camp.jpg?itok=nPdIDQOq)
![Officers and members of the ASCC chapter of Sigma Delta Kappa, an honor society for students of English composition and literature, along with their advisor Ruth Tauiliili-Mahuna (front, center), celebrate a successful first induction ceremony. [photo: J. Kneubuhl] Officers and some members of the ASCC chapter of Sigma Delta Kappa,](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/ascc-skd_2_fall_2022.jpg?itok=462xYTgb)
![Staff from ASCC-ACNR with participants in a collaborative pilot program for students with disabilities in front of the ASCC-ACNR horticulture research program greenhouse. The six-week program is a collaborative effort between the ASCC division of Student Services Counseling Services and ACNR to encourage academic success through informal education opportunities, enhance interpersonal and social skills, develop professional skills, and to cultivate lifelong learners. [photo: ACNR] Staff from ASCC-ACNR with participants](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/ascc_pilot_program_greenhouse.jpg?itok=0YUscHtw)
![ASCC Student Talofa Fe‘a (front row – 3rd from left) receives award for her outstanding research presentation, “Eroding Ele’ele: A Qualitative Study of the Fa’asamoa Impact of Climate Migration”, in the Undergraduate Poster Presentations - STEM Education and Learning category at the Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics & Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) 2022 National Diversity in STEM Conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico held from October 27-29, 2022. Fe‘a was among 110 graduate and undergraduate students awarded for their research and presentation skills at the conference. [courtesy photo] ASCC Student Talofa Fe‘a (front row – 3rd from left)](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/sacnas_group.jpg?itok=sHV81lKH)

![(L to R) ASCC students MJ Matulino and Natalee Aitaoto attended the 2022 American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) National Conference in Palm Springs, California held from October 6-8, 2022. [photo: ASCC-ACNR] MJ Matulino and Natalee Aitaoto](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/ascc_-_mj_and_natalee_-_aises.jpg?itok=mlDi5WAu)

![ASCC Computer Science Department chairperson Dr. Ernie Seiuli works with students in the college’s computer lab. A new Technical Assistance Program (TAP) grant from the Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) will enable ASCC to make major upgrades in information technology instruction and cyber-security. [Photo: J. Kneubuhl] ASCC computer students and instructor](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/ascc_computer_lab_9-22-22.jpg?itok=dFcqoFSj)

