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During a recognition ceremony earlier this month, ASCC president Dr. Rosevonne Pato and college administrators congratulate ASCC admissions officer Elizabeth Leuma and Program Director of Nursing Lele Ah Mu (2nd right) for 30 years of service. [l-r]: Sonny Leomiti, vice president of Administration...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Students at the American Samoa Community College (ASCC) majoring in Criminal Justice had the opportunity earlier this month to observe firsthand the inner workings of the local law enforcement system when 14 of them participated in the first field trip by College...
Alega Village, AMERICAN SAMOA — Tisa’s Tattoo Fest is reinventing itself and has become more than a promoter of The Sacred Tatau Art of the Samoans in 2019.
“This year was the most educational and informative celebration of the Tatau Art for me, and I am grateful to team up with our local health...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Earlier this month, the American Samoa Community College (ASCC) provided a venue for the INSPIRE Research Symposium presented by the American Samoa Community Cancer Coalition. INSPIRE (Indigenous Samoan Partnership to Initiate Research Excellence) is a five-year program...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Community College has recommended to the Fono to consider legislation that would regulate private institutions of higher learning opening up in American Samoa, as well as online college education programs.
The verbal recommendation was made by ASCC...
Family members join ASCC student Aofaigaimanu Ta’afua at her induction into the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society last week at the College. The PTK induction ceremony welcomed 16 new members into the prestigious honor society. Read story posted earlier this week. [photo: J. Kneubuhl]
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Alpha Epsilon Mu Chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) International Honor Society at the American Samoa Community College (ASCC) holds an induction ceremony during each Spring and Fall semester to welcome some of the “best and the brightest” academic achievers into...
Pago Pago, AMRICAN SAMOA — For their first public event of the Fall 2019 semester, the Teacher Education Department (TED) at the American Samoa Community College (ASCC) hosted an Educators Night at the end of August, which was open to all teachers from Tutuila’s public and private schools.
At the...
O se va’aiga i le vaega laiti o i latou na fa’atinoa le Laumei ma le Malie. O i latou nei sa a’oa’oina fa’apitoa e le Pacific Islands Production ma sa faia le latou fa’atinoga lea o le Laumei ma le Malie i le ASCC MPC i le aso To’ona’i na te’a nei. [ata: foa’i]
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Tuesday’s launching of a new digital platform 3D Hologram at the American Samoa Community College (ASCC) has been labeled a “historic” moment in the territory, with ASCC president, Dr. Rosevonne Makaiwi Pato saying it’s “history in the making as we move forward in the...

![[l-r]: Sonny Leomiti, vice president of Administration & Finance; Dr. Pato; Letupu Moananu, vice president of Academic Affairs; Leuma; Ah Mu; and Sereima Asifoa, director of Human Resources.](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/ascc_30_years.jpg?itok=BC0KDNM1)
![ASCC students and DPS officers gather outside the Fagatogo police station following a tour of the facility. The DPS hosted the visit by members of the ASCC class Juvenile Delinquency (CJ190) and other Criminal Justice majors earlier this month. [Courtesy Photo] ASCC students and DPS officers outside the Fagatogo police station](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/ascc_criminal_justice_class_with_police.jpg?itok=oR3FDnH7)
![Some of the jewelry made from stone flakes found on the beach at Alega. [courtesy photo] Some of the jewelry made from stone flakes found](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/jewelry_from_stone_flakes_5976.jpg?itok=Hd6TJnHi)
![ASCC Health & Human Services Department chairman Derek Helsham (left) congratulates ASCC alumnus and current Portland State University student Alice Tausaga following her presentation of her current research at the INSPIRE Symposium earlier this month. [courtesy photo] Derek Helsham (left) congratulates ASCC alumnus Alice Tausaga](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/ascc_alumnus.jpg?itok=mJiKe1Mz)
![ASCC president, Dr. Rosevonne M. Pato [SN file photo] ASCC president, Dr. Rosevonne M. Pato](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/_dr._rosevonne_pato_0.jpg?itok=jG-q3URP)

![ASCC Phi Theta Kappa honor society member Precious Ameperosa and her mother join the celebration for new members at the PTK Induction Ceremony last week at the College. [photo: J. Kneubuhl] Precious Ameperosa and her mother](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/ameperosa.jpg?itok=G-q2dObF)
![Some of American Samoa’s in-service teachers gather around Dr. Larry Purcell (back row, in white shirt), a core faculty member of the ASCC Teacher Education Department, during the department’s Educators Night held last week. [photo: J. Kneubuhl] Some of American Samoa’s in-service teachers gather around Dr. Larry Purcell (back row, in white shirt)](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/teachers_1.jpg?itok=Oi7K3nzX)

![Dr. Rosevonne Makaiwi Pato, president of the American Samoa Community College, during her remarks Tuesday at the Hologram launching ceremony in the ASCC Multi Purpose Center Building. [photo: FS] Dr. Rosevonne Makaiwi Pato](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/ascc_3190.jpg?itok=49I8keuu)