Community News Briefs

Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Connery Auala of Tafuna has been awarded the Theodore K. Steele Memorial Scholarship at New York Institute of Technology. Students must achieve a minimum GPA of 3.75 to be awarded this scholarship.

New York Institute of Technology's six schools and colleges offer undergraduate, graduate, doctoral, and other professional degree programs in in-demand disciplines including computer science, data science, and cybersecurity; biology, health professions, and medicine; architecture and design; engineering; IT and digital technologies; management; and energy and sustainability. A nonprofit, independent, private, and nonsectarian institute of higher education founded in 1955, it welcomes nearly 8,000 students worldwide.

The university has campuses in New York City and Long Island, New York; Jonesboro, Arkansas; and Vancouver, British Columbia, as well as programs around the world. More than 118,000 alumni are part of an engaged network of physicians, architects, scientists, engineers, business leaders, digital artists, and healthcare professionals. Together, the university's community of doers, makers, healers, and innovators empowers graduates to change the world, solve 21st-century challenges, and reinvent the future. For more information, visit nyit.edu.

2025 STEAM SYMPOSIUM WORKSHOP SERIES

Department of Youth & Womens Affairs (DYWA) Tafuna Facility is holding a place-based technology workshop series from July 5, 7-10, 2025. Morning sessions run from 8am-12pm.

To register or if you have questions, Contact: Claire Bacus/ Volunteer - 256-0390; Isabel Halatautia/NMSAS 272-6692; Etuale Noga/OCDN – 782-6236

Workshops include: • CAD & 3D printing • place-based inquiry • biomimicry • microplastics • plant productivity

TWO HEALTH CLINICS REMAIN OPEN DURING REHAB

Renovations at Amouli Clinic and Fagaalu Clinic geared up this past Monday and are expected to take about one year to complete.

Don’t worry — the clinics will stay OPEN, and services will continue as usual during renovations.

If planning to visit, please proceed with caution. If there are any changes, DOH will let you know right away. Thank you for your patience and support as AS-DOH works to improve clinics for you and your families!