Гуам Университеті: Тарихы мен қазіргі жағдайы

Public land grant university in Mangilao, Guam

University of Guam (U. O. G.) is a public land grant university in Mangilao, Guam. It is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges and offers thirty four degree programs at the undergraduate level and eleven at the master's level. Of the university's 3,387 students, 94% are of Asian Pacific Islander ethnicity and nearly 72% are full time (fall 2012 figures). A full time faculty of about 180 work at the university.

University of Guam was founded in 1952 as a two year teacher training school known as the Territorial College of Guam, established by Governor Carlton Skinner In 1960, the college moved to the present campus in the central district of Mangilao. In 1965, the college was accredited as a four year, degree granting institution. By 1968, enrollment had reached 1,800 students while staff and faculty totaled more than 130. It was designated as a land grant institution by the United States Congress in 1972. Throughout the 1970s Women's rights advocate and pioneer Maryly Van Leer Peck founded the Community Career College which became Guam Community College. She would later create the Business and Applied Technology programs, among others. She was also a chairman on its board.

Vicente T. Blaz, professor of law. Dirk Ballendorf, former Professor of Micronesian studies, Director of the Micronesian Area Research Center (1979 1984, 2004 2007). Benjamin Clemens Stone, British American botanist. Tony Palomo, historian. Ansito Walter, former Governor of Chuuk State. Maryly Van Leer Peck. university president, engineer and first female dean