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Science was front and center during the University of Guam’s Charter Day festivities as students from the Guam NSF EPSCoR program helped spark curiosity among hundreds of visiting students from across the island.
Students and faculty mentors gather after 2026 Guam NSF EPSCoR SRE orientation
A total of 20 students across both the University of Guam and Guam Community College will spend their year as undergraduate student research fellows for the Guam National Science Foundation Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (Guam NSF EPSCoR) E-CORE (Optimizing Research Infrastructure on Guam)/ GECCO (Guam Ecosystems Collaboratorium for
Two GROW members crouch in a field to plant a sapling amidst dry brush and marker flags.
The Guam Green Growth (G3) Guam Restoration of Watersheds (GROW) Corps, facilitated by the University of Guam Center for Island Sustainability and Sea Grant, has been named to 50 States, 50 Breakthroughs, a national showcase highlighting transformative public service initiatives across the United States and its territories.
Researchers and faculty examine aquatic samples in jars and containers on a lab table.
The Guam National Science Foundation Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (Guam NSF EPSCoR) at the University of Guam (UOG) has announced a new recruitment cycle for Graduate Research Assistants (GRAs) under its E-CORE and E-RISE initiatives, offering tuition support, stipends, and professional development opportunities for eligible graduate students.
University of Guam students who attended the 2025 Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science National Diversity in STEM Conference are recognized during a certificate presentation in January at the UOG College of Natural and Applied Sciences conference room. Pictured with the students are UOG Center for Island Sustainability and Sea Grant Director Austin Shelton, Ph.D.; College of Natural and Applied Sciences Dean and Director Rachael Leon Guerrero, Ph.D.; and Cheryl Sangueza, Ph.D., co-principal investigator of the NSF INCLUDES SEAS and NSF Navigating Home grants and head of student experience for Guam NSF EPSCoR. Sen. Vincent A.V. Borja, chair of the Legislature’s Committee on Education, presented the certificates.
The 17 University of Guam students who attended the Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) National Diversity in STEM (NDiSTEM) Conference received formal recognition from the Guam Legislature for representing the island at the national event.
Members from programs were on hand to explain and promote the offerings to new students to UOG.  The sustainability group included representatives from over 10 programs within UOG CIS and Sea Grant and Guam NSF EPSCoR. 
The University of Guam’s commitment to sustainability and student opportunity was on full display during the recent UOG New Student Orientation event organized by the UOG’s student services team, where a coalition of campus programs came together to present a unified, student-focused welcome.