In anticipation of the UOG Regional Center for Public Policy's upcoming minimum wage seminar on May 22 and in light of the recent bill to increase the minimum wage on Guam, KUAM spoke with UOG Professor of Economics Roseann Jones on the economic impact study she authored prior to the previous minimum wage increase. Jones will be the main speaker at the upcoming seminar.

University of Guam faculty member Laura A. Biggs was featured in the April 29 issue of the Marianas Business Journal in a Q&A regarding grant funding, environmental sustainability, and the work of the American Association of University Women.

University of Guam Associate Professor of Theater Michelle Blas was interviewed in this May 1 article by the Guam Daily Post regarding UOG's training and performance opportunities for students and community members interested in the performing arts and the need for more performance opportunities on island.

Gerald S.A. Perez, an adjunct faculty member at UOG, passed his doctoral dissertation defense this month in the interdisciplinary studies program at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.