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University of Guam president details academic master plan, enrollment and campus initiatives
Summary
President Anita Borja Enriquez presented the board with a third-quarter report outlining the new academic master plan (2025–2030), enrollment figures, student-support hires, research partnerships and fundraising partnerships including an in‑kind pledge from Matson.
President Anita Borja Enriquez delivered the University of Guamthird-quarter report at the Board of Regents regular meeting on Sept. 25, summarizing strategic priorities, enrollment data and campus initiatives for the 2025–26 academic year.
The report outlined the academic master plan for 2025–2030 and several student-focused changes now in effect this fall: a reduction in total credits required for graduation from 124 to 120, relaxation of selected upper-division requirements, improved transfer articulation agreements and the requirement that degree programs include internship components. Enriquez said administrators and faculty are aligning curricula and schedules to the plan.
Enriquez framed the master plan as the foundation for four strategic pillars: student success, research and community engagement, employee experience and financial sustainability. She said recruitment is underway for a student retention specialist and that a part-time behavioral health counselor has been approved to expand student wellness services. An ongoing student satisfaction survey was noted; the president said it closes Sept. 29 and will inform follow-up work.
The president gave enrollment figures for fall 2025: total enrollment of 2,862 students, including 645 new enrollees from 752 applicants and 2,217 continuing students (1,548 undergraduates, 245 graduate students and 24 doctoral students). The report also identified 343 "stopouts" (students who were enrolled in spring but not in fall and have not completed a degree) as a retention challenge the university plans to address, with financial barriers and advisement cited as the top causes.
Enriquez highlighted research and extension activity including coral-reef work through NSF EPSCoR, marine-lab research and land-grant and sea-grant outreach such as field days, micro-irrigation workshops and a 4‑H summer enrichment camp. She also described a Mellon Foundation–funded collaboration involving Brown University Press and UOGPress to develop a Micronesia-focused digital textbook project.
On partnerships and fundraising, Enriquez said Matson pledged $165,000 in in-kind shipping support to move furnishings for new buildings, plus $5,000 annually for student scholarships through 2027. She also described a donor-wall agreement with the UOG Endowment Foundation and plans for donor-naming opportunities as four new facilities near completion.
Facilities and operations items in the president's report include progress on new buildings and IT modernization efforts; the report noted ongoing work on ERP modernization, cybersecurity remediation and planning for voice-over-IP conversion. Enriquez said certain projects face logistics such as voice/data changes and furniture delivery that are being addressed in change orders.
The president closed by reiterating the administration's emphasis on full implementation of the academic master plan, improved student supports from registration through graduation, deeper community partnerships and continued investment in athletics and student life.
