UOG Nursing Building Complete!: Honoring Dr. Hattori-Uchima
- PFM
- 5 days ago
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Updated: 3 days ago
On August 12, 2026, The University of Guam celebrated the completion of the Margaret Perez Hattori-Uchiha School of Health & Nursing Hub with a ribbon cutting ceremony, commemorating and honoring the legacy of its namesake, Dr. Margaret Perez Hattori-Uchiha. This annex building will further the mission of Dr. Hattori-Uchima, and provide a new foundation for health & nursing students–present and future–as it expands the island and region’s capacity to improve health care.
The ceremony included a full tour of the new building, a cultural blessing performed by the Unu Hit Cultural Group followed by remarks from University of Guam President Dr. Anita Borja Enriquez, Governor of Guam Lourdes Leon Guerrero, Senator Sabrina Salas Matanane, UOG Board of Regents Chairperson Mike Naholowa, Philip John Calalo of the Guam Board of Nurse Examiners, Dean Yvette Paulino PhD, and PFM President Rob Salas II.
This project–as well as UOG WERI–broke ground in November 2023, and comes equipped with a plethora of state-of-the-art facilities and resources for UOG students including new laboratories, classroom spaces, and a board display that chronicles the legacy of Dr. Hattori-Uchima.
PFM President, Rob Salas II was invited to make a speech addressing the new building and what it will bring for the university in the coming years. “A building without purpose is just a shell. All buildings, no matter how beautiful,” Salas said, “the design, no matter how immaculate the concept, at the end of the day, it's going to have a foundation, it's going to have a slab, it's going to have walls and ceilings.” He further said that a building without a purpose is only a shell and that “ it's the people that are going to give it life.”
The ceremony concluded with a ribbon cutting that took place in the building's new lobby space followed by the presentation of a special display that chronicles Dr. Hattori-Uchima's life, legacy, and development of healthcare and the nursing industry on Guam and in the region.
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