[1] CNMI Governor Carlos S. Camacho created the college as an official governmental entity through Executive Order #25.

By mid-summer of 1981, the College was offering training programs for government employees and teachers of the CNMI Public School System.

She replaced Acting President Danny Wyatt, who will return as Dean for Academic Programs and Services.

[5] In April 2010, Carmen Fernandez was fired from her position as President of NMC for unauthorized changing of students’ grades.

[10] The Northern Marianas College academic instruction is maintained by the following departments: Northern Marianas College established the Rota Instructional Site to provide post-secondary, continuing, and adult education and training opportunities for the purpose of improving the quality of life for the people of Rota.

The College had also played a pivotal roles through its courses on cinematography to develop a cinema of Northern Mariana Islands.