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Viet student wins top CSUF honors, heading to Harvard Med
People accessing the Cal State Fullerton home page today saw a happy Viet face smile back at them. That would be Annie Nguyen, a graduating senior who just won the Miles D. McCarthy Health Professions Award, presented annually to the … Continue reading
Viet students win 2nd in Popsicle stick bridge contest
A team of 3 students from Garden Grove High School, two of whom are Viet, won 2nd place in the annual Popsicle Stick Bridge Contest sponsored by the American Society of Civil Engineers – metro L.A branch, announced the GGUSD … Continue reading
‘Nguyen’ building coming to George Mason University
The largest academic building on George Mason University’s Fairfax campus will carry the name “Long and Kimmy Nguyen Engineering Building,” after the businessman and his wife, who donated $5 million to the university, the Washington Business Journal reports here. Dr. … Continue reading
Viet high school counselor won Yale’s “Educator Award”
Huy Tran (left) helping senior Derik Pham apply to colleges. Photo by Olivia Le, La Quinta H.S. Yearbook photographer, courtesy of Huy Tran. A Vietnamese-American counselor at a high-Viet-concentration high school in Bolsavikland has been honored by Yale University with its … Continue reading
School Board VP: Other ethnicities wary of Asian/Viet students
Lan Quoc Nguyen, the Vice-President of Board of the Garden Grove Unified School District, in an interview published on a Vietnamese newspaper proclaimed that other ethnicities are wary of classes with a lot of Asian students in it because they can’t compete. … Continue reading
Viet exchange student messed up immigration, faces deportation
A Vietnamese exchange student who married a U.S. citizen nonetheless is facing deportation because, as her husband says, she “tripped up” on the immigration process and is now in jail, reports KSTP-TV5 here. Hoa Nguyen came to the U.S. on … Continue reading
Nguyen Huy Vu Scholarship fund started
Following the abrupt death of ace reporter Nguyễn Huy Vũ, a group of his friends from graduate school has banded together to start a scholarship fund in his name. The scholarship is to be awarded annually by Nguyen’s alma mater the … Continue reading
Congrats, grads, class of ’09
In honor of Finals Week – which Professor Bolsavik survived without losing life, limb, or sanity, thank you very much – here’s a heartfelt congratulations to all graduates of the Class of ’09. And, let’s take a look at local valedictorians. … Continue reading
