Category Archives: education

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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UCI Southeast Asian Archive holds Open House on Friday

The most prominent (and probably most comprehensive too) source of research materials on the Vietnamese-American community (plus Laotian-, Cambodian-, Hmong-, etc.) in the country is holding an Open House on Friday, presenting to the public the vast resources available at … Continue reading

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Young Viets in Midwest prepare for big conference

Vietnamese-American students in the Midwest are getting ready for a large annual conference of fellow leaders from all over the country, to be held the week-end of April 3 to 5, 2009 Called the “Vietnamese Interacting as One” conference, the … Continue reading

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Viet engineering dean honored by fellow professionals

The Vietnamese-American dean of Catholic University of America’s School of Engineering has been honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the D.C. Council of Engineering and Architectural Societies, announced CUA’s public affairs office here. Charles C. Nguyen, whose Vietnamese name … Continue reading

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