Category Archives: education

Viet student wins top CSUF honors, heading to Harvard Med

Posted on May 13, 2010 by Bolsavik

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 →

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Viet students win 2nd in Popsicle stick bridge contest

Posted on April 5, 2010 by Bolsavik

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 →

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‘Nguyen’ building coming to George Mason University

Posted on November 12, 2009 by Bolsavik

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 →

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Viet high school counselor won Yale’s “Educator Award”

Posted on October 9, 2009 by Bolsavik

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

Posted on September 30, 2009 by Bolsavik

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

Posted on September 29, 2009 by Bolsavik

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

Posted on August 12, 2009 by Bolsavik

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

Posted on June 13, 2009 by Bolsavik

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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