Tag Archives: Viet students

Freeway interchange named in memory of Viet student activist

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Bolsavik

    An interchange on the 22 freeway has been named in honor of late Vietnamese-American student activist Nguyen Ngoc Phu in a ceremony Thursday. The sign proclaiming the “Nguyen Ngoc Phu Human Rights Memorial Interchange” was unveiled at the … Continue reading →

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Annie Le’s killer pleads guilty

Posted on March 19, 2011 by Bolsavik

The lab technician accused of killing Yale doctoral student Annie Le pleaded guilty last week to the murder, in a courtroom session that also provided details of the crime and pointed toward a possible motive for the crime. Annie Le, … Continue reading →

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Viet middle schoolers seize all spelling prizes in GGUSD

Posted on January 16, 2011 by Bolsavik

The Garden Grove Unified School District announced the Top 10 finishers for the district-wide spelling bee for middle schoolers (called intermediate schools in this district), and all ten have Vietnamese last names. The winner, Arthur Tran (pictured), a 7th grader … Continue reading →

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Garden Grove USD’s National Merit semifinalists all Viets

Posted on September 17, 2010 by Bolsavik

Three students from the Garden Grove Unified School District are National Merit Scholarship semifinalists this year, and all three have Vietnamese names, according to a press release from the district. The three finalists are Kevin Pham of La Quinta High … 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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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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Yale’s statement about Annie Le

Posted on September 29, 2009 by Bolsavik

(Photo by the New Haven Register) Yale’s Graduate School and School of Medicine released this statement on 25 September, the day before Annie Le‘s funeral in California: The Graduate School, the School of Medicine, and the entire Yale community are deeply … Continue reading →

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Annie Le laid to rest today

Posted on September 26, 2009 by Bolsavik

(AP Photo/Renee C. Byer, Pool) The murdered Yale Viet doctoral student whose body hidden in her lab building’s wall was found on the day she was to be married was laid to rest today following a mass at her home … Continue reading →

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