What's New: Trivia Night
Trivia Night Fundraising Event
On Saturday, November 14, UIS alumni and friends will gather at Floyd's Thirst Parlor to Trivia Night, hosted by celebrity trivia master, WUIS' own Jenna Dooley.
- Where: Floyd's Thirst Parlor, 210 S. 5th Street, Springfield
- When: November 14, 2009
Doors open at 6 p.m.
Trivia begins at 7 p.m.
Fun lasts all evening! - Cost: $10/person
Teams up to 10 people.
The Trivia Night is a fundraising supporting the Vu Nguyen Memorial Scholarship. Vu was a former Illinois statehouse reporter who passed away in May 2009.
If you can't make it to the Trivia Night, you can add your gift to Vu's memorial scholarship online using the button below. Donate
A Very Special PAR Alumnus
Vu Nguyen, a reporter who earned his master’s degree in Public Affairs Reporting from UIS in 2008, died on May 19, 2009, from a heart attack. The following statements are taken from an article published in the OC Register.
“If the measure of a man is the love of his family, the admiration by his friends, and the respect from his peers, then Vu Nguyen was a giant…. Nguyen worked at the Register from 2004 through 2006, covering Garden Grove and Westminster and writing about the county's vibrant Vietnamese community. He had also covered Irvine when he interned at the Register in 2002…. Uncovering corruption in politics and writing about injustices on the poor were his greatest motivations, his father said…. 'Vu died at the peak of his life,' said his mother, Thuy Nguyen. 'He was happily married, he loved his job so much and he had so many good friends. I'm glad this is how Vu will be remembered.'"
Your gifts to this fund will help build the scholarship fund given in memory of this young reporter.
For more information on the efforts of Vu's friends and fellow graduates to raise money for this scholarship, please go Remembering Vu, the website they have created in his memory.
