UIS PAR Vu Nguyen Memorial Scholarship Fund

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.