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Anh Dao Nguyen selected for All-USA Academic Team

Anh Dao Nguyen, a student enrolled in the accounting program at Saint Paul College, was recently chosen as one of the state's nominees for the All-USA Academic Team for Community, Technical and Junior College Students. Anh was among thirty-three two-year college students who make up the All-Minnesota Academic Team, and were recognized at a ceremony at Best Buy Corporate on February 22.

The All-USA Academic Team for Community, Technical and Junior College Students, a program sponsored annually by Phi Theta Kappa, an international honor society for two-year colleges, USA Today and the American Association of Community Colleges, was introduced in 1994 to provide scholarships and scholastic recognition to Phi Theta Kappa members. The 2007All-USA team members will be announced April 16 at the American Association of Community Colleges convention in Tampa.

To be nominated to the Minnesota team, a student must be currently enrolled at a Minnesota two-year college and expect to graduate during the 2006-2007 academic year, have completed at least 12 semester credits and have a grade point average of at least 3.25 at a Minnesota two-year college. Nominees were selected based on biographical information, letters of recommendation, academic performance, demonstration of leadership, and campus and community service involvement. Applicants also wrote an essay describing a specific educational experience while attending a two-year college that has transformed the student’s thinking about learning or the future.

Contributor: Jim Brown and Linda Kohl, Office of the Chancellor