Curriculum Vitae Victor, T. D. Nguyen, M.Ed., P.E.

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Education: University of Texas at Arlington, BS. Electrical Engineer Aug. 1981

Texas A&M Univ.-Commerce. M.Ed. Master of Education Spring 2014

Doctoral Candidate Texas A&M-Commerce (Expected Grad. Dec. 2023)

Honors: - 2011 – California Congressional Honor Award for Writing on America.

- 2011 Congressional Honor Nominee for U.S. Congressional Award.

- 2011 BSA Silver Beaver Award by Boy Scout of America.

Skills: - Active Licensed Professional Engineer for State of Texas.

Publications: Co-authored with Dr. Tran on a few publications including:

Tran, T.V., & Nguyen, T.D. (1994). Gender and satisfaction with the host society among

Indochinese refugees. International Migration Review, 28, 323-337

Tran, T.V., Manalo, V., & Nguyen, V.T.D. (2007). Nonlinear relationship between length

of residence and depression in a community-based sample of Vietnamese American International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 53(1), 85-95.

Presentations: TCC Global Citizenship Conference Nov. 15, 2016.

Building Sustainable Futures Through Global Education.

Texas A&M Annual Research Symposium April 7, 2016 Objectives- Oriented Evaluation of the current ELL program for Mono- Syllabic Languages.

Relevant Experiences:

2005- Present - Principal of St. Ignatius College Preparatory International School

2016 - Present - Adjunct Instructor at Tarrant County College.

2003 – Present - Licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Texas

1991 – 2005 - CEO of FSGP, Inc., CEO of S.E. Pacific Corporation

1989 -1993 - CEO of Technical Training & Development Enterprises

1988 - 1990 - Teacher: Algebra, Trig. Computer Hardware - American Trade Institute.

1983 -1988 - Electrical Engineer for General Dynamics

1979-1981 - Physics Lab Instructor for University of Texas at Arlington, Texas

Activities

- Tarrant County College IT&CS Dept. Advisory Board Member.

- Executive Board Member of BSA Longhorn Council & Scout Master of Troop 304

- Member of Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society - Member of the Knight of Columbus.

Personal: DOB: 12/09/1960 Married, Excellent Health.

References: Available upon request.

To Whom it May Concern,

Thank you for giving me an opportunity to present myself to you. As you look through my curriculum vitae, please notice the following, which are my proudest accomplishments:

As an electrical engineer for 35 years, I had the opportunity to lead a great radar team at General Dynamics. Our team took on a project three years behind schedule, and worked hard and complemented each other so well that we finished the project two years ahead of schedule. I am proud to say that I was able to rally the team through the combined efforts of engineers, vendors and management.

As CEO for S.E. Pacific Corporation and FSGP, Inc. I was able to meet the goals of the companies. The profit margin increased and maintained constantly for several years in a row.

As a high school principal for 12 years, I was able to bring St. Ignatius from its humble beginnings to become one of the top 50 Catholic Schools in the nation for five consecutive years.

As a scout master for Troop 304, I successfully led our scouts to earn the National Gold Medallion Award. I am proud to say that 90% of our scouts achieved the Eagle Scout rank before graduating from high school.

As an active professional engineer, I am currently taking and finishing up my graduate mathematics courses at Texas A&M - Commerce. I work hard to maintain a 4.0 GPA in my pursuit of both a doctorate degree in Educational Leadership and a Masters in Mathematics.

My experience as a high school principal for 12 years provided me with leadership skills in education and academics that is beneficial to students. My experiences as CEO of several corporations provide me the knowledge to manage, supervise and coordinate programs and activities within the departments. Aside from academic and work experiences, I am a published writer of Vietnamese short stories. My literary accomplishments include publications in multiple Vietnamese literary journals and magazines. I received the California Congressional Honor Award for "Writing on America". I was the Honor Nominee for the U.S. Congressional Award. I have also received BSA 's National Silver Beaver Award by contributing to our local Longhorn Council in Fort Worth, Texas.

Again, thank you for giving me this opportunity to talk about my proud accomplishments.

BOYSCOUT TRAINING & AWARDS

2002 - Leader Specific Training & Leadership Skills

2003 - Powder Horn

2004 - Tower and Rock Instructor Certification

2004 - Philmont Training Center Conference -- Boy Scouting

2005 - Woodbadge Course - Catalina Island, National Council

2004 - 50 Miler Award

2006 - Scouter Training Award

2008 - Bronze Pelican Award – Diocese of Fort Worth

2011 – Silver Beaver Award – National Award BSA Longhorn Council, Texas

2012 - St. George Award - National Award BSA Longhorn Council Texas Diocese of Fort Worth

SERVING AS A SCOUT LEADER:

2005 Present Co-Advisor St. Ignatius College Prep BSA Troop/Crew 304

2006 Present Scoutmaster St. Ignatius College Prep/Troop 304

2008 Present BSA Executive Board Member Longhorn Council

2010 Present Fundraising Chair International Committee Scouting

SILVER BEAVER AWARD

The Silver Beaver Award is the highest recognition can bestow on an adult volunteer leader..

Pelican Award St. George Award

RECOMMENDATION LETTERS

Graduate School

Texas A&M Commerce

1700 Hwy 24,

Commerce, Texas 75429

Date: December 4, 2012

To Whom It May Concern:

This is to recommend for your consideration Mr. Victor, Thang Duc Nguyen, Licensed Professional Engineer, Principal of St. Ignatius College Preparatory School, Fort Worth, for admission into the Graduate School, Texas A&M.

The range of experiences in Victor Nguyen’s portfolio is an eye-opener, to say the least. His adventures include an early experience traversing the Pacific after the fall of Saigon to acquiring a Bachelor of Engineering at UTA, working at General Dynamics for five years as an Electrical Engineer, becoming CEO of two Corporations 1995-2005, before becoming Principal of St.Ignatius College Preparatory, Fort Worth, Texas .

The wide scope of these accomplishments is a tribute to his ability to learn in new situations, to adjust to the demands of changing programs, to accept suggestions

from interested friends and familiars. His horizons cover a wide range, from Asia to America, and he manages change of place and persons with remarkable aplomb.

Best of all, he has a wide concern for all he meets and a patience for their interests. He will be a remarkable addition to the membership of students and

to the ranks of the faculty.

Yours truly,

Thomas E. Porter, Ph. D.

Recommendation letter 2

To whom it may concern,

I am writing this at the request of Victor Nguyen. I first came to know Victor in my role of Head of School at Country Day School of Arlington in Texas from 2004-2007.

Victor and I worked on a number of projects together, including his opening and heading a private school in Fort Worth, St. Ignatius College Preparatory School.

I can speak to Victor's expertise and character on a number of levels because of our experience over the years. In a nutshell, no one I have known exceeds Victor in those qualities you would look for in a person seeking to guide students and to lead.

Victor is kind, competent, thoughtful, energetic, willing to go the last mile and beyond. He is pitch perfect with students at a wide variety of levels, and with parents and teachers, he is intuitive and nuanced.

Victor will make a great contribution in the graduate school at Texas A and M, and you will be able to be proud of hid association with the school. His family members are all professional and leaders in the community. I have watched their interactions and efforts with great admiration since we met in 2004.

I believe that you have received the information below about Victor in other communications. I can vouch for its authenticity, I cannot recommend Victor to you more highly. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Steven Gende

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Awards or Recognition Received in Cub Scouting, Boy Scouting or Venturing:

2011 – California Congressional Honor Award for Writing on America.

2011 – Congressional Honor Mention Award by U.S. Congress for Writing on America

Member of the Knight of Columbus and helped organized the Squires program for youths at his parish.

A published author of Vietnamese fictions and short stories .

A regular contributor to the social and literate magazines in the Vietnamese community in the United States and overseas.

Active as a Professional Engineer in the state of Texas with continuation education courses to update his license.

Business, profession, occupation and title:

1981 - Bachelor of Engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington

1983 -1988 Electrical Engineer for General Dynamics

1989 -1993 President of Technical Development Enterprises

1991 - 2003 CEO of FSGP, Inc.

1995 – 2005 CEO of S.E. Pacific Corporation

2003 - Licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Texas

2005- Present Principal of St. Ignatius College Preparatory School – Fort Worth

Recommendation letter 3

Dec. 14, 2012

Graduate Admissions Committee

The Graduate School

Texas A & M University-Commerce

Commerce, TX 75429-3011

Dear Admissions Committee:

This letter is written to recommend Thang Duc (Victor) Nguyen for admission to your doctoral program.

I have known Victor for seven years, both as a friend and professionally. My friendship with him came about when my husband, Tom Porter, began teaching at St. Ignatius College Prep High School seven years ago under Victor’s principalship. St. Ignatius is an unusual school. It was begun eight years ago by the Nguyen family, refugees from North Vietnam who came to America after the fall of Saigon. Having been sponsored originally by a Lutheran church in Iowa, then moving to California and finally settling in Texas, the family of fourteen prospered, with the twelve siblings becoming successful doctors and engineers. Under the direction of father Nguyen, they decided to found an all-volunteer Catholic high school to “give back” to this country, with Victor as principal. Neither Victor nor any of the faculty accepts a salary; the students –now numbering 30—are taught by members of the Nguyen family, who take time out from their professions to teach, as well as people like my husband, a retired English professor, and others of like mind impressed by these people and their mission. The student-teacher ratio is 2:1.

The student community is tightly knit. The school day runs from 7:30 am to 5:00 pm, with breaks for lunch and study halls. The students are assigned duties-- cleaning the buildings, installing and maintaining equipment, and improving the grounds. It is academically rigorous, requiring double the credit hours required of high schools by Texas state regulations, including four years of accelerated math and science. Other school activities include scouting and adventuring, camping out, and representing St. Ignatius in the larger Ft. Worth community.

Under Victor’s leadership, the school has thrived. Many of the juniors and seniors are co-enrolled at the University of Texas-Arlington, taking English, algebra and calculus, science and social science courses, in which they routinely earn A’s. In 2010 St. Ignatius placed in the “Top 50 Catholic High Schools in the Nation.” All of its graduates have gone on to college and are doing well. I give Victor much—if not most—of the credit for this success. He is tireless in his devotion to students. It is not unusual for him to stay long into the evening hours tutoring individual students in calculus or physics (he is an engineer by profession). He is an enthusiastic scout leader, having won top scouting honors himself, and organizes many weekend scouting adventures for the students, in which both he and his wife participate. He has driven groups of students across the country to compete in national scouting events, and he regularly takes several students to Vietnam in the summertime to learn about that culture first-hand. Both faculty and students hold him in the utmost respect and affection.

All of this I observed from a distance as the spouse of a faculty member. Last spring, having retired myself by that time from a thirty-year career as an English professor, the last twenty-four of them at UT-Arlington, I joined the ranks of St. Ignatius faculty, teaching a Creative Writing and Performance class. Watching Victor close-at-hand, interacting with students as a teacher, mentor, and advisor, I was even more impressed with his dedication, his skill, and his passion. It is typical of his commitment to the mission of leading this school that he wants to return to school to get his doctorate in counseling, to give him even more skills at working closely with the young people in his charge.

On a personal level, having taught graduate courses myself throughout my career, I can attest that Victor has the potential to make an excellent doctoral student. He is intellectually gifted, determined, and disciplined. I’m convinced that there’s nothing he can’t do, once he sets his mind to it. One example: Though his training is as an engineer and scientist, he also blogs and writes stories about his experiences in the United States and has a large readership in Vietnam. Last year he entered one of his stories on the theme “What American Means to Me” in a national competition and won third place.

I recommend Victor Nguyen for your program with great confidence. I hope you will give his candidacy your most serious consideration.

Sincerely,

Laurin Porter

Professor Emeritus

Recommendation letter 4

December 28, 2012

Graduate School Admissions Committee

Texas A & M University - Commerce

1700 Hwy 24, Commerce, Texas 75429

Dear Members of the Graduate Admissions Committee:

I take a great pleasure to write this letter of reference on behalf of Victor Thang Nguyen who is applying for matriculation in the Graduate Program at Texas A&M. I have known Victor as a friend and a collaborator over the last 25 years. For me, his decision to return to school is extraordinary and could set a great example for many aspiring adults who want to earn a college degree, especially a graduate degree, but have been reluctant to do so.

Victor is a man of many talents and exceptionally smart. He has demonstrated his ability to achieve whatever he sets his mind to do such as being a professional engineer, CEO of business companies, and recently, a successful principal of a college preparatory school. Victor also has co-authored with me on a few publications concerning the adaptation of Vietnamese Americans including:

Tran, T.V., & Nguyen, T.D. (1994). Gender and satisfaction with the host society among Indochinese refugees. International Migration Review, 28, 323-337.

Tran, T.V., Manalo, V., & Nguyen, V.T.D. (2007). Nonlinear relationship between length of residence and depression in a community-based sample of Vietnamese Americans. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 53(1), 85-95.

Victor Nguyen possesses and demonstrates some exceptional qualifications to become a successful graduate student. He is highly motivated and focused. He is not afraid to ask difficult questions and search for the right answers. He confronts problems with both rational and emotional strategies and is extremely persistent and determined to get the job done at the best of his ability.

I strongly recommend Victor Nguyen to your graduate program without any reservations. Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.

Sincerely,

Thanh V. Tran, Ph.D., MSSW Professor

Boston College Graduate School of Social Work

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