Editor: Keith Davis Writers: Alex Dippold, Dave Maley Publisher: Office of Public Information Volume 22, No. 14  March 27, 2000

Qui Duc to Speak on Vietnamese in America In celebration of Focus Asia 2000, Nguyen Qui Duc — an author, editor, television producer, and radio commentator — will present "Where the Ashes Are: The Vietnamese-American Experience" on Wednesday, April 5. This free lecture, the fourth and final one in the Office of Multicultural Affairs Racial Awareness Series, will start at 8:00 p.m. in the Emerson Suites, Phillips Hall. The title of Nguyen’s talk parallels the title of his critically acclaimed book, Where the Ashes Are: The Odyssey of a Vietnamese Family. In it he tells the story of his emigration from Vietnam, where he and his well-to-do family lived, to the United States, where he settled in 1975 as the Vietnam War was concluding. He was 15 when he arrived at a refugee resettlement camp in California, and he has lived in this country ever since. In the early 1980s, however, he traveled to Indonesia to work in a cultural orientation program for Save the Children, training teachers to prepare Vietnamese and Cambodian refugees for life in the United States. He has written articles for the Asian Wall Street Journal Weekly and the New York Times Magazine as well as the San Francisco Examiner and the City Lights Review. He is a regular commentator on National Public Radio and in 1989 received the Overseas Press Club’s Award for Excellence for his reports on Vietnam. In addition to writing his family’s story, he has coedited Once upon a Dream: The Vietnamese-American Experience and Vietnam: A Traveler’s Literary Companion. The Racial Awareness Series draws speakers from different racial and ethnic backgrounds in order to educate the College and area communities on issues of race and culture. In addition to Nguyen, the 1999–2000 series has brought Felipe Luciano, Gayle Ross, and Juan Williams to campus. For more information call the Office of Multicultural Affairs at 274-1692.   >

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