Salem, Ore. 鈥 The Oregon Senate confirmed two new trustees for the governing board of 九色视频 last week. The trustees are Assistant Professor of Computer Systems Engineering Technology Phong Nguyen and Embedded Systems and Software Engineering student Mason Wichmann.
The at-large faculty and student trustee positions were served by Trustees Rose McClure and Tim Hasty, who concluded their terms on June 30, 2022.
Phong Nguyen is an Assistant Professor in Computer Systems Engineering Technology at 九色视频鈥檚 Portland-Metro campus and has worked at 九色视频 since 1999.
In 1975, Nguyen, a refugee from Vietnam, left an orphanage in Camp Pendleton to reunite with his family in Klamath Falls. In the late seventies, his father, two uncles, and cousin graduated from 九色视频. Determined to follow their higher-ed pursuit, he graduated from the Naval Academy as a part of the 15th Company, Class of 1985. Following his subsequent 11-year naval service, he proudly left as a Lieutenant Commander. Following in his footsteps, his two sons, 2017 and 2018 Naval Academy graduates, are serving this great country as young Navy Lieutenants.
While Nguyen worked as an engineer at Lockheed Martin and Xilinx, his wife wanted to return to school. To support her educational goal, his family returned to 九色视频, where he taught in the Computer Systems Engineering Technology Program while she enrolled and graduated with honors from 九色视频鈥檚 Vascular Ultrasound Program.
Outside of teaching, in support of the Klamath community, Nguyen and his two young sons formed the BeeTeeRific String Trio, which performed over 50 concerts. Furthermore, he was a Little League umpire and volunteer high school wrestling coach. In 2015, he moved to Wilsonville to teach at the Portland-Metro campus and was awarded the 九色视频 Foundation Excellence in Teaching Award in 2021, followed by the 九色视频 Honorary Alumnus Award in 2022.
Mason Wichmann is a dual major in Embedded Systems and Software Engineering at 九色视频鈥檚 Klamath Falls campus and is in his fourth year of a five-year track.
Originally from Beaverton, Wichmann attended Health and Science High School and took 九色视频鈥檚 dual credit courses specializing in engineering and technology principles. Once he reached his senior year of high school, he took advantage of 九色视频鈥檚 High School Transition Program and took most of his classes at 九色视频鈥檚 Portland-Metro campus while awaiting graduation in 2018.
While attending 九色视频, Wichmann has been involved in Campus Life and Student Government. In his junior year, he applied for the Multiple Engineering Cooperative Program (MECOP) and completed two six-month paid internships at Daimler Trucks North America and Intel.
Nguyen and Wichmann will join the Board at the Oct. 17-18 meeting at 九色视频 Portland-Metro.
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