FAIRFAX, Va., May 12 -- George Mason University issued the following news release:
When Duong Thuy Nguyen first emailed her graduate teaching assistant (GTA) for IT104 Introduction to Computing, she wasn't sure what to call him-GTA Reddy or Professor Reddy? She was, as she puts it, "that naive." She had just returned to college after years away, caring for her family, working full time, while carrying the weight of a culture that had pointed her toward a different life entirely. She wasn't sure she could do any of it.
This May, she's graduating from George Mason University with a 4.0 GPA, an Academic Excellence Award from her department, a Capstone team leadership under her belt, and two published feature articles about her work-and in th...