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Kay Nguyen received first place honors in the ACERT Student Challenge

Kay Nguyen, a Kapiʻolani Community College radiologic technology program student, placed first in the Association of Collegiate Educators in Radiologic Technology (ACERT) Student Challenge at the association’s conference in Las Vegas in February. Nguyen competed against more than 250 students across the nation.

Kapiʻolani CC instructors and second-year students attended the conference where one of the featured events was the ACERT Student Challenge—a single-elimination quiz competition in which student representatives from radiography schools across the nation respond to randomly-assigned knowledge questions.

When asked how he felt about his achievement, Nguyen humbly said, “I did not win this honor on my own. To pursue and succeed in a career in x-ray, one needs good classmates for collaboration, a good family for support, good energy and encouragement from teachers and good hospitals and clinics to turn students into professionals.”

Nguyen will graduate this summer and hopes to pursue further studies in magnetic resonance imaging.

Read the Kapiʻolani CC news release for more about campus’ radiologic technology program.

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