May 24, 2009

'Henry' Bohua Kou graduated today from St. Andrews High School in Sewanee, Tennessee. He is the son of SBU AIMP alumnus Dr. KOU Fuping. Henry is the first child of a China V alumn to attend high school in the US and he also took college courses at SBU during the summer of 2007. (Yes, he is very bright! As a 10th grader he got an A in SBU's Chem 131.)

He was extremely excited by the day's events - he kept saying, "I can't believe it's over. I did it!" The gold tassels he is wearing are for honors he received. Some he expected, even in his 'extracurricular' activities - his trumpet playing is so good he plays with the University of the South orchestra. But the night before, at the Awards dinner, he had been chosen as the Best Residential Student and although not one of the many academic honors he received, it was the one that seemed to give him the most personal satisfaction.

Henry is off to Beijing for the summer and then will attend Rochester University majoring in Engineering, and possibly double majoring in Economics. Rochester's Eastman School of Music is rated #1 as the hottest music school in America so he will have plenty of good company to continue his trumpet playing too!

Congrats Henry! And Mom and Dad too!

Ja Young
Alumni Editor