Boys State Attendee
Vishnu Gogineni, above, a rising senior at High School South, attended the 65th session of Jersey Boys State at Rider University in June. Boys State is a mythical 51st state organized and administered for citizenship training purposes under the auspices of the American Legion.
In WW-P Schools
Joann Crain’s sixth grade students at Community Middle School participated in “Math Night” at McCaffrey’s Supermarket in West Windsor. During the two-hour event students used mathematics skills learned in school for real-life situations.
Other Schools
Phillips Exeter Academy: Honor students include West Windsor residents, Jackie Kay, grade 12, and Brandon G. Kaplowitz, grade 9.
In College
Duke University: Varun Anand Gumaste of West Windsor is on the dean’s list.
Muhlenberg College: Elyssa Konowitz, a June graduate of High School North, has been selected as a President’s Scholar.
Penn State: Brandon Oberweis of West Windsor received his M.D. degree. A graduate of High School North, Class of 2002, he received his bachelor’s degree from Penn State. He will continue his training in a pediatrics residency at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina.
St. Francis Medical Center’s School of Radiologic Technology: Graduates include Toby Weissman of West Windsor.
Stanford University: Erin Conlon graduated with honors with a bachelor’s in biology. A graduate of High School South, Class of 2006, she begins her doctorate studies in biology at Columbia University in the fall.
Wedding
Nicole Marie Soi and Sunil (Sonny) Paul Soi were married on May 16 at St. David the King Roman Catholic Church in Princeton Junction. Father Timothy Capewell officiated.
The bride is the daughter of Valerie and Steven House of East Brunswick. She graduated from the College of New Jersey, Class of 2005, with a bachelor’s degree in business and works as operations analyst for a finance company. Her sister, Kim House, was the maid of honor; and the bridal attendants included Noelle Soi, Jillian Erdberg, Melanie Kuehl, Amy Beier, and Sarah Beier. The flower girl was Kylee House, niece of the bride.
The groom is the son of Yash and Dorothy Soi of West Windsor. A graduate of West Windsor-Plainsboro High School, Class of 1998, he was a member of the varsity baseball and ice hockey teams and the starting shortstop for the WW-P American Legion baseball team. A graduate from Rutgers University with a degree in environmental business, he is the president and owner of CrossPoint Business Group, a business brokerage firm in Lawrenceville.
Raja Soi, brother of the bridegroom and a graduate of WW-P High School, Class of 1995, served as best man. The groomsmen included Steven House, brother of the bride; Manish Pakrashi, Rob Boese, and Jeff Schectel, all graduates of WW-P High School, Class of 1998; Craig Welch; Craig Serra; Jimmy Mellett; John Quinn; and Patrick Quinn.
After their honeymoon in St. Lucia, the couple resides in Lawrenceville.
