A ball field at West Windsor Community Park was recently named in the memory of Ruby Chiang, a township woman who was killed in a car accident last year.
Chiang was involved in township youth athletics, including as a coach of the West Windsor Ninjas travel softball team and as a parent in the soccer association. Over the past year, friends and supporters raised some $50,000 to help pay for improvements to the field, including a scoreboard, two bullpens and new bases.
The field was named the Ruby Shiau Chiang Memorial Field.
Chiang died in July 2015 as a result of injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident that occurred as the car in which she was a passenger was hit by another vehicle at the entrance to Community Park.
#b#Ferguson completes military training#/b#
1st Lt. Jordan Ferguson of Plainsboro completed a force on force training exercise on July 29 as part of a New York Army National Guard task force with the 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team.
Ferguson, along with more than 5,000 other participants from more than 30 states, spent most of July at Fort Polk as part of the training rotation at the Joint Readiness Training Center.
The experience included deployment and staging at Fort Polk followed by more than 10 days of offensive and defensive missions in the post maneuver areas against a real opposing force.
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Georgia Tech: Recent graduates include Plainsboro resident Christopher Gray, who received a Ph.D. in civil engineering, and West Windsor resident Kirsten Parratt, who received a master of science in materials science and engineering. Raghav Gupta of Plainsboro earned the distinction of faculty honors for the spring semester.
Meanwhile, Ashika Ganesh, Shrivathsav Seshan, and Vijayeetha Ramesh, all of Plainsboro, and Abhijit Ravindran of West Windsor were named to the dean’s list for the spring semester.
New York University, Tisch School of the Arts: Cally Simmons-Edler, a graduate of High School North and Plainsboro resident, received a Bachelor of fine arts degree, magna cum laude in Dramatic Writing, and a minor in French. She is pursuing a career in TV script and game writing.
Rochester Institute of Technology: Plainsboro residents Emma Fleming, who is studying graphic design, and Veronica Santoso, who is studying industrial design, were named to the spring semester dean’s list.
Saint Joseph’s University: Chris Banks graduated with a degree in business administration. Banks was on the school’s Division I A-10 track and field team, and as part of the relay teams ran in the NCAA preliminaries, set several school records and won relay titles including one at the Penn Relays.
Susquehanna University: Erin Bonafede, a graduate of High School North, was recently inducted into the Pi Gamma Mu honor society. Bonafede was an early childhood education major in the Class of 2016.
Tufts University: West Windsor residents earning degrees were: Jennifer Rabbino, cognitive brain science; Nicole Campellone, economics; and Veer Bhalla, psychology. Plainsboro resident Marilyn Allen earned a degree in chemical engineering.
University of New Hampshire: Kathryn Wembacher of Plainsboro earned highest honors for the spring semester of the 2015-2016 academic year.
