Allen Simmons
Hometown: Summerville, South Carolina
Major: Electrical Engineering Technology
Student Accomplishment: Launched The Purpose Pod, a podcast about people who are living out their purpose. It includes interviews with NFL players, actress Maya Stojan, lawyers, doctors, authors, pastors, entrepreneurs and others.
Campus Connections: National Society of Black Engineers, Veteran's Center
Professor who made a difference: Yamilka Baez-Rivera from Engineering and Construction Management because she took time to connect with me, and her door was always open.
Post-graduation plans: In January, I will start my career in software client-facing technical support with IBM in Durham, mostly online. Later this year, I plan to follow up the book of poetry I published about coping with post-traumatic stress disorder after my military duty in Afghanistan with one about purpose.