Class of 2020 Spotlight: Allen Simmons

Friday, January 8, 2021

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.