by Elizabeth DeMeo | Oct 23, 2017 | Alumni Stories, Fall 2017
Jared Greer, a master’s student studying biomedical engineering, is currently launching Lapovations, a startup company designed to create novel technologies that contribute to safe and reliable laparoscopic surgeries. Greer himself acts as CEO of the company, and...
by Camilla Shumaker | Mar 16, 2017 | Alumni Stories, Features, Spring 2017
This apartment complex in Nashville is one of the projects that Torres-Goitia has worked on with JEI. A degree in civil engineering can lead to many different careers, and Javier Torres Goitia works in an industry that many civil engineering students may not have...
by Camilla Shumaker | Jun 28, 2016 | Alumni Stories, Features, Spring 2016
When Jim Geurin, a high school band director in Van Buren, Arkansas, needed engineering help, he knew exactly where to turn. In 1946, Geurin and the district superintendent, Virgil Coleman, wanted to build bleachers for the high school, so they asked George Stocker,...
by | Jun 21, 2016 | Alumni Stories, Spring 2016
Jim Davis was born and raised in Prescott, Arkansas. He met his future wife, Marsha, when they were both undergraduate students at Henderson State University. Davis graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in psychology and was commissioned as a 2nd lieutenant through the...
by | Jun 21, 2016 | Alumni Stories, Spring 2016
Charles and Susan Zimmerman (far right) with their son and daughter-in-law Charles Zimmerman and his wife, Susan, were the first people in each of their families to earn college degrees. Both financed much of their education on their own. Charles, who is originally...
by | Jun 21, 2016 | Alumni Stories, Spring 2016
Lyndell “J.C.” George arrived at the university as a “poor little country kid.” He paid for his college education by working part-time jobs to finance his coursework, according to his wife, Doris George. That experience turned out to be particularly meaningful for...
