Nicholas J. Furris
nickfurris@aol.com
Favorite College Memory:
My college memory did not occur while I attended college,
but has come true now as I to this day keep in touch with
many good friends that I made while we studied together.
Now we share our life experiences and discuss our children!
One piece of advice you would like to offer a college student.
Follow YOUR dream, whatever that is, and let no obstacle
stand in your way of achieving YOUR happiness.
Mickey Hodges
mickeyhodges@gmail.com
Favorite College Memory:
Sunday nights at Campus Crusade for Christ meetings.
Coupla hundred students. Singing. Praying. Teaching.
Four years of great memories.
One piece of advice you would like to offer a college student.
You'll never have as much free time as you do in college. Take
advantage of it.
Noah Papas
npapas03@gmail.com
Favorite College Memory:
These are not only favorite college memories but also
two of the best nights of my life period.
On RB Guatemala 2001, I had just spent a life-changing
week at Hogar Raphael Ayu Orphanage, it was
our last night in the country, and we were spending it in
Antiqua, we were there on what was a celebration of that
town's 400th anniversary.We were able to spend the time
decompressing from what was (at
least in my case) an
eye opening, and spiritually taxing experience. I bartered for
one of my favorite possessions, a wool jacket for which I paid
160 catsales (20 US$), spent some time taking in sites
and sounds, and just was with my fellow RB participants.
The second was the night of the Electro Active Polymer,
Arm Wrestling robot competition. Two of my fellow engineers
(and best friends) and I had slaved for
months 12 hours a
day in the lab to complete a senior design project and
enter it into the competition which took place in San Diego
California. Our robot only lasted 3 seconds, and we came
in last place, but the fact we were able to compete with only
a $750 dollar budget and accelerated timeline (we had to
finish our project 2 months in advance of our classmates),
it was a victory. The next day we were in various publications
like the LA Times and The Guardian
(London), and eventually
our story was published in Popular Science. The beer
that night tasted quite good!
One piece of advice you would like to offer a college student.
Make your education your own. You don't have to be at
MIT or Harvard to get a superior education. Create
your own opportunities, work hard, and give no excuses.
You have the power to do something HUGE!