MEMBER SPOTLIGHT: 
Oke Orieka

• Hometown: Lagos, Nigeria
• Campus: UIUC
• Illinois Degree(s) & Major(s): MSCE, Structural Engineering
• Year of Illinois graduation: 2016
• Favorite UI Memory: That weird camaraderie you feel riding the warm bus with classmates/strangers in the middle of winter.
• Favorite Place on Campus: Undergraduate Library
• Favorite Illini athlete: Sam Mays
• Favorite class at Illinois: CEE 469 Wood Structures with Gurfinkel
• Favorite UIUC Bar/Restaurant: Memphis on Main, Shawarma Joint
• Moved to Houston: 2020 (Based in College Station, Greater Houston if you round up or down)
• What brought you to Houston: Job opportunity
• Favorite things About Houston: The food!
• Favorite places in Houston: The Post, the Menil, and Aladdin's on Westheimer
• Occupation: Structural Engineer
• Something special about me: Big fan of road trips and exploring the Texas countryside
• How to get in contact: Link

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