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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