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<span style="font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif;">DJ Jeffries is a candidate for the University Innovation Fellows program, and an undergraduate study studying Communication at Southern Illinois University (SIU). His focuses include Public Relations and Organizational Communication. Jeffries is originally from Memphis, TN, where he lived until 2013 when he moved to New Orleans, LA for college at Loyola University. After exploring his love for people and his possible career paths, DJ transferred to Southern Illinois University to pursue a degree that would better prepare him for his intended career. There, he was exposed to the University Innovation Fellows.&nbsp;</span>

<span style="font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif;">From a very young age, DJ was interested in entrepreneurship. Growing up, he was also very heavily involved in music, learning to play seven instruments and going on to join the Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, a national music fraternity.&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif;">In 2013, Jeffries became a recipient of the Gates Millennium Scholarship, an award funded by Bill and Melinda Gates.&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif;">Jeffries is passionate about communication, both as a discipline and as practice. This passion has led him to participate in multiple speakers' forums and public debates.</span>&nbsp;On his campus, he is interested in expanding the way students communicate across discipline.

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