Fellow:Thomas Birch

Thomas Birch is a candidate for the University Innovation Fellows program, and an undergraduate in Electrical & Computer Engineering at Southern Illinois

University (SIU). Thomas is originally from Naples, FL, and growing up was heavily involved in both the Boy Scouts of America and his high school's band program. In 2013, Thomas received the rank of Eagle Scout, an award that he considers one of his proudest achievements.

Thomas is incredibly passionate about leadership and teamwork, which is why he joined his college’s Leadership Development Program shortly after starting his freshman year. That program provided him with many opportunities, including community service, leadership seminars, and networking. In fact, it was at one of the LDP meetings that Thomas first heard about University Innovation Fellows. As someone with a desire to make an impact and change the world, Thomas was immediately hooked on what the program stood for, and immediately applied. Thomas is looking forward to the upcoming training, and aspires to be able to officially call himself a Fellow!

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Southern Illinois University

Souther Illinois University Student Priorities

University Innovation Fellows

Spring 2016:

Mara Decker

Deborrius Jeffries

Trevor Jones

Asia Lee

Fall of 2015:

Dan Bach

Thomas Birch

Spring 2015:

Alex Hutchinson

Brandon Nolte

Katie Dzugan