Christian Byrd
2018 scholar
Christian Byrd is currently pursuing a degree in Information Science and is on track to graduate in May 2019. He is an army veteran with four years of experience serving underneath the Charlie Company 67th Signal Battalion as a Networking Systems Operator and Team Chief. In the service, he worked on multiple overseas missions for the benefit of war torn countries, while working to better understand the principles of Leadership, Compassion, and Selfless Service. At the University, Christian is working towards a degree that will better enable him to make the world more accessible for individuals with disabilities such as his aging father who also served in the military when he was younger. His future goals are to help design technology that not only helps ease the aging process, but can work to keep elderly individuals healthy, informed and in control of their own care and lifestyle.