User:TerranceVeals/sandbox

Terrance Veals was born April 14, 1990, in Chicago, Illinois to Ronald and Quanda Veals. When Veals was 3 years old, lost his mother to cancer. He and his 2 eldest brothers were raised by his father, grandmother, and an active supporting cast of family members. While growing up in Chicago, he overcame the adversity of an environment filled with gun, drugs, and gang life, which many of his close friends fell victim to. In Chicago he was high school academic stand out at Crane Tech High School. He was the only male in the top 5% of his class, his junior and senior years. By his senior year Veals had lost 3 friends to gun violence, witnessed countless fights, drug transactions, and the operation of gang activity. In order to stray away from a community that was littered with opportunities to become a burden on society, Veals made extracurricular actives a priority in his life. While at Crane Tech Veals participated in multiple activates which included: The book club, Academic decathlon, Year book committee (Editor), National Honor Society (President), Wrestling team, Indoor track team, Bowling team (Captain), and Volleyball team (Captain). By his sophomore year Veals was on the Varsity football by (Captain). He was unanimously selected to the Illini Conference all-Conference team his senior year. Even during his high school years, Veals’ passion for giving back to the community was evident. Upon graduation he had acquired 180 community service hours, far exceeding the graduate requirement of 40 hours. Although Veals did all of this hard work with no recognition in mind, he was awarded with an Academic scholarship to attend Ball State University.

While at Ball State University (BSU), Veals continued his mission to give back and make a difference. His first year at BSU Veals participated in the Unity Scholarship Pageant and garnered the title of “Mr. Unity” (King) as a freshman the first freshman to do so. His passion for his community didn’t stop with this, he was elected to the Black Student Association (BSA) as the Social chair his sophomore year, and as a junior he was elected President. While the President, with an amazing executive board, his cabinet took a more campus inclusive approach with the organization. Under his tenure BSA won the highest homecoming honor, as well as having the most students attend a single BSA meeting as of 2010. In 2011 Veals was initiated as a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. His senior year as a Resident Assistant, Veals was able to turn a notorious party resident hall floor to a more responsible self sufficient floor of gentlemen.

In 2012, Veals Graduated from Ball State University with a Bachelor of Science in Information Systems. He currently uses his earned vacation days to speak at Indianapolis Public High Schools. He has had the honor of speaking at Arsenal Technical and Washington High School. Subject: "How to be Successful in College…Building goals to Success!"