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Incoming student aspires to be entrepreneur

Monday, April 26, 2010 | By Paula Cobler
<p>Tunde Oniya, a senior at George Bush High School in Richmond, is a young man with a plan.</p> <table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="3" style="bordercollapse: collapse;" width="100"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="bordercollapse: collapse;"><img alt="Tunde Oniya" src="images/Uploads/underclassmen/Tunde-Oniya.jpg" style="border-width: 0px; float: right;" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="middle" style="bordercollapse: collapse;"><font size="1">Tunde Oniya</font></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>He hopes to join the FIRST 200 at the University of Houston-Victoria and earn his bachelor&#39;&#39;s degree in nursing so he&#39;&#39;ll have job security while he starts his business empire.</p> <p>&quot;I plan to be an entrepreneur and own several businesses,&quot; he said. Being an entrepreneur will allow him to create a better environment and improve the community wherever he chooses to call home.</p> <p>He also plans to minor in business as he pioneers new ground in the first freshman class.</p> <p>&quot;I&#39;&#39;m glad to be a part of it,&quot; he said. &quot;I feel UHV is definitely the place where I want to be.&quot;</p> <p>Oniya has a track record of leadership with many student organizations and plans to take a leadership role in the FIRST 200.</p>