JBU Alumni Board
2005 - 2006

Paul J. Hill '01
LR ADVANCE #18

What an honor it is to be asked to serve on the JBU Alumni Board - the first graduate to do so from the ADVANCE program! It has been a great pleasure to work with the staff and fellow board members, and to learn that the philosophy of “Head, Heart and Hand” transcends the classroom and campus life THROUGHOUT the state, permeating the faculty and leadership from top to bottom.

I was born and raised in San Diego, CA and Kansas City, MO and still have friends and family in both places. A twenty-four year career in the U.S. Air Force has taken me around the world several times, bringing me “home” to Beebe, Arkansas, where I’ve lived since finishing a four year tour in Tokyo, Japan in 1996. I graduated from JBU in December of 2001 while working on active duty as Ground Training Superintendent and Community College of the Air Force Program Manager for the 314th Operations Group, Little Rock AFB, Arkansas, and retired from the military in September of 2002. Praying that the Lord would allow me to continue a life of service and maybe keep me close to home for a change, I was subsequently elected Clerk/Treasurer for the City of Beebe in November of 2002 and serve their still – less than one half mile from my home!

As with many other ADVANCE grads, a friend from the program lead me to JBU, and I have had the pleasure of leading several of my friends to a program that cares as much for your spirit as it does for your mind. Many of my classmates and I have kept in touch, just as many other ADVANCE graduates, and I urge any ADVANCE graduates out there to consider me their personal representative to the Board of Alumni. Further, I invite you to continue your relationship with the university through many of the programs and activities available to ALL alumni. “Head, Heart and Hand – for Life!”