Navid Jafari, undergraduate student in Civil Engineering, has been selected for membership in the inaugural Geo-Institute Student Presidential Group (G-I SPG). The Geo-institute is the geotechnical institute of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). The G-I SPG will directly advise the President of the Geo-Institute of ASCE on student matters. Navid will be representing The University of Memphis as well as the mid-south along with geotechnical student members from other Universities.