Michael Parille is a senior majoring in political science and Italian. He heard about the internship while he was browsing opportunities on Handshake.com. Michael is interning as a Website Content Migration Specialist for the Center for Global Studies (CGS) and the Russian, Eastern European, and Eurasian Center (REEEC). He is responsible for migrating old content from CGS' and REEEC's old websites to their new pilot sites. He's become familiar with Drupal, a web content management framework, and utilizes it to re-create the pages from the old sites. Michael has greatly improved his communication skills for a professional workplace environment, which he is especially grateful to learn given the current circumstances regarding COVID-19. He's become a better writer and public speaker, while also becoming more familiar with Excel and Drupal. He is also appreciative of the fact that he works with the incredible leaders of the University of Illinois CGS and REEEC, who inspire him everyday to achieve his goals.

In regards to his postgraduate plans, he hopes to attend law school in the Chicago-land area. Though unsure of how he wants to apply his J.D., Michael is interested in international corporate law and First Amendment law. Finally, a couple of fun facts about Michael: his favorite movie is Inglorious Bastards, and his favorite video game series is Final Fantasy!

Check out Michael's LinkedIn Profile here!