Yvette is a Senior studying English. She works as a Website Content Strategist for First Christian Church. Her responsibilities include analyzing the websites of her peers, proposing organizational structure, and writing and editing content for the site. She’s currently working on editing a page to publish on the church’s website. This internship has improved her CSS skills. Yvette plans to...
Victoria Buszek is a Sophomore studying Psychology. She works as a VR Programmer for Dr. Randy McCarthy. She’s responsible for creating a ball bounce game in Unity which includes building the scene, writing scripts to add functionality to game objects, and researching how to implement hand tracking with Oculus to allow players to toss a ball into a cup without the need for controllers. She’s...
Leslie Rios is a Senior studying Psychology. She works as a Communications Specialist for the Student Money Management Center. She’s responsible for marketing the Student Money Management Center’s services through emails and their Facebook page along with other traditional marketing endeavors. He’s currently working to create a biweekly e-newsletter to update parents on important dates and useful...
Matt Fanelli is a Senior studying Media and Cinema Studies as well as History. He works as a Video Content Creator Intern for Urbana High School. He’s responsible for helping Urbana High School’s Career and Technical Education Department make a promotional video showcasing a few subjects and opportunities for students. He’s currently getting ready to interview faculty and students for their...
Owen Yang, a senior majoring in Math and Computer Science, joined the ATLAS Internship Program to build experience in web development within a professional environment. Learning about the program through Reddit, Owen saw it as an ideal way to explore his interest in web and mobile development, areas he hopes to specialize in for his future career.As a Web Developer intern for ATLAS, Owen has been...
Scott Mei is a junior majoring in Math and Computer Science. He joined the ATLAS Internship Program to build his professional skills in a supportive environment and make a positive impact on campus. He heard about ATLAS internship program through friends and classmates. As a Web Development Intern for the ATLAS Web Team, Scott's responsibilities include updating intern spotlights, creating...
Scarlett Garcia is a junior majoring in Sociology. They were introduced to ATLAS through Andrea Pellegrini, the Communication Specialist. In their role as Communication Specialist, Scarlett is responsible for managing the Facebook posting and drafting e-newsletters for students, parents, and employees of UIUC, UIC, and UIS. Scarlett is currently planning a series of posts aimed at near-graduates...
Daniel Andrasz is a freshman at UIUC who is an undeclared major and learned about the ATLAS program through the merit mentoring and professional network class. As part of the business process improvement (BPI) team, he works on converting paper-based processing methods to digital formats. Recently, he completed an application form for the ATLAS skill tracks canvas page. Daniel hopes to transfer...
Haiyue Zhang is a Junior majoring in Computer Science and Statistics and found out about the ATLAS program through a friend. He is currently interning at the UPB as a User Experience Designer. Haiyue's main responsibility is to review video recordings of UPB processes and use them to develop and update process documentation. Additionally, he tests and evaluates the effectiveness of documentation...
David is a Junior majoring in Mathematics. David found out about the ATLAS program through a sign in Altgeld Hall while he was in the middle of an internship search and decided to apply. He was placed as an EdTech Specialist at the Urbana Neighborhoods Connection Center, where he is responsible for creating, editing, and designing course pages using Learning Management systems, particularly...