Garrett Credi is a freshman majoring in Mathematics. He first learned about ATLAS through the LAS Weekly and then attended one of its meetings. He works with Dr. Randy McCarthy as a Virtual Designer. Garrett and his team come up with, code, design, and create VR games. They create the story and the mechanics, figure out ways to implement our ideas into the game world through Unity, and then...
Nehal Sing is a junior studying Mathematics and Computer Science, and she heard about this internship program from a friend. Her client is Dr. Randy McCarthy. Nehal's a VR Content Creator and her responsibilities include importing U of I songs to Beat Saber using an Oculus Rift S headset and customizing them to ten different levels of increasing difficulty using mods and the Beat Saber Level...
Nancy Meena is a junior studying Astronomy and she heard about the ATLAS Internship Program from her advisor. Her clients are Michelle Rome and the IGI centers. Nancy is now a Website Content Strategist intern, who specifically works on the Center for African Studies webpage and the European Union Center webpage where she measures, collects and analyzes reports of web data to optimize web usage...
Ksenia Polyarskaya is a junior majoring in Instrumental Performance. She heard about the ATLAS Internship Program through the ATLAS website. Ksenia is a Web Curriculum Specialist Intern for the Urbana Neighborhood Connections Center. . Her duties include assisting in designing courses and certifications for basic computer skill sets, determining with the client the goals of the basic computer...
Karlie Taylor is a freshman majoring in English. After hearing about ATLAS through an email and the website, she decided to apply. She is a Social Media intern for Michelle Rome, and she creates posts and images for the various social media platforms of ATLAS. Recently, Karlie has been creating mages for Motivation Mondays on Instagram and also making GIFs for all of the social media platforms....
Jordann McClain is a junior majoring in Integrative Biology and Spanish. After hearing about ATLAS through the LAS website, she decided to apply. She is a Website Content Strategist and manages the Neuroscience Program website. Jordann adds content that displays faculty and student achievements through a variety of mediums. She also interviews faculty and alumni, and creates a weekly events list...
Jacob Milo is a sophomore studying Chemical Engineering! He heard about the ATLAS Internship Program through an email from LAS regarding an opportunity to learn new technology skills! Jacob is a Social Media Analyst for Earnest Earth Agriculture. He is responsible for making social media posts for Earnest Earth's social media accounts and create content for Earnest Earth's blog and website. He is...
Emma Roder is a junior double-majoring in English and Creative Writing. She heard about the ATLAS Internship Program through her academic advisor Anna Ivy. Her client is the Business Process Improvement Team. She interns as a Team Member for them, and is responsible for constructing FormBuilder forms for university clients upon request. Emma is currently building a form for the Department of...
Brendon Kaunas is a junior studying Chemical Engineering. He heard about the ATLAS Internship Program through emails he received. Brendon interns as a QA Tester for ATLAS TLT. He's currently working on automated testing by scripting in python and answering help tickets related to Moodle. He hopes to enter Energy/Manufacturing-related fields in the future. He has developed his skills in coding,...
Amy George is a sophomore majoring in Actuary Science who heard about the ATLAS Internship Program while online. Amy is an Informational Technology Assistant for Spurlock Museum. She is currently working on a setup of new desktops as well as HTML skills. Amy hopes to pursue a career as an actuary! Through her ATLAS internship Amy has improved her coding and understanding of Apple hardware. A fun...