Eryka is a senior studying English and creative writing on the pre-law track. She heard about ATLAS after reading about the program in the English department's newsletter. She is working with Granular as their IT Technical Writing Intern. She is in charge of writing down and standardizing processes for the company's newly hired employees. An example of a problem...
Dhruv Khanna is a junior studying statistics. The Career Center recommended that Dhruv should apply to the ATLAS Internship Program and he has been loving it ever since! He is is currently working with economics professor Rebecca Thornton and is creating data visualizations for the project. His project focuses around analyzing data from a language program in Uganda and seeing the...
Maddie is a sophomore studying communications. She heard about the internship program from a job board listing. Maddie is working with Red Clover Reader as a Communications Specialist. She is writing newsletters, blurbs for parents, and is also in charge of proofreading other people’s work. Someday, she wants to work at a news company. Maddie has learned how to professionally...
Marissa Donato is a junior studying organizational psychology and interpersonal communication. She read about the program on the Communications Major internship page and became interested in applying. She is currently working with Granular as a User Support intern. She helps answer IT tickets, perfects onboarding presentations and makes IT satisfaction surveys. Her dream job...
Heidi Kang is a senior studying statistics. She heard about the ATLAS Internship Program through an email sent out by the Department of Statistics. She is working for the Student Money Management Center (SMMC) as a Data Analyst. Heidi is working with a team of interns to analyze the Center’s data concerning their social media outreach. She is then taking that data to decide what actions can...
Eric Kim is currently a junior double majoring in statistics and economics with a minor in informatics. He became aware of the ATLAS Internship Program through the LAS Lineup newsletter. He is currently working with the ATLAS Internship Program on the digital signage project. He works on creating digital signs that are shown off in the English building atrium. His goal is to try to build...
Annie Farwell is a junior studying economics. She became interested in the ATLAS Internship Program after her close friend recommended it to her. Annie works for the Division of Intercollegiate Athletics as a Business Analyst. She has recently been working on a project in which she is analyzing data from a survey given out to basketball season-ticket holders. She is trying to create a...
Becca Kim is a sophomore studying psychology. After her advisor recommended the ATLAS Internship Program to her, she became excited to join! Becca is working with Professor Burke from the College of Education on creating a database website. The website will collect information on how accessible Champaign restaurants are for people who might have any sort of disability. She is hoping to...
Sage Larson is a junior studying creative writing. She heard about the internship program through flyers around the English Building. She is currently working with the Study Abroad office to help create a website for a new project. She is creating and editing content for the website that will be launched soon. Her dream job is to become a writer for video games. She will take her...
Lyn Zhu is a junior majoring in statistics and mathematics. She is also a first semester ATLAS intern working as an App Developer for Moodle. She applied to be an intern to earn some work experience before graduating. In her internship, she focuses specifically on the interface of the Moodle app. This means making sure the app is easy to navigate, various options aren’t hidden or take too...