Arch Patel is a junior studying Economics. He is working as a social media intern for Earnest Earth. He created a 30-day marketing plan for their social media that helps his client focus on a target audience, increase their sales and brand awareness. Over the course of his internship, he has developed his communication, technology, teamwork and researching skills. Arch is hoping to get a job...
Vivian Liang is currently a sophomore studying communication. She has been working as a digital signage specialist with the ATLAS Internship Program. Vivian creates new content for the digital signs in the English building atrium primarily. She is hoping to broaden her creative skills over the course of her internship. She is hoping to get a job where she can utilize her oral and written...
Lauren Provencher is a junior studying global studies with a minor in public relations. She is currently working as a website content strategist for the Office of Community College Research and Leadership (OCCRL). Lauren has been working on creating a website for the OCCRL to highlight equity topics in the education system. She is hoping to develop her technical skills, such as working with a...
Ruchira Ravirala is studying econometrics and minoring in statistics. She is currently a junior and is working as a data analyst for Dr. Rini Mehta. Her project has to deal with film mapping and she has been working with Python and SQL. Ruchira is new to ATLAS this semester but her favorite part so far is the flexibility and the time ATLAS provides to learn the coding languages before she applies...
Clare Sullivan is a junior studying communication with a minor in public relations. She is currently the team lead of the ATLAS Communication team and their Social Media Specialist. Clare has been with the ATLAS Internship Program for four semesters and her favorite part of ATLAS is that everyone wants you to succeed and it’s an extremely supportive environment. She has gained leadership and...
Cristal Cardenas is a senior majoring in mathematics and potentially minoring in atmospheric sciences. She began working as an ATLAS intern over the summer, where she became familiar with the program FormBuilder. This semester, Cristal is a Workflow Specialist, wherein she constructs forms through FormBuilder; some examples include the Intern Status Report. Cristal's experience as an...
Jessica Medintz is a senior majoring in astronomy with a minor in computer science. Her role as an ATLAS intern this semester is as a Programmer for the Moodle Mobile App. Jessica, along with other programmers, technical staff, and focus group members, will be updating the current Moodle app to make it better organized; however, creating a new app entirely may not be out of the...
Junshu is a senior studying psychology, East Asian languages and cultures, and is working with ATLAS as an intern. This semester, Junshu is working on a Qualtrics survey with a focus group about the usability of Moodle for students and faculty, using essays and heat maps, in which feedback will be forwarded to ATLAS programmers working on a Moodle app. Through his time as an ATLAS intern,...
Senior Zaolin (Tyra) Chen is a first-semester ATLAS intern and is majoring in economics with a minor in business. When not interning with ATLAS, she volunteers as a market specialist, was a board member for the Illini Women in Economics, and even writes articles and shoots videos. As a Social Media Specialist, Tyra’s responsibilities include video editing, graphic designing, strategizing the...
Sophomore Vivek Bhookya is an ATLAS intern majoring in computer science and astronomy; he is also looking at adding a statistics minor. Vivek works on the Mobile Moodle team. In his position, he works with other programmers on improving the Moodle mobile application by reading through the codebase and developing new ideas for the app. He’s learned that being successful as an ATLAS...