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...
Student Spotlights
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...
Terra Scranton is a senior majoring in molecular & cellular-biology with honors distinction, as well as minoring in chemistry, psychology, and informatics. She is a first semester ATLAS intern. She heard of ATLAS through her informatics advisor, and currently works as the Social Media Intern for the ATLAS internship program itself. She runs the internship program’s ...
Allison McKay is a senior majoring in English and is a first semester ATLAS intern. She applied after receiving an email over winter break encouraging applications to the ATLAS internship and currently works as a Website Content Strategist for Habitat for Humanity. She uses WordPress and ...
Senior Sophie Meng majors in statistics and computer science and is a second semester ATLAS intern. She applied for an ATLAS internship after receiving an LAS Lineup email and currently works as a Data Analyst. In her first semester here, she requested data on students from the ATLAS reporting database, interpreted trends, then created visualizations using ...
Yi Yao is a senior majoring in economics and is a first semester ATLAS intern. She heard about the ATLAS Internship Program after receiving an email from ATLAS, and is now working as a Data Analyst intern. She works for the Student Money Management Center (SMCC) and is part of the email communications team. In her internship she analyzes “email data, such as click rates, open rates...