Informatics

Seetha Ramaswamy is a senior majoring in sociology and global studies, and minoring in informatics. She heard about the internship program through a newsletter from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Seetha interns as an Information Technology Assistant for the Spurlock Museum. She is mainly responsible for writing blog posts for the museum but she also helps by editing small videos, updating spreadsheets, etc. She is currently writing blog posts on a variety of topics such as alumni outreach, museum resources, featured exhibits, and more! Though Seetha is unsure of what she wants to...

Arch Patel is a junior majoring in economics with a minor in informatics. Having come across ATLAS while browsing Handshake, he decided to apply to the organization's Internship Program, and the rest is history! This semester, Arch is working within a team as a Data Analyst for the Student Money Management Center (SMCC). His current responsibilities include familiarizing himself with applicable analytics, developing and  presenting his findings online with his team, and collaborating with team members to produce requested deliverables. After graduation, Arch hopes to work as a Data or...

My name is Sarah Razafsha, and I am a senior at the University of Illinois. I am currently interning with the ATLAS TLT Team as a Communications Specialist. In my current capacity, I work on creating graphics and tweets for the Learn@Illinois Moodle Twitter account. I have been working in communications and social media internships with ATLAS for over a year. These experiences have allowed me to gain an understanding of how important the use of social media is for companies and organizations. My favorite aspect of the internship is being able to meet so many individuals through both the ATLAS...

My name is Victor Oscilowicz, and I am currently a junior at the University of Illinois. I am currently working for the University of Illinois Payroll and Benefits Services as a Process Documentation Specialist. The responsibilities that I have include transferring process documents from Microsoft Word into OneNote and proof-reading all process documentation for this organization. After working on these projects for the last eight weeks, I have learned more about the uses of Microsoft OneNote, along with the procedures involved within successful process documentation. My favorite aspect...

Rachel Finegold is a senior studying English and informatics. Rachel joined ATLAS to gain professional experience, as well as to explore possible fields of work post-graduation. Through her role as a Change Management and Communication Specialist for the Office of Business and Financial Services, Rachel has gained experience in project management, website maintenance, sending out mass newsletters, and creating timelines and training plans for business process improvements. Her goal is to eventually work in consulting as a Project Manager. Outside of ATLAS, she tutors informatics courses,...

Haemi Jung is an advertising major with a minor in informatics. She is currently a sophomore interning with the Crisis Nursery. She is working as their Communications Specialist, but mostly working on their social media. Haemi works on their social media accounts and prepares posts for them each week. She is hoping for a career in advertising after college. She has enjoyed working with her clients because they have helped her so much with everything she has faced with her internship and any questions she has had! Haemi's favorite part of the ATLAS Internship Program is the flexibility it...

Lily Ho is a junior studying computer science and astronomy, with minors in both business and informatics. She is working for ATLAS on the mobile Moodle development team. She is currently the Lead Developer on the team, which means she delegates tasks, sets goals and the project pace, and trains new interns coming onto the project. After working with ATLAS, she has decided to change her career path due to her internship experiences. Lily was originally planning on going into a career with coding, but has decided that she likes the managerial aspect of project management and has...

​​​Ginny Lee is a mathematics major with both a computer science and informatics minor. Her internship is centered around recreating a website for NetMath Weekly and implementing a new design on a new platform.  She works closely with her partner from the website to implement feedback in the design process of the new website. This internship has given her a lot of experience in the field she wants to work in in the future – Web Design. It has offered new insights and opened up opportunities like a web development internship. According to her, working with this internship gave her a huge...

​​​​Lucy Xi Liu is an actuarial science and economics double-major with an informatics minor. Lucy is currently helping to organize the ATLAS website. She works closely with full-time staff to edit the information that represent the different groups under ATLAS. She gets in contact with those groups, asks for updates that they want to be posted, and then sends the posts she creates for approval. She says this internship has helped to give her insight into the workings of a website and has increased her knowledge of the underlying skills you need for website editing, including programming...

​​​​​​Naqia Haideri is a senior studying psychology and communications with a minor in informatics. Her internship revolves around managing the other interns and expanding the program. She has advertised the program by designing and distributing flyers and has held info sessions to recruit students. She has been an intern with ATLAS for three semesters now and has even picked her minor based on her experieces because she “found the technological aspect of the internship very intriguing.” She has also learned several coding languages just from interning! She has gained many...