Informatics

​Junior Junpeng Liang is majoring in economics, minoring in business and informatics, and is a first semester ATLAS intern. He heard about the program from an email, and applied when he saw data analysis positions being offered. Currently he works as a Data Analyst at the Student Money Management Center (SMCC) on a project named "International Student Trend." He receives data concerning such category as major, payment method, payment amount, and the enrollment year; then, Junpeng looks for trends such as the number of STEM majors in accordance with ...

​​Kireeti Jana is a sophomore majoring in economics, minoring in informatics, and is a first semester ATLAS intern. He heard of ATLAS through his Informatics Adviser and took the opportunity to experience a professional environment. He works for Administrative Information Technology Services, wherein he uses Form Builder to “create workflow and event-oriented forms for different departments.” He would like to work as a Financial Analyst in the future, and believes that this internship has prepared him in the technical sense of the...

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 engagement amongst with the digital signs. Right now, Eric is working on showcasing students and their work on the digital signs by having creative writing majors' poetry displayed on the digital...

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 Facebook page, Twitter account, and ...

Shouqi Zhang is a junior majoring in statistics and minoring in informatics. She heard about the ATLAS Internship Program through her advisor in the Department of Statistics. As a Data Analyst for the Student Money Management Center (SMMC), her responsibilities include using R to collect and curate data for their social media platforms, and writing content for the same. During the time she has spent at her internship, she has learned how to promote businesses on social media in a better manner and picked up some teamwork skills. In the future, she aims to take the...

​​​​​Megan Resurreccion is a sophomore majoring in statistics and minoring in creative writing and informatics. Megan says she found out about the internship program through an email, and wanting to get some preliminary experience of working in a professional environment, she applied and was accepted. During her second semester as an intern, she works as a Data Analyst with the Student Money Management Center, (SMMC) where she analyzes newsletters and emails, looking at open rates and click rates in accordance with what is on the subject line, what the time of day is, etc. She...

​​​​​​Senior Kara Landolt is a first semester ATLAS intern majoring in economics and minoring in informatics. She heard of the internship opportunity through the College of LAS's emails and through a friend; currently, she works as a Data Analyst. She works on several projects at the Office of Business and Financial Services; for example, one of these projects involves analyzing and extracting data from time sheets. In addition, Kara creates data visualizations using Tableau...

Terra is a senior studying molecular and cellular biology, chemistry, psychology, and informatics, and is working for ATLAS as a Social Media Intern.  Terra runs the internships program’s Facebook, Twitter, and Reddit account. She posts at a set schedule weekly and responds to questions on the accounts. Terra has also learnt analytics by keeping track of engagement numbers with the posts.  Terra plans on going into a medical profession and will use the organization skill that she learned from maintaining the three accounts to help her with her future endeavors. Being able to...

Shouqi is a junior studying statistics and informatics, and works for ATLAS as a Data Analyst. This semester, Shouqi is interning with the Student Money Management Center (SMMC). Her responsibilities include using R to collect and curate data for their social media platforms, as well as write content for it as well. During her time, she has learned how to promote businesses on social media in a better manner and picked up on some teamwork skills. Shouqi plans on taking her analysis skills that she has learned at her internship and apply it to a potential career in consulting.

Sarah Razafsha is a Senior studying English and Informatics. Sarah works for ATLAS as a Social Media Specialist. This semester she is managing the accounts of both Feeding our Kids (FOK) and Habitat for Humanity. Her project for FOK includes working on policies, social media strategies for the adopt-a-school campaign, and e-newsletter. Her project for Habitat includes working on social media themes for their Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. This semester she plans to learn how to create strategies to increase engagement and create e-newsletters. After graduation, Sarah sees herself going...