The inaugural UTSI cohort, which convened virtually in summer 2020, was a resounding success for all involved! After reviewing nearly 600 applications, 16 students were hired for the 10-week program where they engaged in real world projects and professional development activities. The University of Texas System benefited greatly from the energy and perspective of interns from across our academic institutions.
All of our 2020 summer interns:
- Would recommend the program to other students
- Strongly agreed that they were exposed to people, projects, skills and/or experiences that provided insight useful in their career search
- Strongly or somewhat agreed that they gained practical skills/ knowledge they expect to use in the future
- Found the program to be very educationally valuable or generally worthwhile
"My UTSI experience was outstanding! The program gave me the opportunity to learn about myself both personally and professionally, and allowed me to work on a hands-on, challenging team project that brought value to many within UT System and beyond."
- Lauralee Curtis
2020 Interns and Projects
Nikhil Baliga
Data Visualization Intern - UT Austin
Automated the creation of the UT System Smartbook using PowerBI
Lauralee Curtis
Innovation Intern - UT Austin
Collaborated to develop and launch the pilot Career Exploration Network (CEN) program connecting UT System life science PhD students and post docs with UT System alumni
Manuel Galaviz
Security, Governance, Risk & Compliance Intern - UT El Paso
Analyzed and filtered data from Endpoints, Cloud directory and Network traffic to create automated dashboards and track cyber security threats
Amey Gomez
Human Resources Intern - UT El Paso
Conducted research and provided a comprehensive recommendation on how to modernize the exit interview process at UT System
Isaac Haworth
Security, Governance, Risk & Compliance Intern - UT Austin
Revised and updated the UT System Incident Response Plan for the Information Security Office
Zeena Housini
Innovation Intern - UT Dallas
Collaborated to develop and launch the pilot Career Exploration Network (CEN) program connecting UT System life science PhD students and post docs with UT System alumni
Haley Justiz
Financial Analyst Intern - UT Austin
Documented 13 standard operating procedures for Financial Shared Services
Tarini Kumar
Talent & Innovation Intern - UT Austin
Created and facilitated communications and community building events in support of the 10-week pilot internship program
Catherine Lindberg
Communications Intern - UT Austin
Created digital and print collateral for a 12-month cybersecurity education campaign
Kerry Mackenzie
Legislative Intern - UT Austin
Researched and created a draft Legislative SmartBook for distribution to the Texas Legislature
Simon Meek
UT System IT Intern- UT Tyler
Developed a Power BI dashboard that analyzes and displays updated compliance, inventory, security, and software inventory data for all of UT System's computers
Kirk Miller
UT System IT Intern - UT Tyler
Used Power Automate, SharePoint and Power Apps to develop a prototype Purchase Request Form and create a simple invoice generation system
Cynthia Ramirez
Talent & Innovation Intern - UT San Antonio
Developed and tested a process to collect UT alumni stories to educate students about potential career paths
Pedro Reyna
Human Resources Intern - UT Rio Grande Valley
Conducted research and provided a comprehensive recommendation on how to modernize the exit interview process at UT System
Oscar Segundo
Security, Governance, Risk & Compliance Intern - UT El Paso
Investigated viability of leveraging Tanium for software patching at UT System
Ziwei Zhang
Research & Reporting Intern - UT Austin
Automated the creation of the UT System Smartbook using PowerBI
