Summer 2020 Interns & Projects

The 2020 summer interns participating in a zoom call with Susan mason

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
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"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

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Nikhil Baliga
Data Visualization Intern - UT Austin

Automated the creation of the UT System Smartbook using PowerBI

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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

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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

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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

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Isaac Haworth
Security, Governance, Risk & Compliance Intern - UT Austin

Revised and updated the UT System Incident Response Plan for the Information Security Office

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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

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Haley Justiz
Financial Analyst Intern - UT Austin

Documented 13 standard operating procedures for Financial Shared Services

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Tarini Kumar
Talent & Innovation Intern - UT Austin

Created and facilitated communications and community building events in support of the 10-week pilot internship program

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Catherine Lindberg
Communications Intern - UT Austin

Created digital and print collateral for a 12-month cybersecurity education campaign

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Kerry Mackenzie
Legislative Intern - UT Austin

Researched and created a draft Legislative SmartBook for distribution to the Texas Legislature

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Oscar Segundo
Security, Governance, Risk & Compliance Intern - UT El Paso

Investigated viability of leveraging Tanium for software patching at UT System

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Ziwei Zhang
Research & Reporting Intern - UT Austin

Automated the creation of the UT System Smartbook using PowerBI