For Summer 2021, UTSI expanded to provide internship and law clerkship positions to a cohort of 30 including both undergraduate and graduate students enrolled at UT and law school partner institutions.
Summer 2021 Interns & Law Clerks
Samantha Acuña - UT Austin, School of Law
Law Clerk, Office of General Counsel
Collaborated and researched to develop resolutions for legal matters that impact the UT System and its 13 institutions.
Micaela Alvarado - UT Austin
Research & Reporting Undergraduate Intern, Office of Institutional Research & Analysis
Created a communication visualization project using Power BI focusing on student employment.
Isabella Anzaldua - UT San Antonio
Academic Affairs Intern - Policy, Academic Affairs
Researched best practices and policies to better serve transfer students in the UT System.
Joshua Anzaldua - UT San Antonio
Project Coordinator Intern - Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium (TCMHCC), Office of Health Affairs
Assessed current and emerging mental health services in Texas and brainstormed potential avenues Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium (TCMHCC) and other stakeholders can take to address youth suicide prevention.
Diana Cervantes - UT Austin
Academic Affairs Intern – ElevateTXEd, Office of Academic Affairs
Prepared a program master calendar for the 2021-2022 academic school year for ElevateTXEd.
Melissa Chan - UT Health San Antonio
Project Coordinator Intern - Texas Collaborative for Healthy Mothers and Babies (TCHMB), Office of Health Affairs
Created stakeholder engagement survey, interpreted data, and presented findings to the executive committee for the Texas Collaborative for Healthy Mothers and Babies.
Jose Granados - UT Austin
Information Security Intern, Information Security Office
Created an Office of Information Security Documentation Guide and developed streamlined solutions for mitigating alerts and other security risks.
Sumaiya Hassan - UT Tyler
Data Visualization & Communication Intern, Office of Institutional Research & Analysis
Created Strategic Data Dissemination and Communications plan for the Office of Institutional Research and Analysis based on key stakeholder data collected from across UT System, UT System health institutions, and UT System academic institutions.
Samer Hijjazi - UT Arlington
Talent & Innovation Associate, Office of Talent & Innovation
Developed a method to algorithmically match-make Ph.D. students with Ph.D.-trained professionals for the Career Exploration Network event.
Jonathan Hinojos - UT El Paso
Communications Intern, Information Security Office
Created a 12-month cybersecurity awareness campaign to educate users on information security for work and personal use.
Bryan Jennings - UT Dallas
Information Security Intern, Information Security Office
Managed “Phish ER” by Know Be 4 and collaborated to reduce spamming by making policy changes in the UT System.
Mitul Kachhla - UT Arlington
Business Intelligence Intern, Shared Information Services
Developed reports and test dashboards, graphs, and key performance indicators and assisted with unit testing and migration of break fixes in ODI 11g and 12c.
Esad Kopru - UT Dallas
ERP Access Control Intern, Shared Information Services
Developed C# scripts to automate PeopleSoft audit reports.
Hilton Le - UT San Antonio
Tech Information Services Intern, Office of the CIO
Planned and launched a booking page for short-term loaning of laptops to establish accurate equipment custody and provide metrics for more effective asset management.
Mallika Mainali - UT Tyler
Tech Information Services Intern, Office of the CIO
Created an MS Teams chatbot using Power Virtual Agent and Bot Framework Composer that gave information about remote access options and other common IT-related issues.
Sandra Montalvo - UT Tyler
Financial Analyst Intern, Office of the Controller
Developed a departmental onboarding guide to better integrate new hires into their respective departments after HR Onboarding.
Elizabeth Palau - UT Dallas
Human Resources Intern, Office of Talent & Innovation
Organized relevant research to help streamline a more efficient recruiting and sourcing process that will promote UT System’s values of inclusivity and diversity among its workforce.
Tarun Punhani - UT Dallas
Portal Administrator Intern, Shared Information Services
Developed automated test scripts for PeopleSoft pillars such as Human Capital Management, Finance, and Campus Solutions using Telerik Studio.
Ruben Romero - UT Austin
Financial Analyst Intern, Office of the Controller
Created a departmental onboarding guide for Financial Shared Services.
Kartikey Sharma - UT Arlington
Information Security Intern, Information Security Office
Worked on security classification of different data types for third-party vendors to help employees understand what information is confidential and not to be disclosed publicly.
Ashney Shelly - Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law
Law Clerk, Office of General Counsel
Researched whether non-tenured faculty members are afforded the same due process procedures as tenured faculty.
Alexandra Smith-Macias - UT Rio Grande Valley
Undergraduate Innovation Intern, Office of Talent & Innovation
Developed and assisted programming efforts for the UTS Internship program and the Career Exploration Network.
Chirag Soni - UT Arlington
Tech Information Services Intern, Office of the CIO
Scanned in-house applications for security vulnerabilities using Burpsuite and helped developers resolve them to ensure information security.
Emmalyn Terracciano - UT San Antonio
Research & Reporting Graduate Intern, Office of Institutional Research & Analysis
Collected and analyzed qualitative data from UT System administration and institution stakeholders to ensure a highly collaborative data environment.
Makayla Vasek - UT Austin
Communications Intern, Office of Communications & Media Relations
Monitored news across the 13 UT institutions for daily distribution of the internal company newsletter, copywriting news releases and created a 5-week Intern Spotlight social media campaign.
Emily Willcott - UT Medical Branch
Graduate Innovation Intern, Office of Talent & Innovation
Created a portfolio of career trajectories for PhDs/postdocs at UT System health institutions, developed an academic research proposal for Army Futures Command and assisted with the Career Exploration Network operations.
Kayla Wong - UT Austin
Academic Affairs Intern - Administration, Office of Academic Affairs
Developed cloud-based solutions to address the needs and challenges of the Office of Academic Affairs.
Zachary Zurita - UT Austin
Human Resources Intern, Office of Talent & Innovation
Audited and analyzed UT System new employee application data to create and propose unique diversity and inclusion initiatives.
