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Student Profiles

Click on a student’s name or picture to learn more about their experiences with the Bridging Disciplines Program in the School of Undergraduate Studies. To view student success stories from other UGS programs, visit the student success page.

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Major: Biology
BDP Certificate: Social Inequality, Health & Policy
Graduation Year: Spring 2019

Veronica Remmert, completing a BDP in Social Inequality, Health & Policy with an emphasis in Public Health, conducted research focused on the health needs of four communities in rural Puebla, Mexico and created an inventory of health resources in each community. As a winner of the President’s Award for Global Learning, her research will be used to inform a comprehensive needs assessment for each community, which will be implemented this summer.

“This Connecting Experience made me consider how I want to integrate public health and social determinants of health into my future career. Through this experience, I know that I want to continue to work in the public health field”
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Major: Chemistry and Economics
BDP Certificate: Public Policy
Graduation Year: Spring 2020

Isheta Kumar, majoring in Chemistry and Economics and completing a BDP certificate in Public Policy, interned with Austin Technology Incubator (ATI), an organization dedicated to funding promising scientific innovations. While at ATI, Isheta had the opportunity to research the public benefit funds used by over 30 states to provide funding for renewable energy research. Texas is one of the few states without such a fund, so she used her research to craft a proposal for Texas to create a public benefit fund.

“By immersing myself in an environment where I learned something new about the industry every day, I learned how science, business, and policy intersect in an ever-changing field.”
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Major: Studio Art
BDP Certificate: Digital Arts & Media
Graduation Year: Spring 2019

Valeria Montemayor, Digital Arts & Media student and Studio Art major, created an animated comic named Skull-Kidz!, which gave her the chance to combine animation and comic books in a unique way that allowed her to expand her skills as a digital artist. She also had the opportunity to engage with an online audience, write her own scripts, and build her “portfolio“https://valeriamontemayor.carbonmade.com/.

"I've realized now that there's no need to box myself in one category."
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Major: Studio Art
BDP Certificate: Digital Arts & Media
Graduation Year: Spring 2018

Digital Arts & Media student Jasmine Uy worked with a team to create To the Core Again, a 2D video game, for her Creative Project. The game involved a puzzle platform with a plot centered on healing from emotional trauma. Jasmine’s goal was to focus on learning how to create assets for the game’s design and programming

“This project helped me be more confident than ever that this is the kind of career I want. It captures the essence of interdisciplinary teamwork, and I am so glad that I was able to experience that first hand."
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Major: Anthropology & Middle Eastern Studies
BDP Certificate: Environment & Sustainability
Graduation Year: Spring 2018

Lloyd Farley, completing a BDP in Environment & Sustainability, spent his summer in Marrakech, Morocco as an intern for the High Atlas Foundation, focusing on sustainable, local agriculture and community-led development.

“The most rewarding aspect of my Connecting Experience was being able to learn about the importance of participatory development, which allows for the people most invested in a project – the community – to be in the driver seat.”
Major: Theatre & Dance, Advertising
Graduation Year: Spring 2015

Sara Robillard, who graduated in May with a BDP certificate in Global Studies, spent her final semester at UT interning for the U.S. State Department. Sara created content, which the department ultimately distributed to embassies, explaining transatlantic trade. She intends to apply lessons learned from this experience to her future work in the nonprofit sector.

“While I had previous experience in social media, I'd never worked on social media for a government body and that's a whole different ball game.”
Major: Radio-Television-Film
BDP Certificate: Social Entrepreneurship & Non-profits
Graduation Year: Fall 2013

Jenna Creech spent her final semester at UT producing a documentary about the Austin Classical Guitar Society. As a Social Entrepreneurship & Non-profits BDP student focusing on art and social change, Jenna applied the skills she learned as a Radio-Television-Film major.

"I'm so glad I got the chance to experience the creation of a documentary fully on my own as a part of my Bridging Disciplines Program."

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