Research and Development Center

STEVEN - Systems

Year in school:
Junior

Major:
Computer Science

Hometown:
Effingham, Illinois

Extracurricular Activities at U of I:
I don’t know about actual extracurriculars, but I am a TA for CS225

Favorite thing to do on campus:
Racquetball, Spades, Free-Walking (the lazy version of free-running)

Favorite food
Stir-Fry

Favorite Movie:
The Matrix

Favorite Quote:
"This statement is false."

Favorite Restaurant in C-U:
Buffalo Wild Wings or Flattop

Best College Advice:
College isn’t all about getting good grades. It’s supposed to be a fun time of your life, so take some time for yourself and your friends: put that homework off one more night, and go play waffle-ball or whatever you enjoy. College only happens once, but the friendships will last forever

An interesting fact about yourself:
On the side, I am also a photographer. I shoot mostly weddings and senior portraits

Why did you decide to work at the RDC?
State Farm is a sponsor of the Technology and Management program which was (at the time) my minor. I spoke with a few of the representatives, really liked what they had to say, interviewed, got offered the job, passed the drug test, and BAM! Here I am

Briefly, what is your project about?
I’m working on an intranet web application (in PHP/MySQL) which will allow State Farm to keep track of contacts outside the company. It is very important that State Farm (particularly, the Research Center) can keep track of these outside relations. My project will do just that

Most surprising thing you learned about State Farm:
State Farm has a bank, who knew?