Saturday Sessions

From the U.S. to Japan: How Communication Built My Global Career Before 21. This interactive session will motivate, inspire, and empower you with tools to elevate your career as an undergraduate or graduate student. While also providing tips for every university member to grow a global network.

Atmikha Jeeju is a student at Indiana University Bloomington pursuing a B.S. in Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence) and an M.S. in Information Systems through an accelerated pathway, completing her bachelor’s in three years and master’s in one year to graduate in four years with both degrees. Last summer, she was personally selected by the CEO & President of a Fortune 500 Company for an exclusive international internship in Tokyo, becoming the company’s first foreign student intern and helping set a precedent for global talent engagement. This summer, she will join ServiceNow as a Software Engineering Intern at the company’s headquarters in Santa Clara, California. Atmikha has also conducted cybersecurity research under Dr. Jean L. Camp and Dr. Apu Kapadia and presented her work at ERN 2025. She is passionate about global opportunities, leadership, and empowering others through communication and confidence. She has taken advantage of opportunities in the Luddy School to attend the Anita Borg Grace Hopper Conference and Society of Women Engineering Conference.

Dr. Tiana Iruoje is a higher education scholar-practitioner with more than 20 years of experience advancing student success, engagement, and inclusive excellence in research university settings. She serves as Director of Student Engagement and Success in the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering at Indiana University Bloomington, where she provides strategic leadership for student engagement initiatives, assessment, and program evaluation.

Her professional experience spans training and development, student success, transformational leadership, recruiting, teaching and course design, international engagement, K–12 education, web development, writing, and grant writing. Dr. Iruoje’s scholarship includes peer-reviewed publications and national presentations focused on experiential learning, culturally responsive teaching, peer interaction, and high-impact practices. Her research and professional interests center on student engagement, sense of belonging, experiential learning, and equity-driven practices that promote student persistence, retention, and graduation.

Ever wanted to learn about 3D printing? Join us as our panel dives into their experiences and offers advice for anyone looking to learn more about what 3D printing resources are available to them in Bloomington.

Panelists Nicole Miller, Megan Murphy, and Paulina Adams are creators, makers, and educators that serve in a variety of disciplines at Indiana University.

Nicole Miller, the Director of the 3D Fabrication and Design Inquiry Labs for Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, manages a variety of makerspaces across campus and help students, faculty, and staff bring ideas to life through emerging technologies.

Megan Murphy, a Senior Lecturer in Biology, uses IU resources to incorporate 3D modelling and printing with her current research studying crickets in the her Immune Response and Behavior Lab.

And Paulina Adams is a graduate student who works as the Lead intern for CEW&T's 3D Printing and Design team and in the Creator Commons Makerspace in Herman B. Wells Library. In these roles she aims to help anyone get started with the basics of 3D printing.

Join us as we ask these panelists about their experiences using 3D printing technology at IU, their experiences, and what suggestions they would give to anyone wanting to start!

Are you trying to remain calm, centered, and energized? Come learn about ways to build mindful movement into your daily routines. In this session, you’ll be introduced to seated Tai Chi exercises you can easily practice anywhere.

Madeleine Gonin is the Interim Director at the IU Healthy IU program. She has spent years promoting wellness, balance, and sustainable habits for individuals and teams. Madeleine is passionate about accessible approaches to stress reduction and building small, practical routines that support wellbeing in busy professional and academic lives.

Master your visual identity with Adobe Express and create a personal brand you can use across LinkedIn, resumes, portfolios, and more. Learn simple tools and workflows to design graphics, templates, and content that look polished and professional.

Beth Lynn Nolen is a Senior IT Training Specialist at Indiana University, where she supports learners in developing practical, modern digital skills. Beth Lynn’s work focuses on creating approachable, confidence-building learning experiences that help people communicate visually and effectively using accessible tools like Adobe Express.

Curious about careers for women in XR but unsure where you fit? This talk is for designers, storytellers, researchers, artists, coders, and even non-coders who want to learn more about current applications of XR, including VR, AR, and MR technologies. The session will also include an interactive headset demo of one of Sampada’s favorite projects.

Sampada is an XR enthusiast—call her a researcher, designer, or developer—exploring how immersive technologies like AR, VR, and MR can be used to support social good and clinical care. A 2023 HCI/d graduate from IU Bloomington and current PhD student in Health & Biomedical Informatics at IU Indianapolis and the IU School of Medicine, her work focuses on designing serious games for trauma, brain injuries, and healthy recovery. With professional experience in both India and the United States, she brings a global lens to storytelling in healthcare technology.

Impostor syndrome is the sneaky thief that steals joy and keeps capable people from fully enjoying their success. Discover how to shift your thinking to own your strengths, face new opportunities, and lead with greater clarity, creativity, and impact. It’s not rocket science. It’s self-belief.

Maureen Zappala, a University of Notre Dame graduate and former NASA propulsion engineer (aka “rocket scientist”), is an author, award-winning keynote speaker and founder of High Altitude Strategies. She leads high-performers to overcome the Impostor Syndrome, the secret self-doubt that says “I’m not as smart as everyone thinks I am, and I feel like a fake.” She’s a licensed associate of the Impostor Syndrome Institute, the world’s leading source of impostor syndrome solutions.

She was the first female and youngest manager of NASA’s Propulsion Systems Laboratory in Cleveland, Ohio. In 2009 and 2020, she was in the top 10 of 30,000 contestants in the Toastmasters World Championship of Public Speaking contest. She’s the author of 4 books, including “Pushing Your Envelope: How Smart People Defeat Self-Doubt and Live with Bold Enthusiasm.” After 40 years in Ohio, Maureen now lives in Las Vegas, Nevada, has 2 adult children and is an avid fitness fan, mediocre ballroom dancer and incurable decorator-wanna-be.

Who gets the mic in creative spaces shaped by technology? This interactive workshop uses a live game to explore how algorithms, recommendation engines, and platform design influence what (and who) gets amplified. Learn how “visibility” is shaped, how bias can show up in cultural content, and what it looks like to design for equity in digital spaces.

Ananya Kondur is the Lead Intern for the Allies for Equity Alliance Team at Indiana University’s Center of Excellence for Women & Technology. She is passionate about the relationship between technology, culture, and equity, and how digital systems shape who is heard, seen, and valued. Through facilitation and community-centered programming, Ananya supports initiatives that help people think critically about technology’s impact and build more inclusive pathways into tech and leadership.

This workshop covers the basic design principles of board games before attendees create their own prototype game concepts with guidance from the game design interns.

Kat Steele, Lead Game Design Intern
Olive Belcher, Game Design Intern
Abby Adams, Game Design Intern

Our Plenary Speaker, Claudia Ramly, offers a deeper, more personal discussion following her plenary talk. Participants are invited to ask questions and explore her topic in greater depth.

Come join us for an open discussion with our Plenary Speaker, Claudia Ramly.

Learn five essential PM tools that work when projects get messy. Through interactive scenarios, practice managing scope changes, staffing gaps, and competing priorities. Leave with templates and strategies you can use immediately—no theory, just practical skills.

Casey Snoddy is a Senior Clinical Research Manager at IU School of Medicine. She co-leads the Clinical Trials team in the Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics.

Learn practical self-defense skills to help protect yourself, presented in partnership with IUPD.

Shelby Goode has over 10 years of experience in law enforcement, including service with the Indiana University Police Department and the San Diego Harbor Police Department, as well as a background in marine mammal training. She brings a thoughtful, people-centered perspective and takes personal safety seriously. Outside of her professional work, Shelby is a mother who enjoys spending time on the lake and crafting.