Megan Janssen

When Megan told her Augustana mentor she was interested in knowing more about cyber security, he volunteered his time to lead a small independent study group with her and a few other computer science students.

He also recommended that she apply for a scholarship to go to the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, where she made the contacts that led to a job offer from ESPN.

emotion

“ It is such a rewarding feeling to know that all of your hard work has paid off.”

intelligence

Today Megan is a software engineer at ESPN Technology in Bristol, Conn. Receiving the phone call with that offer was one peak of her Augustana career—and the other was her AI class, which “reminded me why I love my major so much.”