Suparna Banerjee
Hometown: Kolkata, India
Major: Computer Science

Suparna Banerjee says she’s glad she came to the United States to earn her master’s degree in computer science at the University of Illinois Springfield. Banerjee recently founded a new student organization on campus called the Hostility Elimination Liaison Program (HELP). The program aims to address discrimination and hate against minorities based on their social and political identities. She also serves as an event organizer for the International Student Association and works at the Office of International Student Services. She is the traditions coordinator for the Student Activities Committee where her job is to plan is to plan Springfest, one of the campuses biggest events. Banerjee says she chose UIS for the high-quality academic programs and the student experience.

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