Big Ten Academic Alliance 2025 Data Viz Championship
This was an opportunity for students, faculty, and staff at Big Ten institutions to showcase their data visualization skills and compete for the title of Big Ten Academic Alliance Data Viz Champion.
Students
Students used U.S. National Park Visit Data (1979-2023) – Responsible Datasets in Context (responsible-datasets-in-context.com) to devise a data visualization to address the question(s) of their choosing.
Check out the archive of the Student Data Viz Gallery.
Faculty/Staff
Submissions were based on existing visualizations used at their institution or using the theme of the Big Ten. Visualizations pertained to the institution as a whole or to a specific initiative or population.
Check out the archive of the Faculty/Staff Data Viz Gallery.
Voting
Each participating institution submitted one student visualization and one faculty/staff visualization to the Championship. Cast your vote for the best data visualization by noon CT on February 14, 2025. The entry with the most votes will be crowned champion. Remember, you can only vote once!
Save the Date: Data Viz Showcase
Join us for the Data Viz Showcase on February 14 from 1 - 2:30 p.m. CT. Each participant will present their work, and we'll announce the Data Viz Champion at the end. Advanced registration is required.
For more information, contact ciosupport@btaa.org or your university's Institutional Coordinator.
Staff Contact
Lori Frost
Program Manager
Programs Team
Phone: (217) 333-9228
Email: lori.frost@btaa.org
Institutional Coordinators
Illinois – Amy Edwards (aledward@illinois.edu)
Indiana – Bridgett Milner (bharsh@indiana.edu)
Iowa– Matthew Anson (matthew-anson@uiowa.edu)
Maryland – Michelle Appel (mappel@umd.edu)
Michigan – Tracy Pattok (tpattok@umich.edu)
Michigan State – Bethan Cantwell (cantwelb@msu.edu)
Minnesota – Colin Delong (delo0041@umn.edu)
Nebraska – Jason Casey (jcasey10@unl.edu)
Northwestern - Debbie Crimmins (d-crimmins@northwestern.edu)
Ohio State – Maureen Henry (henry.371@osu.edu)
Penn State – Paulina Krys (pmk5516@psu.edu)
Purdue – Andrea Pluckebaum (apluckeb@purdue.edu)
Wisconsin– Beth Helmueller-Perkins (helmuellerpe@wisc.edu)