{"id":92103,"date":"2025-04-16T04:00:03","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T08:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/?p=92103"},"modified":"2026-07-20T15:56:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T19:56:43","slug":"6-internships-prepares-business-senior-for-career-opportunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/04_16_2025\/6-internships-prepares-business-senior-for-career-opportunity","title":{"rendered":"6 Internships Prepare Business Senior for Career Opportunity"},"content":{"rendered":"

Marketing comes naturally to Joelle Meilink, who has spent her college career immersed in the field.<\/p>\n

\u201cI always knew I wanted to go into marketing,\u201d Meilink said. \u201cI\u2019ve always been a curious learner and love working with numbers. Marketing allows me to tell data-driven stories while leveraging my strategic and creative mindset.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Graduation

CELEBRATING SUCCESS<\/strong>: UToledo recognizes the Class of 2025 with a series of stories featuring students receiving their degrees at spring commencement<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n

Graduating Saturday, May 3, with bachelor’s degrees in business administration in both marketing and operations and supply chain management, Meilink has held six internships throughout her time at UToledo.<\/p>\n

\u201cI truly fell in love with the marketing field and found my niche from experiencing real-world marketing applications during my internships with Libbey and J.M. Smucker and a consumer behavior course this past year and a half,\u201d Meilink said. \u201cI am also fascinated with the reach marketing has and how influential it can be on an individual and their choices. My inquisitive nature allows me to dig deep into consumer data and collaborate with others to help meet the company\u2019s objectives.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis was both a great challenge at times but being in my last semester I can reflect on the past four years and say this was definitely my biggest success as well,\u201d she added. \u201cEvery experience set me up perfectly to succeed in the following one I had.\u201d<\/p>\n

Beyond her work experience, Meilink is involved with several campus organizations: Women in Business Leadership, Levis Leadership, Presidential Ambassadors, KLAR Leadership Academy and COBI Business Student Ambassadors. She also\u00a0recently received Student Pacemaker Award for her exceptional academic achievement, University and community service, and leadership in her college.<\/p>\n

\u201cJoelle\u2019s dedication to her academic assignments is truly evident, not only in the classroom but also in extra-curricular activities,\u201d said Dr. Marcelo J. Alvarado-Vargas, associate professor of management in the John B. and Lillian E. Neff College of Business and Innovation. \u201cFor example, she utilizes office hours to make presentations related to my course strategic management, and the presentations are in Spanish. A good way to integrate her academic formation in business administration and languages.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Joelle Meilink is graduating Saturday, May 3, with a bachelor\u2019s degree in business administration in marketing and operations and supply chain management.<\/p><\/div>\n

She has also studied abroad in Spain to build upon her minor in Spanish.<\/p>\n

\u201cI took advantage of our amazing study abroad advisors early on as I knew going into college I wanted to go abroad as a part of my Spanish minor,\u201d Meilink said. \u201cThe staff was able to help me find which program best suited my needs and credits and made the process a seamless transition. This opportunity showed me different perspectives, ways of thinking and helped me obtain Spanish language fluency that I can bring into my future career. I am so grateful for the experience and the scholarships from the University that made it all possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meilink said she is grateful for all that UToledo has given her.<\/p>\n

\u201cMarketing is an easy field to get beginner experience in with leadership opportunities in student organizations,\u201d she said. \u201cWorking in University Marketing and Communications my freshmen year also helped me figure out what marketing roles I could see myself in. Everyone here is so eager and willing to help students achieve their goals, the best thing you can do is network and take on opportunities that come your way.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"Joelle<\/a>

Joelle Meilink, a dual major in marketing and operations and supply chain management whose real-world experiences as a student helped her find her niche in business, will graduate May 3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":914,"featured_media":92104,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,581,69,1,7],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92103"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/914"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92103"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92343,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92103\/revisions\/92343"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}