After presenting customer satisfaction survey results to one of Kemin’s business units, Gracie Wilcox, Marketing Intern, sat down with me at Kemin’s in-office coffee shop to chat about her summer internship experience at Kemin. “I was initially interested in interning at Kemin because of the company’s strong focus on sustainability,” Wilcox says. “And in the end, I gained so much real-world experience and had great exposure to the company culture.”
I asked her to tell me more about the experiences she had outside of her typical work tasks, and she told me about volunteering with her team at Meals on Wheels and with other interns at Greater Des Moines Habitat for Humanity. “Those experiences really taught me about Kemin’s values, and I met a lot of people who shared stories about their lives, where they came from, and why giving back is so important to them. It was really inspiring.”
The last thing we talked about was what she’d want other students to know before applying for the summer internship program at Kemin. Here are a few of her suggestions.
