{"id":2086,"date":"2017-04-04T08:42:41","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T08:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asi2.wpenginepowered.com\/uncategorized\/asi-awards-first-1000-intern-scholarship\/"},"modified":"2017-04-04T08:42:41","modified_gmt":"2017-04-04T08:42:41","slug":"asi-awards-first-1000-intern-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/press-releases\/asi-awards-first-1000-intern-scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"ASI Awards First $1,000 Intern Scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/header>\n<\/article>\n

Winner Julianna Krueger interned at Neil Enterprises in Vernon Hills, Illinois<\/em><\/p>\n

TREVOSE, PA \u2013 October 14, 2016 \u2013<\/strong>The\u00a0Advertising Specialty Institute<\/a>\u00ae<\/span>\u00a0(ASI) today announced it awarded its first $1,000 intern scholarship to Julianna Krueger, who worked in the\u00a0Varsity Line division<\/a>\u00a0of Neil Enterprises Inc. in Vernon Hills, IL.\u00a0<\/p>\n

ASI\u2019s inaugural ASI Summer Internship Program attracted 108 millennials who learned about the $22 billion promotional products industry through a variety of jobs at 69 participating companies. As part of the program, ASI offered a $1,000 scholarship to the intern who wrote the best essay about their experiences and what they learned about the industry and promo products.<\/p>\n

In her winning essay, Krueger said, \u201cThis internship helped me understand not only the industry, but also how it supports the success of other industries.\u201d<\/p>\n

Krueger is a sophomore at Carthage College in Kenosha, WI, with a double major in marketing and management. She also plans to pursue a master\u2019s degree. At Neil (asi\/281900), Krueger worked in the division that sells licensed merchandise to college bookstores.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I was not processing orders, I printed barcodes, followed up with vendors on orders in progress and answered emails,\u201d said Krueger in her essay. \u201cThis internship has given me a great appreciation for the promotional items that I see in my school\u2019s bookstore.\u201d\u00a0
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Krueger said her internship experience taught her everything she now knows about the promotional products industry, as well as new computer program skills and ways to strengthen communication skills.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m a huge advocate of bringing in more millennials to our industry and one of the best ways to encourage that is through internships,\u201d said Timothy M. Andrews, president and chief executive officer of ASI. \u201cMillennials \u2013 and their $200 billion in spending power \u2013 are the future of our industry and are certain to provide valuable insight into the advertising wants and needs of the next generation of consumers. Getting millennials like Julianna excited about the creativity inherent in our industry is exactly what we hoped to accomplish with our latest program.\u201d<\/p>\n

Krueger plans to apply the entire scholarship to her tuition and said she will consider entering the promotional products industry after graduation.<\/p>\n

Alysa Eidmann, Krueger\u2019s supervisor at Neil Enterprises, an ASI member since 1975, said the winning college student was a great help to the company over the summer. \u201cI was able to trust her to take care of my orders with minimal checking up on her,\u201d said Eidmann. \u201cShe has a great work ethic.\u201d<\/p>\n

Along with the scholarship, the ASI Summer Internship Program provided each intern with:<\/p>\n