Binghamton University Dining Services (BUDS), Editorial Intern, Laura Guerrero-Almeida wrote an insightful blog about the marketing internship experience. Guerrero-Almeida interviewed all of the graduating marketing interns and highlighted their  areas of expertise, how their contributions have impacted their career, life goals and calling back some fun memories. 

Our Marketing Intern, Reanna, at Ouachita Baptist University received Sodexo's Experiences Matter award in March 2021 for her work to stop hunger in the community. In her award nomination, Reanna’s manager described her dedication to delivering exceptional experiences for others: "As our marketing intern, Reanna puts in an extraordinary amount of effort each day and goes above and beyond for our students and community. She has created and organized a Stop Hunger campaign in partnership with Ouachita Baptist University and campus dining services called Feed Arkadelphia. Each week she gathers her volunteers to box up donated meals for families with food insecurity. Once the meals are boxed and divided up by family, she loads her car and delivers meals to the families that have requested the help of Feed Arkadelphia. Her efforts, leadership, and passion to prevent hunger has provided up to 85 meals per week for families. We are proud of her for stepping up and being an advocate for families and educating our community on the effects that hunger can cause within the body, including mental health and school/education. Thank you, Reanna, for inspiring our community and your commitment improving the life of those we serve."

Sodexo partnered with Frito Lay to run a paid Instagram campaign featuring Doritos® Flamin’ Hot Nacho in the fall 2020 semester. With over 80 campuses participating, the campaign generated almost $3,000 in sales and 60,000 engagement actions on Instagram. Campus interns were able to create custom content in this brand partnership and gain experience with paid advertising.

Congratulations to the top ten campuses in the Doritos contest! You can view all intern #FlaminHot content on Instagram.

Activities

Intern Ben Lange-Smith completed a Waste Management project.

• Tracked food waste in the dining hall Homestyle and Flame lines.
• Researched methods to reduce waste.
• Learned more about what happens to our waste.

Results 

• Read about Ben's project and results.

Activity 

At a small university, an intern can really make a difference!

Intern Diamond Williams, who is well-known on campus, increased student survey participation by 84% when she came on board, through leveraging her campus connections to help spread the word, and by planning multiple live survey events.

Success by the Numbers 

• Survey Prior to Diamond - 173 respondents 
• Survey with Diamond’s Support - 319 respondents, an 84% increase 

Activities

Interns Kacey Kohlhof, Myah Duncan, and Ejuan “EJ” Henderson increased sign ups for social media and MyDtxt.

• Daily tabling for a week.
• Daily specials in retail for a week.  
• Partnered with Union Bowling Center for Free Bowling with the CFA cow. 
• Used the Spin Wheel and gave out prizes 
• Partnered with Pepsi to sample Game Fuel and RockStar during Buy 2 for $3. 

Success by the Numbers

• 166 new subscribers to myDtxt 
• 55 new social media followers 

Activities

Intern Blair Harmon worked on the Helping Hands food drive.

• Held a food drive for CHOPIN Hall, a local charity that supplies individuals in need with food.

Success by the Numbers

• In one day, 111,436 lbs. of food was collected and donated by Faculty/Staff, students, and community members.
• Since 2006, UF has collected more than 600,000 lbs. of food for those in need.

Marist Dining Services Campus Intern, Ani Stein, created a video to show gratitude to the dining services team. 

"It was important for us to highlight the hard work and diversity of the individuals in Marist Dining Services across campus. We wanted to express our gratitude for their dedication and care towards the students and show a side of them that might not be seen. It was such a pleasure to go behind the scenes and capture the rigorous routine they have daily." - Ani Stein

The #InternEats social media campaign brought together interns across the country for a collaborative snacking project. Each intern pair worked together virtually to create a 30-second Instagram Reel promoting monthly snacking and beverage limited time offers. Six videos have been shared on the Sodexo Campus Intern Instagram account and received over 5,600 views.
All #InternEats videos can be viewed on Instagram.

Interns at Binghamton University opened their new HelloFresh meal kits, now available in partnership with Sodexo. Look inside the meal kit box and see what’s cooking!

The intern team at Marist College creatively sells thrifty cash with this creative music video!

Activities

Interns Kacey Kohlhof, Myah Duncan, and Ejuan “EJ” Henderson increased sign ups for social media and MyDtxt.

• Daily tabling for a week.
• Daily specials in retail for a week.  
• Partnered with Union Bowling Center for Free Bowling with the CFA cow. 
• Used the Spin Wheel and gave out prizes 
• Partnered with Pepsi to sample Game Fuel and RockStar during Buy 2 for $3. 

Success by the Numbers

• 166 new subscribers to myDtxt 
• 55 new social media followers 

Activities

Intern Blair Harmon worked on the Helping Hands food drive.

• Held a food drive for CHOPIN Hall, a local charity that supplies individuals in need with food.

Success by the Numbers

• In one day, 111,436 lbs. of food was collected and donated by Faculty/Staff, students, and community members.
• Since 2006, UF has collected more than 600,000 lbs. of food for those in need.