Stacey Chirewa

Intern at Accounting Giant


Stacey Chirewa ’23, earned a paid internship with big-four accounting firm Ernst & Young. 

 

 

Internships and activities

Students in the business studies department have many opportunities for hands-on experience. Through Bluffton's marketing classes, students research actual companies, develop and present marketing plans to business owners. 

 

Jackson Clark - SumiRiko

Emily Griffith - Marathon

Blake Obenour - Coldren Crates Funeral Home

Bree Youse - Credit Adjustment

Lucas Keller - Heart and Soul

Internships

Roughly half of business students complete an internship by the time they graduate. In the past two years, students have completed internships with a variety of organizations - large, small, nonprofit, for-profit, governmental or civic - including: 

  • ADP
  • American Red Cross
  • Auto-Owners Insurance
  • Avon Local Schools
  • Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce
  • Buckle
  • Chiles-Laman Funeral Home
  • Cincinnati Financial Companies
  • Circle K
  • Cleveland Pops Orchestra
  • Coldren-Crates Funeral Home
  • Cooper Tire
  • Copeland Insurance
  • Crown Equipment
  • Dayton Dragons
  • E.S. Evans Company
  • Emerson
  • Fastenal
  • Great Lakes Cheese
  • Green Line Polymers/ADS
  • Hellman CPA
  • Hospitality WiFi
  • Ingersoll Rand
  • Latin American Youth Center
  • Lima City Schools
  • Marathon Petroleum
  • Mary Rutan Hospital
  • Menards 
  • Mennonite Home Communities 
  • Nationwide Insurance
  • NOW Marketing Group
  • Ohio Mutual Insurance
  • Ohio State Auditor
  • O-I
  • Progressive Insurance
  • Quicken Loans
  • Rea & Associates
  • Reichenbach & Steiner CPAs
  • Reineke Family Dealerships
  • Sherwin-Williams
  • Speedway
  • SumiRiko
  • Toledo Mud Hens
  • USA Football
  • Wannemacher Total Logistics
  • Wauseon Machine & Manufacturing
  • Wright Patterson AF Base
  • YMCA


Students interested in an internship should contact Jason Swartzlander, director of internships, during their junior or senior year at Bluffton for more information.

 

Student activities

Many opportunities exist to get to know your classmates and professors outside of the classroom, to network and put your book-learning to work. 

  • STUDENT INVESTMENT CLUB
    Students get hands on experience in learning about investments through the management of one of the university's endowment funds. >>>more
  • BLUFFTON UNIVERSITY BUSINESS LEADERS (BUBL)
    BUBL's mission is to provide participants the opportunity to gain broader perspectives and insights into the business field through meetings, activities, speakers, and field trips. >>>more

 

MENNONITE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATES (MEDA) CONFERENCE
Bluffton business students regularly attend the annual Mennonite Economic Development Associates conference. Students attend sessions on the ways community, business and leadership merge to demonstrate how business can improve society. and network with business professionals and community leaders. 

Stacey Chirewa

Intern at Accounting Giant


Stacey Chirewa ’23, earned a paid internship with big-four accounting firm Ernst & Young. 

 

 

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