Congratulations to Ashlee Hartwig of Swanville, Minnesota, for being named the summer intern with the industry relations team at Midwest Dairy Association’s St. Paul, Minnesota, office. She returns to the association after having served in its Ankeny, Iowa, office in 2009, and leads a team of four interns.
Hartwig’s duties include writing and distributing media materials, assisting with coordinating special dairy events, working with the Minnesota State Fair project team, shooting video and taking photos for social media and working with the dairy princess program. Hartwig will also play a key role with the Princess Kay of the Milky Way competition and planning, and coordinate Princess Kay and the finalists’ appearance schedule during the Minnesota State Fair.
Hartwig’s internship began in late May.
Hartwig is an incoming senior at the University of Minnesota Duluth with a double major in theater with an emphasis in acting and journalism. On campus, she is active both on-stage and behind the scenes in UMD’s Marshall Performing Arts Center and the student-run Stage II theater group, with whom she will be directing a theatrical production next spring. She also works as an on-campus peer educator in the Career Services office and as a mentor for incoming freshman pursuing a theater degree.
Hartwig is no stranger to the dairy industry as she grew up on her family’s 65-cow dairy farm. She was a member of the Culdrum Comets 4-H Club and showed cattle at the Morrison County Fair and the Minnesota State Fair. She was also a Morrison County Dairy Princess and runner-up for Princess Kay of the Milky Way in 2008.
Source: Midwest Dairy Association