Walton Scholars visit with top companies, Trulaske alumni in Chicago

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Image: A group of students standing on a rooftop with a city skyline behind them.

The 23 students of the Walton Scholars program traveled to Chicago October 17-19 visiting downtown locations of several companies, Hireology, Leo Burnett, Morningstar Financial and Google.

Students at the opportunity to interact with Trulaske alumni at these companies, including Allie Plantery, BS BA 2014, a senior account executive at Leo Burnett, and Kyle Holtzman, BS BA 2016, a senior account manager at Google and former Walton Scholar.

At Hirelogy, the group received a tour and heard from their CEO Adam Robinson. At Leo Burnett and Morningstaf, they received company tours and heard from panel of each company’s marketing executives. At Google, the group received a tour, took a rooftop picture and heard from a panel of young professionals.