We are so excited to welcome our Summer 2019 intern, Emma Anetsberger to the FGE team!  We look forward to sharing many exciting moments together as she learns all about what goes on behind the scenes!  Read a little about her below, and make sure to say “hi” when you see her out and about with us 🙂

Hi all! My name is Emma Anetsberger and I am thrilled to be interning with Joan and the team at Five Grain Events this summer. I am a rising senior at the University of Richmond, pursuing a double major in Rhetoric and Communication and Spanish. Throughout my time in college, I have joined numerous on-campus organizations and have taken on many demanding leadership positions. It is through these leadership positions that I have had the opportunity to help plan and host several successful events, such as a professor’s brunch and several fundraisings events. During these experiences, I learned how well-suited my organization, time-management, and communication skills are for event planning. I also learned just how much satisfaction and joy I can get from seeing an event succeed.

This summer, I am really looking forward to exploring the events industry at Five Grain Events in my absolute favorite city, Chicago! From weddings, to street festivals, to corporate events, I am ready to give my all to every opportunity that comes my way, both in the office and on-site. My goal for the summer is twofold: to be the most help I can be to Joan, the team, and the clients here at Five Grain Events, and to gain knowledge of and experience in events that I can apply in my future career. I am anxious to see what this summer holds for me, and am so thankful for the opportunity Five Grain Events has given me to learn and grow.

We are so excited to welcome our Summer 2018 intern, Colleen Fahy to the FGE team!  We look forward to sharing many exciting moments together as she learns all about what goes on behind the scenes!  Read a little about her below, and make sure to say “hi” when you see her out and about with us 🙂

Hello everyone! My name is Colleen Fahy and this summer I am going to be interning at Five Grain Events with Joan and the rest of her team. I am currently a Senior at University Of Illinois at Chicago working towards a degree in Business Management. My passion for wedding planning began about two years ago when I started working as the manager of a company that rents wedding equipment. Throughout my time there I learned communication, organization, technical, and leadership skills that have completely transformed me as a person and more importantly given me direction for my future career. My job showed me how truly magical being a part of someone’s big day can be. Being on scene and feeling all of the love and joy in the air during the set-up has pushed me to want to be involved in the entire planning process!

This summer is my chance to finally see what it takes to be a wedding planner from the inside and I cannot thank Five Grain Events enough for giving me this amazing opportunity. I hope that through this experience I’ll learn all the ins and outs of the industry.  I am so excited and ready to take in as much as I can over the next few months. I will have the chance to be on scene at walkthroughs, rehearsals, set-ups, events, meetings, and so on. On top of that I’ll be in office  reviewing ‘day-of’ schedules, pre/post-wedding office work, and all of the background work that goes into bringing a wedding day to life. I’m so eager to begin and to see the fabulous events Joan and her team have planned for the 2018 Wedding Season. Wish me luck!

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