Celebrating Loup's Gen Z Workforce on this National Intern Day

Happy National Intern Day!

Today we celebrate National Intern Day. Here at Loup we recognize how important it is to practice what you learn outside of the classroom, that’s why we make sure to create meaningful experiences for our interns. The stereotype of the intern getting coffee for their manager doesn’t exist here. An internship at Loup consists of real work interacting with customers, making sales wins, and creating strategies for the future. We understand how busy this time of life is, as hours are flexible during the school year.

This morning, Loup interns joined those from our parent company, Union Pacific Railroad , for a day at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium to celebrate this occasion. They were able to see all the exhibits, ride the Skyfari, and enjoy burgers and hotdogs together.

We have a diverse group of interns from different universities (quite a few from UNL, GO BIG RED!) around the Midwest. Some are still in the early years of college while others are preparing to graduate in December. A few of our interns agreed to let us tell you about them and what they do for Loup.?

Get to Know Our Interns

Yexalen Jaramillo

Yexalen Jaramillo is a summer Operations Intern for our Wholesale Intermodal Department. Her main focus of the summer is conducting market research for our Transportation Management System, Alinea. She is also updating our systems to show more accurate carrier capacity and contracts. Her experience so far has been "awesome," as everyone has been patient and willing to answer any question thrown their way. Having never worked for the railroad before, she describes the experience as though she's learning, "a completely different language," but the support from her team has made it easy to catch on.

Yexalen is pursuing a degree from the University of Nebraska at Omaha in Secondary Education and International Studies with a concentration in Marketing & Business. At school, she's served in the Student Body Government and been active in many diversity and inclusion clubs. Currently, she's a part of College Possible , a nonprofit organization that supports students from minority groups receive a college education and pairs them with a peer mentor.

Lexi Gredy

Lexi Gredy works for our Strategic Services department as a year-round Brand Marketing Intern. Her job entails managing Loup's social media presence and developing strategies to drive business on our platforms.

As a rising sophomore at Creighton University's Heider College of Business , she plans to major in International Business and Business Intelligence & Analytics. Lexi is involved in a few different organizations on campus. One that she's actively involved in is The J. Consulting Club as their Marketing Chair and has previously done an engagement with Union Pacific. She is also in the Scott Scholar Program, a merit-based scholarship program that focuses on building professional leadership development and retaining talent in Omaha. This past semester she joined the sorority Pi Beta Phi and has been so excited to work in the same building as her big. In her free time, she enjoys trying new restaurants and hiking around Nebraska, with her favorite hike being Rose Creek Mausoleum.

Roland Onwona-Agyeman

Roland Onwona-Agyeman is working his second internship with Union Pacific, in Loup's Wholesale Intermodal department as a year-round Wholesale Pricing Intern. He helps to manage an account of one of our top customers by providing spot rates on ramp to door, rail service, and delivery. Roland also supports our Wholesale Intermodal Sales team by managing feedback and insights from leads in #tableau. His favorite part of the internship so far has been attending the networking and development events available to interns, such as the Bailey Yard visit in North Platte.

He also gave us some great advice for any future interns,

"I would take advantage of every learning opportunity and to consistently seek knowledge from team members. By portraying a strong work ethic and willingness to learn, it will create a positive impression which may lead to a future career."

Roland will be graduating from Creighton University in December with a degree in Marketing. He enjoys working out and spending quality time with friends and family. Though he is from Iowa, he is a very passionate New York Giants fan.

Edgar Wisniewski II

Edgar Wisniewski works in our Wholesale Intermodal department as a year-round Wholesale Operations Intern. He works with management to optimize non-freight related (NFR) movements. Many of Loup's customers don't require NFR, so Edgar works to make this process easier and faster for us and our customers.

When asked about his experience so far at Loup, he enthusiastically replied,

"I have been here roughly a month and a half, and love how welcoming everybody is. I feel very comfortable talking to managers or other employees about my work and my expectations."

Edgar attends the University of Nebraska-Lincoln , where he's studying Accounting and Finance. When's he not at Loup, Edgar has spent his summer working on a startup business project with his friends. They will eventually pitch their project in a UNL competition for a cash prize.

Meg Williams

Meg Williams is a year-round Sales Intern for our Wholesale Intermodal department. She is currently working to remove barriers for payment for any Loup customers in our outstanding accounts receivable. Aside from that, she's also working on a business development project that promotes locations where Loup has excess capacity. Her overall goal is to reduce street dwell, and Meg is making great progress to achieve that for Loup. During her time in Loup University, she had the unique opportunity to get UP Way Certified. Meg has been applying what she learned to develop standard work documents to aid the next intern to effectively do their job.

In May of 2025, Meg will graduate from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with a degree in Supply Chain Management. She's very involved on campus, and adopts the idea of having extracurricular activities for both fun and personal development. Meg loves her sorority sisters in Chi Omega and she's been lucky enough to get to work with one, Sarah Leach , here in the Union Pacific building. Other organizations she's involved with include the Nebraska Business Honors Academy at Nebraska College of Business and Fashion Club.

Elijah Merritt

Elijah Merritt is a year-round Intern for our Autos department. His prior work experience managing order control and delivery coordination at 家得宝 prepared him to excel in his current role. Elijah's job is to help manage all things shipment and delivery. He maintains accurate order details and closes open deliveries to be able to process and accept accounts receivable at a quicker pace. Another part of his job is to validate Loup's ASN containments to make sure we have proper inventory of shipping containers and determine shipment status.

Elijah is planning to graduate this coming December from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in Supply Chain Management. He enjoys cooking all kinds of food in his free time and has become a great chef. Elijah also enjoys staying active through kayaking and playing basketball.

His favorite part of being an intern at Loup is,

"Building strong connections with everyone from the high-level managers down to my fellow interns."

Mauricio V. Cavlovic

Mauricio V. is a year-round Intern in our Strategic Services department. Before coming to Loup, he worked as an intern for Baxter Auto, managing finance, car shipments to dealerships, and communications with car manufacturers. Many of his prior skills are used in his job at Loup, where he is working on a Load Shift Project with our Carrier Services team. The Carrier Services team helps manage relationships with carriers as products move around the country. Mauricio's favorite part of the internship so far has been getting to connect with people from around the United States.

This coming May, Mauricio will be graduating from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with a degree in Finance. He is a very active person who regularly goes to the gym. In his free time, he enjoys being outside hiking, kayaking, or running.

Thank you to all of our interns for their hard work, we can't express enough how much we appreciate you.