This summer, Syracuse University students-with a broad spectrum of majors
from information technology to management and engineering to visual arts-are
gaining valuable practical experience through the JPMorgan Chase 2009 Summer
Internship Program.
Sixty-four students are engaged in internships:
Students from five schools and colleges at SU-the
School of Information Studies
(iSchool), the
L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science (LCS), the
Whitman School of Management,
The College of Arts and Sciences and the
College of Visual and Performing Arts-are participating in the program
Through the 10-week internship, which runs through Aug. 7, the students are
gaining hands-on experience by working alongside JPMorgan Chase employees
in the areas of technology, operations and finance. Interns are also paired with
peer mentors and have the opportunity to hear and learn from the company's
leaders. Within the India program, student interns, all natives of India, are
learning within JPMorgan Chase's expanding operations in the country.
Students were selected from the iSchool, Whitman and LCS to participate in the
India internship. Leading up to the final selection of students, JPMorgan Chase
surveyed students who were eligible to work in India and hosted focus groups
on campus to determine the interest in and expectations for the summer
internship program.
"Despite a difficult year for the financial industry, JPMorgan Chase's strong
commitment to Syracuse University resulted in an increase in amazing
opportunities for our students with their company," says Michael Cahill,
director of SU's Center for Career Services. "These internships provide students
with an understanding of how to apply their various academic backgrounds and
talents to the workplace, and the experience they will gain will make them much
more marketable upon graduation."
"JPMorgan Chase continues to seek unique opportunities to source, select and
hire the best talent," says Jill Pineiro, global director of the Corporate
Development Program for JPMorgan Chase. "The Syracuse University Internship
Program continues to be an excellent pipeline. In 2008, nine of the 31 SU interns
accepted full-time positions with JPMorgan Chase after graduation."
Srividya Srinivasan of Medway, Mass., a senior majoring in mechanical
engineering in LCS, is a second-year participant in the program. She worked as a
business analyst last year, and Srinivasan this year is working as a technology
analyst in investment management in New York City.
"This year, I want to broaden my skills and become more familiar with the
technology side. I have made it known to my manager that I want to focus on
these technical skills during my summer experience," she says. "Having
interned at JPMorgan Chase for two years, I can say from first-hand experience
that there are plenty of opportunities to grow within this financial company."
Brian Scasserra of Skillman, N.J., a senior in the Whitman School, heard very
good things from the SU students who interned with JPMorgan Chase last
summer. "The primary reason I chose this internship was that I knew I would be
working for the best bank in the world in one of the worst job markets and
financial situations since the Great Depression," he says. "I know that having an
internship with JPMorgan Chase on my resume in a very rough summer for jobs
will be a big help to me."
Scasserra is based in New York City, working for the Prime Brokerage business
within the Investment Bank. "I've found it to be a very interesting business, and I
really enjoy the exposure to the hedge fund world," he says.
Bhawana Bhatnagar, a graduate student in the iSchool from Mumbai, India, is
currently engaged in an internship in Mumbai, where she is working in close
coordination with the Investment Bank Risk Management Team and the Foreign
Exchange and Global Reference Data Teams. Her role is to find scope for
business process reengineering and automation in the teams' current manual
processes in order to save both effort and costs.
"This internship is proving to be a great learning experience and a well-
structured program," says Bhatnagar. "The HR management here has closely
studied our areas of interest and tried to map our roles to these interests. I am
receiving guidance from time to time for my progress and am being mentored
by the executive director in the Investment Banking domain here. I think I will
have a lot to take away at the end of this 10-week program."
About the Collaboration
In June 2007, JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Syracuse University established a
unique corporate-university collaboration and joint venture. The purpose of the
collaboration is to develop education and work experience innovations in the
area of financial services information technology, leveraging each other's
knowledge and expertise in the building of a best in class curriculum for entry-
level technologists and to collaborate on projects of joint interest that provide
value to both organizations and to society. For more information about
JPMorgan Chase or the Syracuse-JPMorgan Chase Collaboration, visit
http://globaltech.syr.edu.
About JPMorgan Chase & Co.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) is a leading global financial services firm
with assets of $2.2 trillion, operations in more than 60 countries and more than
180,000 employees. JPMorgan Chase is a leader in investment banking, financial
services for consumers, small business and commercial banking, financial
transaction processing, asset management and private equity. The firm serves
millions of consumers in the United States and many of the world's most
prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under its JPMorgan
Chase and WaMu brands.
