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“The I.N.C. program offered a unique opportunity to network with employers and CORPORATE PARTNERS Initiative
educate myself about the opportunities within the accounting field. As college
students, we’re still trying to figure out what path to pursue within our professions. CORPORATE
Having the chance to talk one-on-one with a company’s employee, who is also
a Cor Jesu alum, becomes something really special. I recently accepted an offer
with Express Scripts to be a tax intern, and I will also be part of RubinBrown’s
leadership program this summer. Each of these opportunities will help expand my
understanding of accounting and some day influence my career decisions. I’m so PARTNERS
thankful for the experience I had with the Alumnae I.N.C program and the doors it
has opened!”
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– Jen Seithel ’15

Independent Science Research Lab Equipment – Cor Jesu, Spring 2015

FOUNDATION FOR SUCCESS:
Watlow ~ Cor Jesu’s First Corporate Partner Corporate Partners ROSTER OF PARTICIPANTS

In 2012, a significant conversation began between Cor Jesu Academy and Watlow in which a shared CoMMuniCation / pubLiC inforMation teChnoLogy MerChanDiSing / SaLeS
philosophy was quickly discovered – that of striving for excellence through continuous improve- The following companies and affairS Enterprise Holdings Caleres
ment in efficient and innovative ways. The concept of true partnership – a coming together to complement the strengths and challenges of organizations have participated CBS Sports Radio Panera Bread
each other – began to form. Cor Jesu sought to expand the exposure and experiential learning of the bright young women being educated in CPI since its inception: Saint Louis university Marketing non-profit
here, and Watlow was striving to promote awareness and education about the field of engineering, particularly to bright, motivated young and Communications interior DeSign Burns Recovered Support Group
women. That partnership was the seed from which Cor Jesu’s Corporate Partners Initiative has grown – now with over 50 partners and over aDVertiSing / MarKeting St. Louis Review Design Today Catholic Charities of St. Louis
600 former and current student participants. Ansira Washington university Public Affairs Savvy Surroundings Clark-Fox Family Foundation
Brighton Agency Daughters of Charity
H&L Partners ConStruCtion inVeStMent ConSuLting / World Pediatric Project
Castle Building Group ManageMent
CORPORATE PROFIlE: aCCounting / buSineSS / S. M. Wilson Company ACG (Asset Consulting Group) pharMaCeutiCaL
Carl Kuebler, Cfa, Director of fixed income and Derivatives portfolio finanCe entrepreneurShip NISA Investment Advisors, L.L.C. Express Scripts
BKD
Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals
Management group ~ NISA Investment Advisors, L.L.C. Edward Jones Bissinger’s LaW phySiCaL therapy
RubinBrown, L.L.P.
Hepler Broom
CIC St. Louis
Schowalter & Jabouri Lewis Rice Aquatic Fitness
As a current parent and as a CJ-NISA corporate partner, Carl Kuebler shares his perspective on the benefits CPI provides to both students and engineering Saint Louis university School of Theraplus
the corporate sector. agriCuLture 8760 Engineering Law
A primary goal of the Corporate Partners Initiative is to develop partnerships that are mutually beneficial to our students/alumnae and Monsanto Company Access Engineering utiLitieS / energy
the organizations with whom we partner. We know that our students and young alumnae have benefitted greatly from their exposure to Barry-Wehmiller Design Group, Inc. MeDiCine Ameren
NISA. Can you talk a little bit about what benefits you see this partnership providing to NISA and what goals you perhaps share with Cor aniMaL heaLth Boeing BJC Healthcare Peabody Energy
Jesu with regard to the future of the bright, motivated women we educate? Royal Canin Burns & McDonnell Saint Louis university Hospital
NISA is excited to have the opportunity to work with Cor Jesu and provide these talented young women the opportunity to learn about the CMT SSM Health Cardinal Glennon
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financial services industry. Through our participation in the EXP Program and Alumnae I.N.C., our primary goals are to expose students to the arChiteCture DJM Ecological Children’s Hospital
real-world applications of what they learn in the classroom and give them an opportunity to explore a field and discipline that interests them, Hastings + Chivetta The Gund Company Saint Louis university School of
as they decide upon a career after college graduation. Our firm’s focus on investment management for large institutional clients, such as Horner & Shifrin Medicine
pension funds, allows students to see and understand the types of roles available in the areas of portfolio Jacobs Engineering Saint Louis university School of
management and trading, client service, compliance and operations. The students see direct applications M3 Engineering Group Nursing
of mathematics, statistics, economics, finance, computer science and public speaking. By participating in Watlow
these programs with CJ students and alumnae, we develop relationships with them that foster potential
internships and employment for individuals who want to live in St. Louis and work in the investment
management field. Brainstorming Session with Watlow – Cor Jesu, 2013
Do you have any other thoughts to share about the Cor Jesu Corporate Partners Initiative and NISA’s
involvement?
Our experience with the EXP and internship program have been very rewarding and successful. Cor
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Jesu’s academic rigor and the students’ proficiency in math and science make them well-suited for work
in the finance industry. We look forward to continuing to work with Cor Jesu in the future and to provid-
ing real-world industry exposure, internship and employment opportunities to its students and alumnae
whenever possible.

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