The HUB 2010 Spring Speaker Series begins Feb. 2

Nadege J. Charles, vice president and talent development manager with JPMorgan Chase & Co., will kick off The HUB 2010 Spring Speaker Series on Tuesday, Feb. 2. The series is sponsored by The HUB—a unique university-industry collaboration founded by Syracuse University and JPMorgan Chase.

Charles will speak on “Applying a Liberal Arts Degree in a Global Enterprise” from 1:30-2:30 p.m. in Room 228B of the Hildegarde and J. Myer Schine Student Center. The event is free and open to the public.

She will discuss how a liberal arts background can be leveraged to build a career and promote your brand—how one’s skills and experiences align to the firm’s goals—and offer practical tips on what one can do to enhance job candidacy.

Charles has more than 15 years of experience at JPMorgan Chase in various human resources roles. She joined the firm as an undergraduate intern, where she worked in various HR roles, including training, recruiting and as a generalist.

She currently is the program manager for the JPMorgan Chase and HUB Collaboration, focused specifically on the internship/analysts work experience in the firm. Prior to this, Charles was a program manager for the firm’s corporate development program, supporting the investment bank operations group.

Charles graduated from Long Island University with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and is currently working on an M.B.A. degree from Baruch College.

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.

In 2009, The HUB was launched to include other universities and industries. The HUB universities and industries share knowledge to better prepare students to work in complex technology environments and to develop creative and innovative solutions to global technology business problems. The HUB goal is for students, faculty, companies, universities and the broader community to benefit from these collaborative efforts. Universities and companies collaborate in four key areas: curriculum enhancement, extended internships, applied research and community engagement. For more information about The HUB, visit http://globaltechhub.org.  

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.