On a recent Friday, four groups of CRSM students took to the podium at Discover Financial Services in Riverwoods to deliver presentations culminating seven months of project research. The room was packed with about 200 Discover employees and guests from neighboring companies, there to show their support not only for the students, but the “win-win” the Corporate Work Study Program … Read More
Celebrating Success at Work: A Tribute to Our Corporate Work Study Partners
There is perhaps no better setting than the enchanting flower gardens, peaceful lakes and native woodlands of the Chicago Botanic Garden to celebrate and thank the work partners who in many ways are the gardeners tending to the growth and maturity of students and help them plant the seeds for the dreams they can strive for in the future. The … Read More
Five CRSM Seniors Share Their Reflections on the Corporate Work Study Program
Celebrating success at work, Cristo Rey St. Martin students, staff and faculty paid tribute to our Corporate Work Study Program partners at an event held at the Chicago Botanic Garden. Here five students share the speeches they presented that evening. Be inspired. Brian, Class of 2017, Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. Good Evening Everyone, I am very excited to be here … Read More
Banks Hold “Jeans Day” to Support CRSM
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg can wear his hoodies and jeans to work, but in the banking world, a classic suit and tie is the mandated daily dress code. So recently when Lake Forest Bank & Trust Co. employees, and their colleagues at the other local Wintrust Community Bank locations where CRSM students work, got to don jeans to work, it … Read More
Business Partners, Board Members and Faculty Unite to Create Brighter Future for Students
With the purpose of fortifying and uniting their efforts to create a brilliant future for Cristo Rey St. Martin students, business partners, faculty, board members and staff came together on March 22, 2017 to brainstorm ideas for creating greater success for CRSM students both in school and in the business world. About 150 people attended the all-morning event held at Grainger’s headquarters … Read More
Students Get a Boost on the Career Track, Building Social Capital
Applying for admission to colleges can have CRSM seniors jumping through hoops. Transcripts? Check. College admission essays? Check. Standardized test scores? Check. Check. Check. Determined that CRSM students will be given every opportunity to make their mark in the future, CRSM also is helping seniors to take control of their online personas – creating impressive profiles on LinkedIn, the professional … Read More
Students Earn High Marks at Work
At this time of year, when high school classrooms and hallways are filled with students taking exams and hoping to earn good grades in their classes, our students at Cristo Rey St. Martin already are receiving some early returns on their performance in the workplace. Supervisors from our Corporate Work Study Program partner companies regularly report on our student’s job … Read More
Cristo Rey Wins Emmy
Cristo Rey St. Martin was the recipient of an Emmy Award along with our video production partner, Bitter Jester Creative Inc. in Highland Park, from The Chicago/Midwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS). The 58th annual red carpet event was held in Chicago on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016. “We are honored to receive this award, … Read More
Students Experience Success in Real Work, Real World
More than 80 work study program leaders gathered recently at AON Hewitt in Lincolnshire, a current Corporate Work Study business partner, to learn more about the state-of-the-state of our successful and innovative program. This semi-annual meeting of supervisors and program managers brought the group together to share information and ideas on how the program is working in businesses across our … Read More
Celebrating Student Workers: Business Partners Say Thank You To Students
On a recent afternoon, three groups of CRSM students took to the podium at Discover Financial Services in Riverwoods to deliver several presentations culminating seven months of project research. In addition to their “day jobs” of filling typical roles in the legal, human resources, marketing, finance and payment operations departments, the CRSM students were asked by their Discover supervisors to pull … Read More