UTSA launches training program for Chase Bank
Lyndsey Johnson / San Antonio Business Journal
With nearly 29,000 students, it is the largest university in the San Antonio metropolitan region.
Chase Bank's[6] partnership with the University of Texas at San Antonio[7] College of Business has led to a new business training program that Chase employees can use to receive certificate credit.
The course will be taught by UTSA instructors at two regional operations centers in San Antonio and is being paid for by Chase at no cost to its employees. There are currently 67 Chase employees signed up for the 12-week pilot program which is designed to hone skill sets required for higher level positions in the company.
“We were looking for an opportunity to train our employees for the roles they aspire to, not just the roles they’re in now,” says Steven R. Yates[8], who manages the Chase work centers at Westover Hills and Stone Oak. “We chose UTSA because we want our employees to benefit from a very high caliber of teaching, and because UTSA is already one of our community partners.”
The UTSA College of Business established a partnership with Chase in 2013 to assist the company in meeting its hiring demands and to develop customized programs to enhance advancement opportunities for its employees. The training program is the outgrowth of that partnership.
“This new program embodies the college’s executive education mission, which is to teach people something today that they can use tomorrow,” says Cheryl Linthicum[9], newly appointed Associate Dean for Executive Education and M.B.A. Programs. “Only a month into launching this pilot program, it has become clear that this type of top-tier customizable on-site applied business training is a triple win – employers, employees and UTSA benefit.”
With nearly 29,000 students, UTSA is the largest university in the San Antonio metropolitan region. JPMorgan Chase employs more than 5,000 people in San Antonio and offers customers a network of 51 local branches.
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