Bank One hires approximately 500 undergraduates a year of which 10-12 are designated First Scholars. First Scholars are offered an average salary, and are reimbursed for their tuition in the MBA programs at either the University of Chicago or the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern. The First Scholar program lasts for three years and participants are allowed to select 6-month rotations in departments or divisions where they have an interest. John had worked in Japan for three years and speaks fluent Japanese. In addition we assisted Roman Kolker with a summer internship at Merrill Lynch in Frankfurt, Germany.
Roman speaks Russian, German and English.
Jennifer was offered a position with Morgan Stanley in New York and declined. The Irwin Smith Prize at the University of Wisconsin is given annually to the top students at U.S. business schools who write quantitative and relevant theses in conjunction with the academic faculty. The top seven award winners included two students from Henry B. Tippie College of Business. The runner-up, Tye Klooster examined money managers' stock selection skills. The second Iowa student in the top seven was Jennifer Blaha.