Cook Systems International Continues to Support LeMoyne-Owen College
through the CollegeCareerCorps® Program
June 3, 2009 - Memphis, Tennessee
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Pictured from left to right: Johnnie B. Watson, President of LeMoyne-Owen College; Kenneth Kinney, Vice President of Marketing, Cook Systems International; and Mark Stansbury, Interim Vice President of LeMoyne-Owen College.
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Cook Systems International (cooksys.com) recently donated to LeMoyne-Owen College. The donation occurred due to Cook Systems International's growing CollegeCareerCorps® (collegecareercorps.com) efforts in the Memphis area.
The donation continues Cook Systems International's strong financial support to the Information Technology programs at LeMoyne-Owen. Now in its 3rd year in partnering with LeMoyne-Owen, Cook Systems International is partnered with over 30 colleges and universities nationwide through CollegeCareerCorps® efforts.
“On behalf of the Board of Trustees, administration, faculty and students of LeMoyne-Owen College, I want to express our sincere appreciation for your generous gift to the College,” said Johnnie B. Watson, President. “We are always excited when our corporate partners extend themselves to work with our students. We look forward to our continued partnership with Cook Systems International in the future.”
“We at Cook Systems International are excited about continuing our CollegeCareerCorps® partnership with LeMoyne-Owen College,” said Ben Bryant, President of Cook Systems International. “This has been a tremendous success in other regions of the country and we know it will continue to be here as well."
Corporate and government partners benefit with the CollegeCareerCorps® by receiving Cook Systems International’s unique expertise with the model, leading edge research services from colleges and universities, and the ability to partner with students and faculty to address critical business challenges. Services are delivered at globally competitive rates while developing a future workforce.
The CollegeCareerCorps® is a program that integrates students into professional technology teams in entry-level positions. The students join a team that includes experienced information technology professionals working on actual I.T. projects on a long-term basis unlike traditional internships. Cook Systems International has developed technical and certified management professionals using CollegeCareerCorps® project methodologies and procedures to ensure achieving the highest quality project results. Students typically work 20 hours per week and continue with the same client partner for up to two years.
Unlike traditional internship models, the student teams support real, long-term, operationally-budgeted activities. Under the guidance through the CollegeCareerCorps® program, the risk of using students is greatly reduced and ensures the success through Cook Systems International’s delivery accountability. Corporate and government partners further benefit by retaining the best and brightest students in the local area and by finding and managing students with fewer corporate resources.
"LeMoyne-Owen College does an excellent job of providing highly-qualified and well-rounded students pursuing exciting careers in Information Technology," said Kenneth Kinney, Vice President at Cook Systems International. "Cook Systems International is excited about our committment to diversity. Our CollegeCareerCorps® model offers another excellent means of doing so through our many partnerships with traditional HBCU's."
About Cook Systems International, Inc.
Cook Systems International is an Information Technology Systems Integration firm headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee, providing information technology resources and solutions to customers throughout the United States. With a strong focus on the mid-west and southeast, Cook Systems International currently has active initiatives in Tennessee, Arkansas, Florida, Nebraska, Texas, Colorado, South Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky, and North Carolina with offices in Atlanta, Frankfort, and Colorado Springs.
Cook Systems International offers several types of services including: Program and Project Management, Professional Staffing, Managed Services, Outsourced Software Development and Maintenance Projects, Software Testing, Change Management and Business Process Consulting, and the CollegeCareerCorps®.
Cook Systems International is the number one rated vendor in the Memphis area having a proven track record of providing unsurpassed I.T. consulting services to Fortune 1000 companies, as well as state and local governments. Cook Systems International currently is a major provider of I.T. Professional Services to state governments and Fortune 1000 companies.
For more information please visit cooksys.com or collegecareercorps.com.
About LeMoyne-Owen College
The merger of LeMoyne College and Owen College in 1968 joined two institutions, which had rich traditions as private, church-related colleges that have historically served Black students, founded and developed to provide higher education to students in the Mid-South area.
The vision of LeMoyne-Owen is to be an exemplary historically black college providing excellent liberal arts education that transforms urban students, institutions and communities.
LeMoyne-Owen College's mission is to provide a transformative experience educating students for urban-focused leadership, scholarship, service and professional careers.
For more information please visit loc.edu.
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