It’s that time of year when leaves are changing and families gather together to share their thanks. At the SHRM Foundation, it’s a busy time of year as we are awarding scholarships and publishing new resources.
This is also the perfect time to share with you Burgandy’s story. She is one of many ambitious, thoughtful and passionate HR students who receive scholarships from the SHRM Foundation each year.
by Kim Cottage
Kim Cottage, Foundation chair at SHRM-Long Island
The SHRM Foundation advances global human capital knowledge and practice by providing thought leadership and educational support; and sponsoring funding and driving the adoption of cutting edge, actionable, evidence –based research.
Greetings Fellow HR Professionals and organizational leaders. I am the Director, SHRM Foundation for Elizabethtown SHRM (known as ESHRM). ESHRM has supported the SHRM Foundation in many ways. The ESHRM Chapter supports the SHRM Foundation annually with donations obtained from our chapter's "Change-for-Change" fundraising initiative.
National Volunteer Week is underway and the SHRM Foundation wants to take a few moments to say THANK YOU to all of our many valuable volunteers!
Our amazing volunteer have shared that their desire to “give back” is second nature and the act of volunteering is just part of who they are. When we reached out to our volunteers to better understand what made them inclined to volunteer the responses were varied but similar,
In the spirit of National Volunteer Week, Elizabeth Andrew of the women’s suffrage movement once said, “Volunteers do not necessarily have the time, they have the heart.”
In 2015, the SHRM Foundation awarded over 140 scholarships to deserving HR practitioners. New for 2016, the Foundation will award over 200 scholarships! The SHRM Foundation provides scholarship funding for rising HR professionals seeking certifications and degrees.
Meet Melissa:
In 2015, the SHRM Foundation awarded SHRM Annual Conference & Exposition scholarships to HR professionals from each of the five regions of the U.S.—the Northeast, Southeast, North Central, Southwest Central and the Pacific West.
Edna Lugo was one of the five scholarship recipients—this is her SHRM Foundation story.
Meet Edna:
In 2015, the SHRM Foundation awarded over 140 scholarships to deserving HR students and practitioners. New for 2016, the SHRM Foundation will award over 200 scholarships! Applications for certification scholarships are now being accepted, deadline for submissions is December 21, 2015.
Beverly is one of the 140 SHRM Foundation scholarship recipients. She is a seasoned HR professional who is passionate about the profession and thankful for the support of her family.
The SHRM Foundation provides certification scholarships for HR professionals seeking SHRM-CP and SHRM-SCP certifications. Applications for certification scholarships are now being accepted for the spring testing window.
Today is #GivingTuesday, a globally recognized day to celebrate and encourage charitable giving. We ask you to choose today, #GivingTuesday, to give back to your profession through a tax-deductible gift to the SHRM Foundation. And please encourage others to do the same.
In 2015, the SHRM Foundation awarded SHRM Annual Conference & Exposition scholarships to HR professionals from each of the five regions of the U.S.—the Northeast, Southeast, North Central, Southwest Central and the Pacific West. Jonathan DeArmond was the North Central award recipient and attended the SHRM 2015 Annual Conference and Exposition.
In 2015, the SHRM Foundation awarded SHRM Annual Conference & Exposition scholarships to HR professionals from each of the five regions of the U.S.—the Northeast, Southeast, North Central, Southwest Central and the Pacific West. Jatisha Marsh was the southeast award recipient and attended the SHRM 2015 Annual Conference and Exposition.
SHRM Foundation Student Scholarship Testimonial: Chelsea LeNoble
The SHRM Foundation is proud to present academic scholarships to SHRM student members pursuing graduate or undergraduate education in an HR-related field. Rising HR professionals, like Chelsea, seek a degree that will enable them to develop new research and recommendations for the future of the workplace.
Meet Chelsea:
In 2015, the SHRM Foundation awarded over 140 scholarships to deserving HR practitioners. New for 2016, the Foundation is will award over 200 scholarships!
The SHRM Foundation provides scholarship funding for those with a unique personal story that are in need of a career boost—Jennifer Williams, PHR, SHRM-CP—is one of those people. Jennifer was recently awarded the 3M Certification Scholarship.
In 2015, the SHRM Foundation launched a new scholarship competition in partnership with SHRM. We awarded five scholarships to attend the SHRM Annual Conference & Exposition in Las Vegas, Nevada, June 28-July 1, 2015.
Congratulations to the 2015 scholarship recipients whose profiles are displayed below.
We look forward to seeing you in Las Vegas!
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Human resource management is evolving into a more technology-based profession. In many organizations, employees now see the face of HR as a portal rather than a person. This transformation of HR service delivery, known as “e-HR”, requires a fundamental change in the way HR professionals view their roles.
