May 22, 2008

BCU's SHRM Student Chapter Earns Superior Merit Award

 SIOUX CITY, Iowa – Briar Cliff University’s Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM) Student Chapter has earned the Superior Merit Award in the 2007–2008 Student Chapter Merit Award competition.

The Student Chapter Merit Award Program is designed to develop more effective student chapters and to promote outstanding activities and projects by student chapters in four categories: basic student chapter requirements, chapter programming and professional development of members and support of the human resource profession and partnership with SHRM.

Among the activities BCU’s SHRM Student Chapter submitted for the competition were writing letters to state legislators concerning the Americans with Disabilities Act; inviting guest speakers to campus to discuss HR issues; visiting organizations and speaking with HR representatives, attending the Siouxland Professional SHRM meetings; promoting our HR internship and mentoring programs; job shadowing HR professionals; holding regular meetings; maintaining a website.

Founded in 1948, SHRM is the world’s largest human resource (HR) management association, which serves as the global voice of the HR profession.

Briar Cliff University is a Catholic institution with an enrollment of more than 1,100 students from 26 states and four countries. Students are educated in the Franciscan tradition of excellence in the liberal arts and career preparation in an environment of care and compassion. For more information, please visit www.briarcliff.edu.