SHRLR News
Support the Graduate Student Association at Buffalo Wild Wings!
On Wednesday, April 18, 2012, everyone is invited to gather at Buffalo Wild Wings in East Lansing (360 Albert) for lunch, dinner, or a snack. 20% of purchases accompanied by the certificate will be donated to Graduate Students Association. Download certificate.
Attend the First Annual MHRLR Young Alumni Panel
Topic: From Classroom to Boardroom: Preparing to Enter the HR Workforce
Date: Thursday, April 19, 2012
Time: 6:15pm
Location: 105 South Kedzie
Panelists:
- Stephanie Nahhat (Powers) - PepsiCo
- Heather Dunn - Microsoft
- Kandace Hansen - Maxim Integrated Products
- Aaron Hrcka - Rolls Royce
- Jeff Kemp - Marathon Petroleum
- Keena Sioui - Ford Motor Company
Facilitator - Dr. Janice Molloy (facilitated questions + Q&A from audience)
Please indicate attendance here: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/H62SSFK
Congratulations to our SHRLR Dubai program graduates!
The MSU SHRLR Dubai program recently had an informal "graduation ceremony" with some of their students. The students organized the ceremony to recognize two December graduates: Pooja and Lisa. Congratulations!
From left to right: Danielle (Jamaika), Wajahat (Pakistan), Lisa (U.S.), Pooja (India), Razia (Pakistan), Maryam (U.A.E., Emerati), Amna (U.A.E., National), and Anju (Oman)
From left to right: Wajahat (Pakistan), Lisa (U.S.), Professor Julia Hoch (Michigan State University, Instructor), Pooja (India), Razia (Pakistan), Anju (Oman), Amna (U.A.E., National), and Maryam (U.A.E., Emerati)
Spring 2011 issue of Connections, the SHRLR student newsletter now available
Your link to what's happening in the School of Human Resources and Labor Relations. Download the Spring 2011 Newsletter 
Welcome BBQ for SHRLR Students, Faculty, Staff & Alumni
Our annual welcome BBQ was Friday, September 9, 2011 in the South Kedzie Hall Outdoor Breezeway. Students, faculty, staff, and alumni helped celebrate the start of another school year.
Recent updates in the HR Executive Education
HR Executive Education is working with the Stillwater Mining Company to facilitate the development of their leadership and the overall effectiveness of the Stillwater Mine. Stillwater Mining Company is “one of the world’s leading producers of platinum group metals and the only significant primary producer of palladium in the Western Hemisphere.” For more information (http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=99837&p=irol-IRHome).
Academy of Legal Studies in Business
Professor Tina Riley presented at the national meeting of the Academy of Legal Studies in Business on Aug. 10 in New Orleans on Negative Credentials: Fair and Effective consideration of Criminal Records.
Jack Stieber 1920-2011
It is with great sadness that we inform friends and colleagues of the passing of our former director Jack Stieber. He was director of Michigan State University's School of Labor and Industrial Relations from 1959 to 1985 and built it to become one of the most respected such centers in the country.
Dr. Ellen Kossek blogs about workplace flexibility for Forbes.com
If you've squeezed all the productivity gains you can out of your workforce or the people around you are stressed out or disengaged, we've got some advice: Be more flexible about how, when and where your employees work.
This isn't a plug for formal telecommuting or flextime programs. It's an argument for adapting work in ways that allow for the greatest productivity by taking into account individual differences.
Dr. Ellen Kossek keynote speaker at DOP Work-Life Balance in London, England
This one-day conference aims to present research that has examined work-life balance issues in diverse groups of employees, and consider how this information might inform interventions to enhance the wellbeing of a wider range of employees.
