SHRM Old News

• HR Games Tournament:  We are scheduled to have our HR Games tournament on Saturday November 19th from 8:00 am to 12:00 noon.  Join soon as we will stop enrollment when we hit our maximum.  There will be great prizes.
• Professional Seminar Series:  We are proud to present Mr. David Gray from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.  This talk took place on Monday October 31st, 2005 from 2:30-4:00 PM in the DBH-167 room.  He presented on the BLS and new projects and studies.
• SHRM Club Minutes:  10/11/05 meeting minutes now posted  CLICK HERE to read them
• CVHRMA:  Thank you to Mandi De Alba and Nicole Viviano for working at the CVHRMA meeting on the 21st.
• Sunday, October 16th, 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM,  Professional Seminar Series "Human Resource Selection"  This professional seminar is designed for anyone interested in preparing for the PHR examination.  Taught by Dr. Ed Hernandez in DBH-118 on the CSU Stanislaus main campus.  Free for all.
• Saturday, October 8th, 10:00 am - 12:00 noon.   Professional Seminar Series "Human Resource Recruitment".  This professional seminar is designed for anyone interested in preparing for the PHR examination.  Taught by Dr. Ed Hernandez in DBH-118 on the CSU Stanislaus main campus.  Free for students.  
• Boxing Night.  Look for the announcements for our field trip to either Sacramento or Lake Tahoe for boxing!  The likely day is Thursday November 17th in Sacramento.
• Friday, October 21:  CVHRMA Fall Workshop 9:00am to 2:00 PM  SOS Club of Modesto
• September 21st (Wednesday):  CVHRMA HR Luncheon seminar"  (Central Valley Human Resource Management Association)  When: 11:45 - 1:30 PM: Wednesday, September 21st, 2005    Speaker:  John Eggers, Ph.D.   Topic:  Personality Testing:  Current Trends and Applications.   Location:  SOS Club of Modesto.   Cost: $10 for students.. includes buffet lunch.  
• September 23rd (Friday): "HR Law Update" seminar" John Stuart Rogers Faculty Development Center from 8:00 am to 12:00.  This event is Sponsored by the SHRM Student Chapter at CSU Stanislaus.  We need student volunteers!  co-sponsored by JORY, PETERSON, WATKINS, ROSS & WOOLMAN    http://www.jpwrw.com/
• Internships:  We have literally broken all records with internship placements for the Fall of 2005.  Fourteen (14 !!) of our students are scheduled for formal internships at the Hilmar Cheese Factory, Emanuel Medical Center and Kraft Foods.
• Friday November 11th:  "Mamma Mia" night, in Sacramento.  The SHRM club will heading to Sacramento in November to see the broadway musical "Mamma Mia".  This should be a fun event for club members.  Last year we saw "A Christmas Carol" in San Francisco.  We have 10 tickets at a cost of $25 per (a significant amount below actual cost).   
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• WBM 2006 likely to be held in Berkeley California at the U.C. Berkeley campus.  This is an international research conference featuring researchers from around the world.  Last year's conference had presenters from Spain, Finland, England, Australia, China, Taiwan, Canada, Mexico and Japan.
• We hosted the National Society for Human Resource Management Student Conference in San Diego California.  The event was a major success at 29 of our students attended.
• Five students passed the PHR in Spring/Summer of 2005.  Good job!
• Crystal Myers, HR Games Team, gets married in late August 2005, soon to be Crystal Jack!.  
• We had a training match against Fresno State on June 6th, 2005 at Fresno State
• We had a fun time at our first ever Car Wash fundraiser May 14^th at 7-eleven in Turlock!
• We are also having another Avon Fundraiser!! Buy stuff for your loved ones!  All proceeds go to the San Diego SHRM conference travel costs.
• Ultra-mega congratulations to the SHRM club for winning the “Superior Merit Award”  from the Society for Human Resource Management for the 2004-5 academic year !! Good job!
• Congratulations to the CSU Stanislaus Society for Human Resource Management club for winning “Outstanding Student Organization” award for 2004-5 at the May 18^th, CSU Stanislaus Student Leadership Awards
• Congratulations Dr. Edward Hernandez for winning “Club Advisor of the Year”  award for 2004-5 at the May 18^th, CSU Stanislaus Student Leadership Awards
• Congratulations Dr. Edward Hernandez for winning “HR Advisor of the Year” awarded by the California Society for Human Resource Management at the 2005 California HR Games Awards Ceremony.
• Wendy Howay, President of SHRM club, featured in Sonora Union Democrat newspaper article published 2/1/05 titled “Sonora High Grad Helps College Set Record”.
• 15 students passed the PHR in the Winter 2004/5 Testing Period!! A new national record !!!  Ranked #1 in the Nation !!!!!!
• SHRM CSUS T-shirts are now available.  Contact the club if you want to buy some!  shrm@hrmgt.com
• Silver State Challenge:  February 19th, 2005:  University of Nevada Reno
• Our annual research conference, the Western Business & Management Conference is teaming up with the IEMS Industry, Engineering and Management Sciences Conference for our Fall 2005 Annual meeting in Las VegasNevada.

 

 

·         Carlene Neves:  December 6^th, 2004:  HRIS Systems.  DBH-167 6:00 – 7:30 PM

·         SHRM Field Trip:  “A Christmas Carol on Sunday December 5^th, 2004 at 7:00 PM.  The proceeds from the tickets go directly to SHRM.  The tickets were donated by Dr. Hernandez.

·         CSU Stanislaus SHRM Chapter ran a successful WBM 2004 conference in Las Vegas Nevada, October 10-12.  We will do it again in 2005.

·         Chuck Salvetti, Manager of Student Programs of SHRM to visit campus and talk about HR careers, October 25th, 6PM

·         The Garage Sale for SHRM Fundraiser: was also a major success raising over $120 for our activities.

·         CSU Stanislaus HR Games Tournament; $1000+ in prizes and scholarships, November 6th DBH Building

·         November SHRM Newsletter #4 released on November 9^th.

·         SHRM "Donate a tie" charity drive ends November 1, 2004

• We now have an excellent new member package.  We will be giving these out at the first meeting on September 15th, 2004.  If you cannot attend please come by the MOM department or the office of Dr. Hernandez to receive these packages (8/27/04)
• We will be having several meetings in the month of September.
• Get ready for our Weekend PHR Study sessions starting Fall for the December PHR Examination:  2 of these events have been scheduled (see below)…. More to come.
• June 28-29, 2004, New Orleans:  Finished in 2^nd place at the National Championships of the HR Games in New Orleans with a record of 4 wins and 2 losses.  Way to go !!!
• If you are interested in being on the 2005 HR Games team please contact Dr. Hernandez at eh@hrmgt.com  or at his office at 209-667-3752
• Congratulations to Gary Lowe, Stacy Souza, David Jones and Patricia Harvey, Kendy Hernandez and Wendy Alvares for recently passing the PHR Exam in May of 2004 !!  We have many more students who will be taking the exam in June so wish them luck!
• Western Business & Management Annual Conference:  This event is sponsored by the student chapter of the SHRM at CSU Stanislaus.  Make plans to attend.