ECU SHRM Student Chapter Receives Honorable Mention

The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) has awarded a 2015-2016 Honorable Mention Award designation to the East Carolina University SHRM student chapter for providing superior growth and development opportunities to its student chapter members. 206 schools from across the United States applied for the award and East Carolina University was one of 163 winners.

The SHRM student chapter merit award program, which began in 1972, was created to encourage student chapters to require ongoing excellence in the following areas: student chapter requirements, chapter operations,programming and professional development of members, support of the human resource profession and SHRM engagement.

(L-R) Dr. Craig Williams, Shannon Zamary, Megan Lowery, Nolan Wiltshire, Fiona Moyer, Benjamin Bahrenfuss, Mackenzie Kearns, Reid Knight, Rachel Ionta

“These chapters truly represent the future of the HR profession,” said Susan Post, SHRM-SCP, East Divisional Director at SHRM and the lead for SHRM’s Student Programs. “Their achievements go above and beyond their everyday academic and work commitments and we applaud the positive impact their efforts have on their schools, their local communities and beyond.”SHRM student chapters have the opportunity to earn an award based on the number of activities they complete during the merit award cycle, which lasted from April 1, 2015, to March 31, 2016.

SHRM is the world’s largest association devoted to human resource management. Representing more than 285,000 professional and 20,000 student members in over 160 countries, the association serves the needs of HR professionals and advances the interests of the HR profession.

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