Franklin Pierce University Graduate Students Receive International SHRM Merit Award
Jun 11, 2014
The Franklin Pierce University Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Student
Chapter is one of the top student chapters from among the more than 450 SHRM student
chapters worldwide. Franklin Pierce’s student chapter has received SHRM’s “Merit Award”
and will be formally commended at the 2014 SHRM International Annual Conference in
Orlando on June 21. SHRM is the world’s largest professional association devoted to
Human Resource (HR) management, with more than 225,000 members in 125 countries.
“This is no small accomplishment, given that our chapter is one of the only online
SHRM student chapters in the world, and all of our students are working professionals
who are taking graduate level courses," said Dr. Carol Gravel, assistant professor
in Franklin Pierce’s M.B.A. program. "They meet monthly online to organize webinars,
professional development opportunities, and networking events. I am very proud of
our SHRM student chapter leadership team, because they foster a rich and rewarding
HR network for our online graduate students," she said. Efforts to fulfill the requirements
of the SHRM Merit Award were led by Franklin Pierce SHRM Student Chapter President
Julie Gilman.
Franklin Pierce’s SHRM chapter operates through the University’s College of Graduate
& Professional Studies, which offers advanced degrees and certificates for adults
and working professionals in multiple locations around New England, as well as online.
Its SHRM student chapter is a SHRM affiliated professional organization; its membership
is open to current students or graduates of the University’s M.B.A. in Human Resource
Management or Human Resource Certificate programs.
