Past Events

RU LERA Members Only Virtual Event! Don’t miss SMLR’s Jim Cooney as one of the panelists.
There’s still time to become a member of RU LERA – all membership fees are waived!

Join RU SHRM Undergraduate for an insightful, and important discussion about the various topics concerning Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

There is a popular English proverb: “cometh the hour, cometh the man,” the idea that right leaders will come to fore during times of uncertainty & crisis. Today this is indelibly linked to Churchill & his leadership during World War II. For many leaders across the world, “the hour” comes in times of market/business turmoil and now has come again with the COVID-19 pandemic. This talk not only grounds the topic in relevant research but uses international examples and cases to bring the topic ‘to life.’

The 16th Annual RU SHRM Annual Business Conference “Leading HR Toward the Next Normal” will be held via Zoom April 8th and 9th. Log on to hear from top HR experts and industry leaders, and earn up to 7 SHRM Professional Recertification credits. 

In this webinar, Richard van Doel, President and CEO of Performance Validation, will share his experiences about the company’s 4-year journey from closely held private ownership to a 100% employee owned S-corporation.  Rick will also discuss how company “ownership culture” can be a positive influence on company and ESOP success.

Since its original publication in 1972, no book has done as much as Jeremy Brecher’s Strike! to bring U.S. labor history to a wide audience. Strike! tells the dramatic story of repeated, massive, and sometimes violent revolts by ordinary working people in America. Told from the point of view of rank-and-file workers Involved in nationwide general strikes, the seizure of vast industrial establishments, and nonviolent direct action on a massive scale, Strike! reveals a dimension of American history rarely found in the usual high school or college history course. Fifty years later, the book still captures the imagintaions of students, workers, and organizers alike, who continue to struggle for progressive social change to improve the lives of working people.

Upcoming SMLR Career Services Webinar: Resume and Cover Letter Writing on Monday, April 5th.  

Join us on Thursday, April 1st at 6pm for a panel discussion with SMLR alumni who have experience in an HR Leadership Development program (HRLDP). 

Join us for a book talk with Dr. Danielle T. Phillips Cunningham, author of Putting Their Hands on Race: Irish Immigrant and Southern Black Domestic Workers, winner of the 2020 Sarah A. Whaley Book Prize from the National Women's Studies Association.

Join us for a panel drawing on the newly published, Strike for the Common Good: Fighting for the Future of Public Education, edited by Rebecca Kolins Givan and Amy Schrager Lang. This panel will present diverse perspectives on recent teachers’ strikes, where teachers struck for the schools their students need and deserve.