Scholarships Available

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Many times basic things seem to slip by us in our busy and hectic days in the HR world. Being heavily involved in working with our Student Chapters of SHRM we have come to realize that paying for a higher education is a "big" deal to the working and non-working students. At the University level many of our students are working adults seeking to improve their status at the job while preparing themselves for that next position or even that next promotion. As our society moves into the new "knowledge" industry it will be imperative for our employees, as well as, those new applicants to be as educated as possible to meet the challenges ahead, and furthering their education is a major step in that direction.

Unfortunately, not only does it take the precious commodity of time from these working adults but it takes money. So whenever we, as professionals in HR, can do to help these folks attain their goals of expanding their educational knowledge we should take that opportunity. We need to provide these folks with as much information and programs as we can to assist them. One way is through Grants and Scholarships made available by various institutions, like SHRM. Therefore, we wanted to take this opportunity to remind you of some Scholarship opportunities available through SHRM that could assist one of your own chapter members.

The SHRM Foundation’s Student Scholarship program is pleased to announce that applications are now available online August 1 – November 1. More than $50,000 will be awarded this year to active SHRM student members studying and excelling in a Human Resources or related program. The following 40 scholarships will be awarded: · 10 Undergraduate Education Awards of $2,500 each · 1 Lisa Burke Award (undergraduates) of $2,500 · 4 Graduate Education Awards of $5,000 each · 25 Awards for the Assurance of Learning Assessment of $200 each Eligible students may apply online or view additional information here:

SHRM Foundation Student Scholarship