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Concho Valley SHRM will be hosting their annual seminar on September 12, 2013 at the McNease Convention Center from 8:00am-5:00pm. This year’s full day seminar will feature topics such as Emerging Workforce Study presented by Sandy Mazur (Spherion), Worker's Compensation by Pat Crawford (Texas Dept of Insurance/Division of Workers Compensation), Legislative Update by Jon Mark Hogg (Jackson Walker LLP), Affordable Care Act presented by Justin Barbour (Schmoyer Reinhard LLP), and "You're Not the Boss of Me: Regulating Employee Conduct" presented by Tiffany Cox and J. Robert White (Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, PC). Lunch will be provided. For more information please go to http://conchovalley.shrm.org.

Brazos Valley-SHRM

BV-SHRM coordinated and completed a 13-week certification study program (January 31, 2013 to May 2, 2013). The program participants met one evening a week for 3 hours, to review and learn the six areas of the assigned body of knowledge. The facilitators, all current and former BV-SHRM Board Members, utilized the 2013 SHRM Learning system and its various state-of-the-art learning materials, to assist the members in their certification preparation.

BV-SHRM would like to recognize 6 newly certified members and the dedicated, caring group of facilitators who helped make this possible.

Newly certified members:

Michelle Merritt, PHR
Angela Orozco, PHR
Andrea Shirocky, PHR
Jordan Miller, PHR
Kim C. Flores, SPHR
Lee Felder, SPHR

Facilitators:

Bob Hensz, SPHR
Cheryl Young, SPHR
Stacy Overby, SPHR
Retha Youell, SPHR
Sarah Tobola, SPHR
Tom Owen, SPHR
Tom Holt, SPHR

North Texas SHRM

The North Texas Society for Human Resource Management sponsors the Certification Study Group to assist HR professionals in preparing to sit for the Human Resource Certification Institute's certification exam that confers the Professional in Human Resources (PHR) and Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) designations. The Study Group offers regular meetings with presentations by an experienced instructor and an opportunity to meet other professionals also studying for the exam. For more information contact Jana Bates at 940-898-3553.

August 22, 2013: The guest speakers for our monthly luncheon will be Erik Templin and Dale Brickert from the Hays Companies of Texas. The title of their presentation is "Developing a Winning Health Plan Strategy to Survive Health Care Reform". The program has been approved by HRCI for recertification credit. For more information visit our website at www.northtexasshrm.org.

Save the date: September 20, 2013 is the North Texas SHRM "Race to Compliance" legal update. It is scheduled from 8am to 5pm in Denton. Featured speakers will include Lon Williams, Karen Denny Coomer, and Shannon Norris, among others. There will be no cost to attend but seating is limited. HRIC certification is pending. Go to our website www.northtexasshrm.org for more information.