2021 Lurie Labor Management Cooperation Prize Winner

The 24th Lurie Labor Management Cooperation award was presented to William Strycker. Will has 30 plus years of high-level experience in human resources and labor relations.  He served as the Vice President of Human Resources for the Madison Area Technical College, as a …

SHRM Alignment

The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) has acknowledged that the Masters in Human Resources and Labor Relations (MHRLR) program at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee fully aligns with SHRM’s HR Curriculum Guidebook and Templates. Throughout the world, 398 programs in 298 …

2020 Labor Management Cooperation Prize Winner

Professor John Budd, University of Minnesota, won the Labor-Management Cooperation Prize.  An expert in many aspects of industrial relations, John writes the textbook that many of our students use in their classes in industrial relations and collective bargaining. He has published …

2020 Melvin Lurie Student Prize Winner

We presented the Melvin Lurie Memorial Prize to Cassandra Alfheim.  Cassie left behind financial sales and customer relations to retool at MHRLR.  She spoke of the adventure of challenging courses and great student colleagues.  She now works as a compliance specialist for HR Analytical …

2020 Melvin Lurie Award Ceremony

This fall our annual Lurie Ceremony was unlike all previous years.  First, it was a virtual ceremony.  While the format denied us the opportunity to connect in person, it did allow many of our far flung supporters to attend.  We …

2019 Labor-Management Cooperation Prize

On Monday in late September we again gathered at the Hefter Center for the 32nd annual Lurie Awards Ceremony. We welcomed the Lurie family, the Dean of Letters &Science, Scott Gronert, the new Dean of Lubar School of Business Kaushal …

2019 Melvin Lurie Student Award

On Monday in late September we again gathered at the Hefter Center for the 32nd annual Lurie Awards Ceremony. We welcomed the Lurie family, the Dean of Letters &Science, Scott Gronert, the new Dean of Lubar School of Business Kaushal …

Melvin Lurie Memorial Prize Ceremony

On Monday, September 23, 2019 please join: Provost, Johannes Britz; Dean Scott Gronert, College of Letters & Science; Dean Kaushal Chari, Sheldon B. Lubar School of Business & John Heywood, Director, Master of Human Resources and Labor Relations (MHRLR) To …

2018 Labor-Management Cooperation Prize

In late September we gathered at the Hefter Center for the 31st annual Lurie Awards Ceremony.  We welcomed Lois Lurie and her family, the new Dean of Letters &Science, Scott Gronert, Associate Dean Lubar School of Business Purush Papatla and …

2018 Melvin Lurie Student Award

In late September we gathered at the Hefter Center for the 31st annual Lurie Awards Ceremony.  We welcomed Lois Lurie and her family, the new Dean of Letters &Science, Scott Gronert, Associate Dean Lubar School of Business Purush Papatla and …

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