The 30th annual Melvin Lurie Memorial Prize was presented to Mary Griefenkamp. Mary earned her MHRLR degree 28 years after her UWM B.A. in History. It followed the realization that after twenty years in human resources she needed the graduate …
The 20th Annual Melvin Lurie Labor-Management Cooperation Prize was jointly given to the Milwaukee Bucks and the Alliance for Good Jobs. These partners signed a community benefits agreement with remarkable scope involving not just construction jobs, but on-going jobs in …
We had a great 30th annual Lurie Ceremony this fall. Chancellor Mone and much of the Lurie family was in attendance as we presented the Melvin Lurie Student Award to Mary Griefenkamp. Mary earned her MHRLR degree 28 years after …
Late February saw seven MHRLR alums return to campus for a dinner and to serve as panel members in an evening sponsored by the UWM Student Chapter of the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM). What a fantastic event! The …
The 19th Labor Management Cooperation Prize went jointly to City of Madison Human Resources, AFSCME Council 32 and the Madison General Municipal Employee Associations. Following the advent of Act 10, these partners have found new and unique ways to meet …
We were delighted to award the 29th student prize to Jenny Franke. Jenny returned to graduate school as a working adult after finding herself increasingly attracted to human resource issues. Through networking at MHRLR she found her first HR job …
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 …
Trisha Adams received the Melvin Lurie Memorial Prize. The prize is given to an outstanding student or recent alumnus of the Masters in Human Resources and Labor Relations (MHRLR) Program.
Peter Davis, Chief Legal Counsel of the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission, received the 18th Melvin Lurie Labor-Management Cooperation prize.