May 2024 Convocation

Date: Saturday, May 11th, 2024Ceremony Location: Lincoln Hall Theatre – 702 S. Wright Street, UrbanaLine-up: Room 1092 Lincoln HallTime: 3:00 p.m. Graduation is approaching fast, and we are incredibly proud of our spring 2024 graduating class! The LER convocation ceremony will be held on Saturday, May 11th, 2024, at Lincoln Hall Theatre at 3 p.m. […]

December 2023 Convocation

Date: Saturday, December 9th, 2023Location: Foellinger Great Hall at Krannert Center for the Performing ArtsTime: 2:30 p.m. The LER December 2023 ceremony will be on Saturday, December 9, 2023, at 2:30 p.m. in Foellinger Great Hall at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, 500 S. Goodwin Avenue, Urbana. A reception will immediately follow in the […]

May 2023 Convocation

Date: Saturday, May 13th, 2023Location: Room 1092 Lincoln HallTime: 3:00 p.m. Graduation is approaching fast, and we are incredibly proud of our spring 2023 graduating class! The ceremony will be held on Saturday, May 13th, 2023, at Lincoln Hall Theatre at 3 p.m. Graduates will line up in room 1092 prior to the ceremony. A […]

Convocation Speakers

We are very proud to welcome back an accomplished alumnus/ae to each graduation ceremony to give a speech to our graduating class. It is a great honor to be selected, and speakers have demonstrated a great breadth of experiences across the field of employment relations. Prior to May 2000, the event was informal and consisted […]

LER 75th Anniversary – Featured Speaker Highlights

Join us Friday night, September 9, for a lively and informative look at our history from the creation of the School to tomorrow’s plans for success. Here are our featured speakers, who will be tasked with “lightning talks” to highlight our School’s legacy. They will be joined by Dean Ingrid Fulmer and Chancellor Robert Jones. […]

History

The School of Labor and Employment Relations has been a leader in human resources and labor relations since 1946. The movement to establish a school for labor research and teaching was initiated by a resolution adopted in October 1942 at the 60th annual convention of the Illinois State Federation of Labor. An act of the […]