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HIGHEST-EVER REPORTED placements for international students.
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at Illinois is a premier program in Human Resources and Industrial Relations. Through education, research, and corporate partnerships, we are shaping the world's workforce.
We broke ground in May, and the end is in sight for the building addition, which will be completed in Spring 2019.
The GENEROSITY of our alumni and corporate partners has helped us secure nearly $1.5M IN PLEDGES for named spaces throughout the building, including Soderstrom Plaza, one new classroom, several common spaces, 12 offices and two dozen donor wall gifts.
The paver campaign resulted in 145 NEW ENGRAVED PAVERS, raising nearly $80,000. These will be placed in the new plaza along with 112 PAVERS from the original entry, which will be re-engraved to preserve their legacy.
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We continue to use our alumni network and targeted marketing to communicate the impact of an LER degree to potential students.
LER alumni share their success in unique ways that prepare current students for their future.
ISABELLA JACKSON and MAGGIE JAKIMIEC, both Bronze Tablet honors recipients, graduated one semester early with their bachelor’s degrees in 2018, and came to LER after networking with family and alumni.
READ MOREDR. MICHAEL WALSH (MHRIR 05), developed an Excel module for incoming students to complete prior to starting class. In addition to his work on instruction, Walsh and his wife, LER Board member CHRISTINE GILBOE WALSH (MHRIR 06), started a scholarship for incoming LER students.
READ MOREANDREW BERTUCCI (MHRIR 18) encouraged his mother, Joan, to join the online program after finding his own success at LER.
READ MORE—Lindsey Boehm Datta (MHRIR 04)
The School continues to benefit from the support of our alumni and corporate partners to provide scholarships, named professorships, and funding for our building.
LER alumni leadership at ALCON, UNITED AIRLINES AND ZILLOW GROUP has provided new opportunities for graduates and interns.
ABBVIE AND ALCON joined our ranks of corporate scholarship partners.
PHILLIP AND GERRY MENZEL have seen their gift in honor of their family matriarch, PATRICIA MENZEL, come to fruition. The inaugural Patricia Menzel Memorial Scholar was named this fall, and was awarded to psychology undergraduate EMILY STANCIU. In addition to the scholarship, the Menzels have also made a generous donation to the building, naming the entry stairwell.
HIGHEST-EVER REPORTED placements for international students.
ATTENDED the LockinChina Global University Career Development Conference.
ACCEPTED the LockinChina Employers’ Choice Award on behalf of the University of Illinois.
CULTIVATED direct recruiting relationships with major Chinese employers.
HELD multiple alumni gatherings in South Korea and China.
THE PROJECT FOR MIDDLE CLASS RENEWAL’S MISSION is to investigate the working conditions of workers in today’s economy and elevate public discourse on issues affecting workers with research, analysis and education in order to DEVELOP AND PROPOSE PUBLIC POLICIES that will reduce poverty, provide forms of representation to all workers, prevent discrimination against gender, race, and LGBT, create more stable forms of employment and promote middle-class paying jobs.
Each year the Project will be dedicated to a number of CRITICAL RESEARCH STUDIES AND EDUCATION FORUMS on contemporary public policies and practices impacting labor and workplace issues.