茄子视频 U. Society for Human Resource Management Team Competes in HR Games
茄子视频 University鈥檚 Society for Human Resource Management student team made it into the semi-final round at the Northeast Regional Society for Human Resource Management Games competition March 27-28 at William Paterson University in Wayne, NJ.
First-time student contestants were Mark McRobie, senior business major, of Irwin, Pa.; Jennifer Fair, senior accounting and business major of Freeport, Pa.; and Adam Kensey, junior business major, of Indiana, Pa. Gia Wenino, a junior business major, from Souderton, Pa., was the team鈥檚 student coach and alternate member during the preparatory stage of the competition. Catherine Giunta, Ph.D., associate professor of business at 茄子视频, is the Society for Human Resource Management Collegiate Chapter advisor.
茄子视频鈥檚 contestants participated in seven rounds of competition. 茄子视频 University placed in the top four out of the 20 participating schools after seven rounds and advanced in the games. 茄子视频 faced a team from Penn State University in the semifinals and lost.
鈥淲e competed against a lot of great schools such as Cornell and Shippensburg. We were from the smallest school competing,鈥� said Fair. 鈥淚 not only learned a lot of information about human resources, but I also got the chance to meet a lot of people.鈥�
Kensey feels good about the team鈥檚 accomplishments at the 2009 Human Resources games. This semester, the team of three practiced and studied the material for the games. They met with Giunta everyday and she would quiz them on different human resource terms.
鈥淲e began studying over Christmas break and didn't stop until five minutes before our first competition. Going into the competition we had no idea what to expect and we were both very nervous and anxious,鈥� Fair said.
鈥淭his was a great opportunity because human resource is my major,鈥� Kensey said. 鈥淚t was a lot of fun and I look forward to competing next year.鈥�
鈥淚f any human resource majors have this opportunity next year, I encourage them to take it. It's a lot of studying but it's worth it,鈥� Fair said.
The Society for Human Resource Management is the largest professional society in the world devoted exclusively to the human resource profession. Founded in 1948, it serves more than 100,000 professional and student members.