The Society for Human
Resource Management (SHRM) student group at
Eastern Michigan University recently was awarded the 2007-08
Superior Merit Award that places them among the top 10 chapters
nationwide.
This is the sixth straight year the EMU chapter was honored.
Approximately 112 entries, from more than 400 student chapters,
vied for superior status. The chapter received special
recognition and a plaque at the June national SHRM conference.
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HR HEROES: The Society for Human Resource
Management (SHRM) student group at Eastern
Michigan
University was recently awarded the
2007-2008 Superior
Merit Award that places
them among the top 10 chapters
nationwide.
Members pictured are (above, from left) Nicole
Fury, Maureen Dixon-Belleville, Brian Garcia,
Rebecca
Clark de Castillo, faculty adviser Fraya
Wagner-Marsh,
Peter Anthony and Tina
Bestehorn. |
"SHRM allows students to build their knowledge of the
human resource field while helping them develop valuable
leadership and organizational skills," said Fraya Wagner-Marsh,
chapter adviser and head of EMU's management department. "Students
learn from professionals through internships, mentoring,
job shadowing and attending local professional meetings
and workshops."
To qualify for the designation, the student group accumulated
points in professional operation of the chapter, professional
development of members, support of the profession, and
partnership with local professional chapters of SHRM such
as the Human Resource Association of Greater Detroit and
the Greater Ann Arbor chapter of SHRM.
During the year, the students also collected books for
the Gift of Reading program; produced a resume book; coordinated
a mentoring program; set up company tours; published a
newsletter, and sponsored professional speaker meetings
and workshops.
"It was a pleasure to work with everyone involved in the
group. Our wonderful faculty advisers, Dr. Wagner-Marsh
and Toni Knechtges, made this experience an enjoyable one," said
Rebecca Clark de Castillo, chapter president.
The EMU SHRM chapter was chartered in 1995 with the latest
developments in human resources and to prepare them for
a career in the field.
Hedeel Evans,
associate professor of chemistry, has been awarded a Fulbright
Research Award to work with the head of the department
of cell biology at the Institute Curie in Paris. Evans
will be studying the role that CAD, a multi-functional
protein, plays in cell division. Her work may lead to a
better understanding of cancer and have implications for
improved methodologies.
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Yohn |
Linda Yohn,
music director of WEMU, EMU's public radio station, and
host of 89.1 Jazz, has been nominated for "Programmer
of the Year in a Major Market," by
subscribers to JazzWeek Magazine. The magazine is the most
comprehensive publication dealing with jazz radio. The
awards will be given out at the end of the annual JazzWeek
Summit, June 16-20, in Rochester, New York. Yohn also has
been nominated for the "Willis Conover-Marian McPartland
Award for Excellence in Jazz Journalism," by members of
the Jazz Journalist's Association. The award will be given
out at their annual ceremony, June 18, in New York City.
"The rest of the country is becoming aware of an on-air
talent whose program we enjoy every weekday morning," said
Art Timko, WEMU's general manager. "As jazz programmers
go, there is none better than Linda Yohn."
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McClory |
Daniel McClory,
an EMU alumnus, was recently named a director of the USA
Track & Field
(USATF) Foundation Board. The USATF provides a means to
attract and guide funds to new and innovative track and
field programs with an emphasis on providing opportunities
to young athletes, emerging athletes and anti-doping education.
For the past decade, McClory has provided U.S.-European
corporate finance and advisory services and, for the last
four years, has served as a managing director for Hunter
Wise Financial Group, LLC. He earned his bachelor's degree
in English in 1981 and master's degree in language and
international trade in 1982, both from
EMU. McClory was a three-time captain of EMU's NCAA Division
I cross country team, earning eight varsity letters. In
1992, he was named an Outstanding Young Alumnus of EMU.
His 2008 gift of $1 million to the EMU track and cross
country programs was the largest contribution in the athletic
department's history.
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Baracy Photo courtesy
of
Alan Carson
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Ashlee Baracy,
an integrated marketing communications graduate student
at EMU, was recently crowned Miss Michigan 2008. After
competing three times in the state competition, she won
more than $11,000 in scholarships and prizes June 21, at
Muskegon's Frauenthal Theater. Baracy, of Westland, said
she wants to become a TV news anchor upon graduating from
EMU.
"I'm so humbled and honored," Baracy said in an interview
in the Detroit Free Press.
Amy Sawyer and Elizabeth
Francoeur,
two Eastern Michigan University students majoring in musical therapy, have
won scholarships from the Michigan Federation of Music Clubs (MFMC). Sawyer,
a junior from Findlay, Ohio, won a $500 Music Therapy Award from MFMC. Francoeur,
a senior from Ypsilanti, was awarded the $600 Cheryl
Krul Memorial Music Therapy Award, from the Birmingham
Musicale, an affiliate of the MFMC. The scholarships
are awarded to advanced students who demonstrate promise
in their development as potential music therapy professionals,
and who demonstrate musical skill and a high level
of pre-internship clinical work with various clientele.
Sawyer and Francoeur were honored May 15 in Grand Rapids
at a scholarship event sponsored by the Michigan Federation
of Music Clubs.
The Eastern Echo has
won two national awards from the Columbia Scholastic Press
Association at Columbia University. Cartoon editor Brandon
Neel won a certificate of merit for editorial cartoons,
and former Echo ad designer Kari McLeod won second place
for color multi-page ad design.
Derrick Fries, an
EMU professor of special education, recently placed second
overall (first in master's division) among 223 competitors
in the Motor City Sprint Triathalon June 15. The 55-year-old
covered the 500-meter swim, 20-kilometer bike ride and
3.3-mile run in 1:05:50, just 14 seconds off the winning
time.
"I want to send the results to the
AARP, so they stop sending me junk in the mail," Fries
said.
Three former
EMU track and field stars competed at the U.S. Olympic
Trials June 27-July 6. Jamie Nieto, a 2004
Olympian in the high jump, placed second in the trials with
a leap of 7-5 ¼. However, because
he did not have the "A" standard of 7-6 ½ coming
into the Trials and needed at least that height and a top-three
finish at the trials, Nieto will not be competing in Beijing
at the Olympics. Jordan
Desilets placed
eighth in the finals of the 3,000-meter steeplechase with
a time of 8:38.84.
Corey Nowitze was 10th in 8:47.10.
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Ellison |
Don Ellison,
a member of EMU's men's swimming and diving team,
wa srecently selected to the College Sports Information
Directors of America (CoSIDA)/ESPN The Magazine men's at-large
Academic All-American Third Team. Ellison becomes the first-ever
EMU male swimmer to receive Academic-All-American honors
and the 14th-ever EMU student-athlete to earn the award.
He has a 3.98 GPA in physics and is one of 17 men named
to the third team. At the MAC Championship Meet, Ellison
was selected First-Team All-MAC after winning the 400 IM.
To be eligible for this award, a student-athlete must at
least be a sophomore in academic and athletic eligibility,
be an integral part of the team, and have participated
in at least 50 percent of the contests during the year.
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Leonard |
Zack Leonard,
a freshman third baseman on EMU's baseball team, has been
selected to the Ping! Baseball All-Freshman team. He is
one of three MAC players to earn the honor. Leonard started
54 of the 57 games played at third base. He carried the
team's second best average (.348) and ranked in the top
five in nearly every offensive category. He collected 79
hits, ranked second in RBIs (51), total bases (125) and
slugging percentage (.551).
David Brent,
Josh Karanja, Oliver Walther and Melissa Green,
all EMU track and field athletes, were recently named to
the Academic All-Mid-American Conference squad. Brent,
a mathematics major with a 3.35 GPA, was an
NCAA Regional qualifier in the 1,500 meters and the
steeplechase. The junior also was selected Second Team
All-MAC after finishing second in the 1,500 meters
and was eighth in the 800 meters at the MAC Championships.
Karanja, a junior majoring in political science major
with a 3.23 GPA, was an NCAA Outdoor Regional qualifier
in the steeplechase with the second best time in the
MAC this season. He also was named second team All-MAC.
Walther, a sophomore majoring in international business
major with a 3.95 GPA, took second in the long jump
at the MAC Outdoor Championships, earning second-team
All-MAC honors. He also placed fourth in the triple
jump at the MAC Championships. Green, a junior chemistry
major with a 3.35 GPA, is the school record-holder
in the steeplechase. She finished third at the MAC
Outdoor Championships in the 3,000 meter steeplechase
and was fifth in the 5,000 meters.
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CLASSROOM STARS: (above, from left) Matt
Shoemaker and Josh Ivan, members of EMU's
baseball
team, were named to the Academic
All- Mid-American
Conference baseball team.
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Matt Shoemaker,
Steve Bradshaw, Josh Ivan and Dan
Puls were recently selected
to the Academic All-MAC baseball team. Bradshaw, who
graduated this year with a degree in construction management
(3.37 GPA) , was one of two players to start every
game this season. He led the team in the following
offensive categories: batting average, hits, doubles,
RBIs, slugging percentage and put-outs. Second baseman
Ivan, a finance major who graduated this year with
a 3.54 GPA, joined the exclusive 200- hit club (career)
during the MAC Tournament. Middle-relief pitcher Puls,
an accounting major who graduated with a 3.97 GPA,
posted 33 strikeouts during the year. He was instrumental
to the team in the MAC Tournament. Pitcher Shoemaker,
a junior management major with a 3.52 GPA, started
11 games this season. He struck out 44 batters and
held opponents to a sub-.300 batting average.
