Workplace Violence National Expert at MTSU

We have an extraordinary guest speaker coming from Washington, D.C., Friday (Nov. 16) at 8-10am to address the topic of workplace violence. 

Please join us for a morning of captivating insights from a uniquely qualified expert:

 Speaker Bio: Samuel Blackstone, a crisis management executive and graduate of the FBI National Academy, spent over twenty years as a special agent with the United States government as a foreign intelligence officer and criminal investigator involved in counterintelligence, counter-terrorism, and criminal investigative activities.  He directed and supervised dignitary protection operations globally for two Secretaries of Defense, senior presidential cabinet officials and foreign dignitaries of cabinet ranking, with dignitary protection responsibilities that included handling personnel extrications around the world.  In the private sector, Mr. Blackstone has managed corporate crisis and risk programs, personnel crisis management programs, and workplace violence issues. He provides security and risk management analyses to fortune 500 corporations, major legal firms, high level law enforcement agencies, the U.S. intelligence community, and numerous federal and state government enforcement agencies. He is recognized as a subject matter expert to the Department of Homeland Security concerning matters of risk management.

Click here for more information, including event location, and to learn more about our other recent guest speakers.

MTSU SHRM Kickoff

Our student chapter of Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) kicks off a new semester this week! Students interested in SHRM were invited to attend an informational meeting this afternoon. Our first event of the semester will be a Breakfast Series speaker Friday, September 21st. There will be a continental breakfast followed by keynote speaker David Hutchens, who will be speaking about organizational storytelling. We encourage students and local professionals to attend our first event of the year! Check out MTSU SHRM‘s website for more information about the event.

MTSU’s New I/O Crew

We’re glad to welcome our new generation of I/O graduate students, who come to us from a variety of states (Georgia, Tennessee, Wisconsin, Missouri, Ohio, Maryland, Kentucky, Utah) and around the globe (Bangladesh). They all arrive with an impressive array of talents and accomplishments, and we’re excited to help them launch their careers here! Look out I/O world, here comes Wesley Camp, Kimmy Do, Amber Fritsch, Tricia Harris, Sarah Janisewski, Tasneem Kashem, Kristen Schilling, Matt Sikorski, D.J. Steffensen, Jessie Stidham, and Dave Wright.

Another National Award

Congratulations to our MTSU-SHRM chapter for earning the honor of Superior Merit Award from the national Society for Human Resource Management.

This award recognizes student chapter achievements and a commitment to providing meaningful programs and services to members. National SHRM sets high standards for this award, and selects only a limited number of chapters for this honor.

MTSU’s Industrial-Organizational Psychology students particularly distinguished themselves in leading our chapter to this award. This year’s achievement further enhances our decade-long reputation as one of the most acclaimed student chapters in the country.

Congratulations to all the students whose efforts made this achievement possible!

Last Breakfast Series Tomorrow

Friday, Apr. 20th is the last Breakfast Series of this academic year. The speaker will be Melissa TeHennepe, an E-learning Instructional Developer and Performance Consultant at Affinion Benefits Group. The topic will be “LMS/LCMS Survival Guide for Today’s Human Resource Leaders” and will cover what a LMS/LCMS can do for a business, the types that are available and how to select one, and tips for using an LMS. We hope to see you there for our last Breakfast Series of the year!

Event Information:

• Location: Foundation House- 324 West Thompson Lane; next to the Miller Coliseum
• Time: 8:00am-10:00am
• Cost: $5 for MTSU students and $15 for professionals- includes a continental breakfast
• Note: This event has been approved for 1.5 hours of HRCI credit

MTSU SHRM Breakfast Series This Friday

This Friday, March 23rd our MTSU SHRM chapter will be hosting the monthly Breakfast Series. The speaker will be Matthew Daniel, a learning technologist and consultant for Capital One. The topic will be “Informal and Social Learning: Bringing Social Media into the Workplace” which will provide an overview of the learning industry’s incorporation of social media learning as well as the tools and practices one can utilize in the workplace. We encourage anyone who may be interested to join us.

Event Information:

• Location: Foundation House- 324 West Thompson Lane; next to the Miller Coliseum
• Time: 8:00am-10:00am
• Cost: $5 for MTSU students and $15 for professionals- includes a continental breakfast
• Note: This event is pending HRCI credit

I/O Graduate Student of the Year

Every year the I/O faculty choose a 2nd year student in the program to receive the distinction of MTSU I/O Graduate Student of the Year. The criteria for this reward combines classroom performance, thesis progress, additional research accomplishments, applied performance in practicum and other projects, professional association involvement, and other reputable factors. This year the faculty chose Logan Watts to receive this distinction. Congratulations Logan and thank you for representing the program so well!