College Relations Director
Position Description & Duties
The College Relations Director is responsible for assisting and promoting student chapter activities within the State.
Responsible To:
State Director
ResponsibiliIties:
- Attend all State Council meetings and actively participate in Council matters.
- Serve as a liaison between student chapters and the State Council.
- Promote and assist with the formation of new student chapters by identifying potential sites and working with local professional chapters to develop these student chapters.
- Serve as a communications link between student chapters and National SHRM in disseminating information relative to student activities and programs, utilizing SHRM resources where available.
- Coordinate a state student conference, HR Games, and other activities, encouraging professional SHRM members’ participation and support of such events and supporting the host chapter as needed.
- Attend and assist with North Central Regional Student Conference.
- Work with both faculty advisors and local chapter presidents to encourage student participation in local professional chapter meetings and professional conferences.; providing financial assistance when funds are available.
- Provide guidance to educational institutions as it relates to SHRM activities and the promotion of student involvement in SHRM.
- Promote the development and provision of scholarships for college students pursuing degrees with a Human Resources emphasis.
- Promote Human Resources as a professional field of pursuit within educational institutions and provide assistance, such as donating HR-related educational materials as applicable.
- Encourage Council members to participate in or view volunteer leader college relations webcasts.
- Provide financial support to student chapters as budgeted by the Council.
- Participate in Core Leadership Area (CLA) events, such as the SHRM National Leadership Conference, to obtain and share news and ideas.
- Attend student chapter meetings as necessary.
- Make regular updates to the College Relations section of the WISHRM website.
- Utilize National SHRM resources as needed.
- Perform other duties as assigned by State Director.
Requirements:
- SHRM membership in good standing required.
- Ability to visit student chapters throughout the state and attend state conferences required.
- SHRM certification preferred.
Term:
Serve a one-year term beginning with the first day of January ending the last day of December. May be reappointed for two additional terms for a total service of three years.
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Biography
For the last 14 years, Outlaw has held positions focusing on the functions of Human Resources and Education (K-12 and Higher Ed). Outlaw's experience in executive-level recruitment, talent acquisition, and employee incentive programming has helped shift the organizational culture of a variety of organizations and promote change management. In K-12 and higher education settings, she has passionately served in the public, private and charter sectors, most recently serving for four years, as the Director of Admissions and Enrollment at St. Joan Antida High School, an all-girls school.
Outlaw currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Business Administration and Human Resources at Mount Mary University. Previously she was at Alverno College, her alma mater, serving as Assistant Director of Admissions - High School Recrutiment, Adjunct Faculty in the School of Business, as well as the first Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. It has been a pleasure for Outlaw to be able to serve in all-girl educational spaces and promote college to prospective students and families.
Outlaw got her credentials to be a certified professional of Human Resources by taking the SHRM – CP exam in the summer of 2020. Outlaw served on the Executive Board of Directors at Highland Community Montessori School, is a current member of Milwaukee Metro Society for
Human Resource Management, serves as the Vice President of Membership for the Milwaukee Chapter of the National Association for African Americans in Human Resources (NAAAHR), is a Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Alverno College, and teaches as adjunct faculty, Human Resources, Business and SHRM certification courses.
In her spare time, Outlaw enjoys watching sports (Go Milwaukee Bucks Go!..... Go Seattle Seahawks Go!), golf, cooking, hosting and MCing social events, and spending time traveling with her eleven-year-old son Che (like Hey but with a C).
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