Professionals in Virginia Tech Human Resources are focused on improving their service to the campus community by improving their skills. This page provides news about the professional accomplishments of our staff by highlighting:
- 1) Their efforts to give back to their profession through presentations and involvement in professional associations
- 2) Their efforts to deepen their knowledge of the profession by adding to their academic credentials and professional certifications. We will update this page periodically to let you know how the talented members of our team are developing as professionals.
Our Recent Accomplishments
Certifications
Lynett Cruise
Professional in Human Resources (PHR)
Ann Mason
Professional in Human Resources (PHR)
Gloria Smith
Professional in Human Resources (PHR)
Brandi Barnett
Administrative Excellence Certificate in Human Resources Practices
Carol Bishop
Administrative Excellence Certificate in Fiscal Practices
Speaking Engagements
"Building Capacity to Support Faculty and Staff Resilience Following a Mental Health Disaster" presentation with Jeff Gorter of Crisis Care Network and Rich Paul of Value Options at the International Association of EAP's in Higher Education conference in Atlanta, GA (Oct 2008)
Jennie Reilly
Workshop of Excellence Empowered by a Diverse Academic Workforce: Chemists, Chemical Engineers and Materials Scientists with Disabilities
Chairs of Professional Societies
Robin Ball
President-elect of the New River Valley Society of Human Resource Managers (SHRM)
Terri Tishman
President-elect of the International Association of Administrative Professionals (IAAP)
Our PHR and SPHR Certificate Holders
Clock-wise from left: Mike McCoy(SPHR), Ann Mason, Robin Ball(SPHR), Tony Gambill, Christina Brogdon, Curtis Mabry(SPHR), Sheena Zhang, Gloria Smith, Peggy Bowden(SPHR), Lynette Cruise.
Not pictured: Kirk Anderson, David Ferraro(SPHR), Amy Hogan(SPHR), John Pascucci, Cyndy Rupe