At the Meetings

At the Meetings

On October 4, we had guest speaker Santiago Soto from DM Dickason Personnel Services speak with us about professional employment organizations and temporary and “temp-to-hire” employees. Additionally, he explained why a personnel service such as DM Dickason helps to manage unemployment.

Delilah Doss and Santiago Soto, October 4

We also discussed the event at White Sands Missile Range to thank the troops. Dani Baird, Delilah Doss, and Stephanie Stewart attended this event as volunteers for our off-campus community service requirement.

At the October 4th meeting we also distributed raffle tickets for the iPod shuffle, which we are raffling at the November 1st meeting to raise funds for the National Conference in Washington D.C., June 2006.

We have tentatively scheduled a Halloween Bake Sale/Candy sale for Monday, October 31 in the BC Lounge. We will gladly accept donations and arrange to pick them up!

Also discussed was a joint meeting with the Hispanic Business Student Association (HBSA) regarding diversity issues or with the Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP) regarding human resource information systems.

We are also discussing attendance at the El Paso professional chapter meeting. Noy Quintela, Stephanie Stewart, and Dani Baird are planning on attendance.

Important Dates and Events

October 25: Our PHR Study Group meets in Gardiner Hall, room 116 at 5pm

October 25-November 10: collect canned food for the Community Action Association. NMSU SHRM members should bring 2 cans of food to the November 1 meeting.

October 29: NMSU Homecoming, NSMU SHRM Vice President Dani Baird is running for homecoming queen!

October 30: Halloween Howl setup in Corbett Center starting at 12 pm

October 31: Halloween Bake Sale in the Business Complex Lounge (tentative)

November 1: NMSU SHRM meeting in BC 103 at 5pm. We will have guest speakers Vickie Lusk (Dona Ana County), Laura Pierce (Memorial Medical Hospital), and Marina Atma (NMSU) discuss the importance of taking the PHR Exam

November 12: Carter Campbell will host a seminar in Guthrie Hall room 101 8am-12pm. According to the SNM SHRM March 2005 newsletter, “Mr. Campbell is an experienced and inspirational facilitator, speaker, and solution-provider for leadership, change and organizational development. He is the principal for Facilitated Solutions, a C2ROI company, and Director of Educational Services for Memorial Medical Center. The recipient of Franklin Covey Facilitator of the Year in 2002 and the Abundance Mentality Award in 2004, he partners with organizations to increase their effectiveness and manage change by using a blend of techniques developed to meet the needs of today's busy workplace environment. He believes that opportunities must take into account return on investment, alignment with organizational goals, an increase in the quality of the work environment and quality of service.

November 15: NMSU SHRM meeting in BC 103. We will have a guest speakers Amanda Carrillo (T Mobile) and Marina Atma (NMSU) discuss the HR Games

Reminders and Past Events

Vice President Dani Baird participated in the Miss NMSU pageant and was honorably named the second runner up! Congratulations Dani! See pictures

Several of our students attended the Employment Law update last month and we successfully raffled off 3 items to raise money for the national conference. See pictures

Our NMSU SHRM chapter needs a new representative for the College of Business Council meetings which take place on alternating Tuesdays. The next meeting is October 25. You will be responsible for keeping the council informed of activities as well as keeping us informed of changes to the ASNMSU law book

We have officers graduating this semester, which means we need a new Student Liaison to attend the professional chapter meetings and keep them informed of our activities, Secretary to take minutes of meetings and create newsletters, Historian to document activities and take pictures, and CBAE Council Student Representative (see above)

Our NMSU SHRM Website is now up and running thanks to Webmaster Zachary Arias and Vice President Dani Baird. You can view it at the following address: http://cbae.nmsu.edu/~shrm

NMSU SHRM Employment Law Update Attendee Jessica Loza
NMSU SHRM Employment Law Update Attendees Dani Baird, Laura Morales, and Alma Gross
Employment Law Update
Raffle Winner Vickie Lusk
Employment Law Update
Raffle Winner Charlene Ashburn
Employment Law Update
Raffle Winner Phil Benson
(Faculty Advisor for NMSU SHRM)
Employment Law Update
Guest Speaker
Dani Baird, NMSU SHRM Vice President
Miss NMSU Pageant
Dani Baird Monologue, Miss NMSU Pageant