School of Leadership & Human Resource Development News

LSU Students Place 2nd at the 2024 LA SHRM Case Competition

LSU Students Place 2nd at the 2024 LASHRM Case Competition

LSU, represented by two teams, attended the 2024 LASHRM Case Competition. The teams were made up of students from the School of Leadership and Human Resource Development and the Rucks School of Management. At the conclusion of the event, one LSU team landed 2nd place in the state-wide event.

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$4.5 Million Grant to Study and Reduce Bias Against Black and Hispanic Faculty in Promotion and Tenure Processes

Tracey Rizzuto, professor in the School of Leadership & Human Resource Development, is LSU PI, and Christiane Spitzmüeller, professor at UC Merced, is the lead investigator for the $4.5 million NSF grant that will create a Center for Equity in Faculty Advancement.

2024 University Distinguished Faculty Awards

2024 University Distinguished Faculty Awards

LSU is proud of its world-class faculty, and we are pleased to announce the College of Human Sciences & Education's faculty honored as this year's recipients of university-wide distinguished faculty awards. Congratulations.

Gunaldo Selected as One of 10 LSU Global Ambassadors

Gunaldo Selected as One of 10 LSU Global Ambassadors

Our students strive to #GeauxChangeLives, and that's exactly how Maya Gunaldo, LSU CHSE junior, spent her spring break. Gunaldo, a Leadership & Human Resource Development major, was one of 10 LSU students chosen to be selected to travel to Ghana with LSU's Global Ambassadors Program (GAP).

Mitchell Leads Multi-Institutional Effort with NASEM Grant Researching Safer Offshore Energy Systems

Mitchell Leads Multi-Institutional Effort with NASEM Grant Researching Safer Offshore Energy Systems

The LSU School of Leadership & Human Resource Development (SHLRD) proudly announced Tyree Mitchell, PhD, was one of five research teams awarded a prestigious grant from the Gulf Research Program (GRP) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM). Mitchell's grant aims to support projects focused on enhancing safety culture and safety management systems (SMS) in the offshore energy industry.

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The Eyes of Freedom with 'Silent Battle' to be on display at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge

The Eyes of Freedom with 'Silent Battle' will be on display at the LSU Huey P. Long Field House in Baton Rouge March 4 - 8, 2024, hosted by the LSU Veterans Resource Center, the Wounded Warrior Project, and the LSU College of Human Sciences & Education.

Ed Holton Selected for AHRD Hall of Fame

Ed Holton Selected for AHRD Hall of Fame

According to the Academy of Human Resource Development, "The HRD Scholar Hall of Fame Award is presented to scholars in human resource development and related disciplines who have made enduring contributions to the Academy's mission of Leading Human Resource Development through Research." Upon reflecting on his work, service, and devotion, it comes as no surprise that Professor Emeritus Elwood "Ed" Holton, EdD, has been selected for the AHRD Scholar Hall of Fame Award.

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Sunyoung Park Named One of Six LSU Rainmakers for Research Excellence and Creative Activity

Sunyoung Park, PhD, associate professor, is one of six LSU faculty members named a Rainmaker for Research and Creative Activity. Rainmakers are faculty members who balance their teaching and research responsibilities while extending the impact of their work to the world beyond academia.

SLHRD Faculty Reach Extends Globally

Fostering Learning, Development, and Change - SLHRD Faculty Reach Extends Globally

Respected, world-renowned, published researchers in the human resource development and industrial and organizational psychology fields. Today, we can add book authors to that description.