Indiana Tech receives award from national human resources management organization
July 31, 2026Indiana Tech’s student chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) was honored by the organization with a 2025-26 Superior Merit Award. SHRM is the world’s largest HR professional society, representing 340,000 members in 180 countries.
The Superior Merit Award program recognizes chapters every year for providing superior growth and development opportunities to its student chapter members. Indiana Tech’s chapter, the largest student organization on campus, and has earned a Superior Merit Award every year since 1998.
Professor of business Dr. Lisa Kindred is one of the co-advisors of Indiana Tech’s SHRM chapter. She says the award strengthens the visibility of Indiana Tech’s HR program, reinforces its commitment to career readiness and demonstrates students developing the knowledge, competencies and leadership skills valued by the HR profession.
“This recognition validates our commitment to preparing HR leaders while providing students with meaningful experiences beyond the classroom,” Kindred said. “Through leadership opportunities, networking with HR professionals, community service, professional development and career-focused programming, our students gain practical experiences that complement their academic studies and prepare them for successful careers in human resources.”
The Superior Merit Award launched in 1972 to encourage student chapters to require ongoing excellence in the following areas:
- Student chapter requirements
- Chapter operation
- Chapter programming and professional development of members
- Support of the human resource profession
- SHRM engagement
The chapter’s other co-advisor, associate professor of sport management Craig Dyer, calls the award a validation of the success of Indiana Tech’s human resource students, and the quality of its program curriculum and faculty to prepare students for success in human resources.
“Indiana Tech’s College of Business is well positioned to provide current and future HR students with high-quality opportunities such as internships, networking and SHRM certification,” Dyer said. “SHRM has high standards and our HR program will continue to provide students with the tools they need to succeed in the competitive and everchanging HR job market.”
The university’s HR degree program has an outstanding reputation for cultivating exceptional human resource professionals and launching successful careers. It has helped more than 500 Indiana Tech students pass the SHRM Certified Professional (SHRM-CP) exam—a competency-based certification exam that measures one’s ability to apply HR principles to real-life situations.
Visit academics.indianatech.edu/programs and key “human resources” into the search function to explore the various opportunities offered by Indiana Tech.