The spring 2025 HR Summit was held on Thursday, April 10th, 2025 on the Appalachian State University Campus in Boone, NC and via Zoom!
This spring edition featured hands-on, in-person workshops on the morning of Friday, April 11.
Hurricane Helene had a devastating and lasting impact on Boone, the High Country, and Appalachian State, including causing the rescheduling of the 2024 HR Summit.
The theme of the spring 2025 HR Summit reflected the reality that the dawn after the disaster of Helene offered new possibilities. New opportunities to connect with others. New chances to repair what is broken. New ways to take on challenges and develop better solutions.
Attendees collaborated with industry experts and connected with fellow HR and business leaders to collectively learn about the new possibilities of the modern workplace. Topics that were discussed included everything from the emerging hype of AI to building relationships to the challenges of in-person, remote, and hybrid work to using data for empowering people.
Together we turned dawning challenges into opportunities!
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Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
The Spring 2025 HR Summit was recognized by SHRM to offer 6.0 Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for SHRM-CP® or SHRM-SCP® recertification activities for the session on Thursday, April 10. Friday’s Master Classes (April 11) had also been approved to offer 3.0 PDCs.
HR Certification Institute (HRCI)
The Spring 2025 HR Summit was pre-approved for 6.0 toward aPHR®, aPHRi™, PHR®, PHRca®, SPHR®, GPHR®, PHRi™ and SPHRi™ recertification through HR Certification Institute® (HRCI®) for the session on Thursday, April 10. Friday’s Master Classes (April 11) were also approved to offer 3.0 credits. The content of the program submitted met the criteria for Recertification Provider Program.
All proceeds from the HR Summit, and all IOHRM professional development activities, go to enhance our IOHRM students' educational and research experiences.
To learn more about the activities in which the IOHRM students are engaged, please visit our IOHRM newsfeed or the HR Science Research Team page.