CUPA-HR Midwest Region History
Past Conferences
Year |
City | Hotel | Region Chair |
2011 |
Indianapolis, Indiana | JW Marriott | Nancy Grassel |
2010 |
Minneapolis, Minnesota | Marriott City Center | Gary Johnson |
2009 |
Branson, Missouri | The Chateau on the Lake | Julie Jenson |
2008 |
Chicago, Illinois | Hyatt-Regency | Patrick Rhoton |
2007 |
Madison, Wisconsin | The Concourse | Beth Krueger |
2006 |
Dearborn, Michigan | Hyatt-Regency | Pamela Beemer |
2005 |
Seattle, Washington (joint conference with the NW Region) | Herb Trenz | |
2004 |
Rapid City, South Dakota | Holiday Inn | James Kemper |
2003 |
Cleveland, Ohio | Sheraton | Mary Fischer |
2002 |
Kansas City, Missouri | Westin | Chuck Phillips |
2001 |
St. Charles, Illinois | Pheasant Run Resort | Kirk Beyer |
2000 |
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina (joint conference with the Southern Region) | John Toller | |
1999 |
Milwaukee, Wisconsin | The Pfister | Paul Michaud |
1998 |
Minneapolis, Minnesota | Marriott | Dick Gartrell |
Past Award Winners
The Midwest Region solicits nominations and presents awards at its annual Spring conference. View the award categories and descriptions.
Year |
Award | Award Winner |
2011 |
Successful Practices | Grinnell College |
| Excellence in Human Resources Practices | Kathleen Donohoe and Sue Kaufmann,University of Michigan | |
| Distinguished Chapter | Minnesota Chapter, Lori Collard, College of St. Scholastica | |
| Retiree Lifetime Membership | Karl Sparks, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Gary Janikowski, Minnesota State Colleges and Universities | |
2010 |
Successful Practices | Ball State University |
| Outstanding Service | Patrick Rhoton, Mount Vernon Nazarene University | |
| Distinguished Chapter | Heather Kidd, Minnesota State Colleges & Universities System Office | |
2009 |
Successful Practices | University of Iowa |
| Excellence in HR Management | Gary Johnson, Drake University | |
| Outstanding Service | Pamela Beemer, Northwestern University | |
| Distinguished Chapters | Minnesota Chapter, Chuck Standfuss, Macalester College Ohio Chapter, Theresa Feldmeier, Capital University |
|
2008 |
Successful Practices | Purdue University Calumet, for “Supervise for Success” program |
| Excellence in HR Management | Mark Kennedy, Mott Community College, for implementing a collaborative Problem-solving approach to the collective bargaining process | |
| Outstanding Service | Gary Janikowski, Minnesota State Colleges and Universities | |
| Retiree Lifetime Membership | Herb Trenz, The College of St. Benedict and St. John’s University, Collegeville, MN | |
| Distinguished Chapters | Michigan Chapter, Renee Rivard, Michigan State University Missouri Chapter, Teresa Long, University of Missouri at Columbia |
|
2007 |
Successful Practices | University of Iowa, for “liveWELL” program University of Kansas, for development of an equitable compensation system for support staff Michigan State University, for Executive Leadership Academy Michigan State University, for development of the Student Employment Automated System |
| Institutional Award of Excellence | Purdue University, for “Healthy Purdue” wellness program | |
| Distinguished Chapter | Miriam Ward, University of Minnesota | |