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Breakfast Series Hosted by MTSU SHRM

November 19, 2021 | 8:00 AM CST - 10:00 AM CST
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MTSU Foundation House | 324 W. Thompson Lane
Murfreesboro, TN 37129
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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Throughout the Workplace
Presented by Lorena Castro, HR Business Partner, Schneider Electric
| This session will unpack the complexities of diversity, equity, and inclusion issues in the workplace. We will also discuss ways to navigate those conversations inside the workplace and out. This session will help us become more aware of these types of issues and provide us with the tools to become advocates for change in our workplaces, schools, and local organizations. |
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Registration: MTSU Faculty or Student: $5; Member Registration: $20 by end of business Wednesday November 17, $25 afterwards.
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This program has been granted 1.5 hours of SHRM recertification credit. MT|SHRM is recognized by SHRM as a Recertification Provider to offer Professional Development Credits (PDC's) for the SHRM-CP and SHRM SCP. |
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This program has been granted 1.5 hours of General HRCI Recertification credit. The use of this seal is not an endorsement of the quality of the program. It means that this program has met the criteria to be pre-approved. |
Biography: Lorena Castro is an HR Business Partner at Schneider Electric living in Nashville, TN and obtained her MBA from Vanderbilt University. She has been with Schneider Electric for 14 years, in a variety of HR-related roles, starting as a Total Compensation Analyst then quickly moving on to HR Shared Services Supervisor where she spent three years in Mexico overseeing the startup of the North America Shared Services Center and providing HR support to 20,000 non-union and union employees in Canada and the United States.
Lorena has spent the majority of her time with Schneider Electric as an HR Business Partner in which she has honed her expertise in Organizational Effectiveness; Talent Management; Performance Management; Change Adoption; Communication Planning; Diversity, Equity, Inclusion; Rewards & Recognition; and Employee Engagement.




