Ursula Pawlowski, SPHR, SHRM-SCP

Programs/Classes Taught:

Bachelor of Science, Managment program

• MGT#410, Management and Supervision
• MGT#430, Communications in Organizations
• MGT#479, Management Development Program

Master of Healthcare Adminstration program

• MHA#532, Human Resources in Health Care, (redesigned course for blended and online format)

Master of Science in Human Resource Managment and Development program

• HRM#509, Human Resource Management Profession and Its Role, (redesigned course for blended and online format)
• HRM#595, Special Topics, HR Certification (designed course for blended and online format)
• MGT#508, Current Practices in Human Resource Management
• MGT#515, Training and Development
• MGT#521, Recruitment, Selection and Retention
• MGT#533, Organizational Behavior, Development and Change

Areas of Expertise:

• Conflict Resolution
• Diversity and Inclusion
• Employee Relations
• Employment Law
• Mentoring
• Organizational Behavior/Organizational Development
• Performance Management
• Process Improvement
• Strategic Planning
• Student Success
• Succession Planning
• Talent Management
• Training and Development

Biography:

Ursula Pawlowski is an adjunct faculty member at National Louis University (NLU). She is also a member of the NLU Adjunct Council, 2018-2020, a member of the Faculty Professional Standards and Compensation Committee (FPSCC), 2018-2020 and a member of the University Level Written Communication Assessment committee, Summer, 2016. Ursula is a member of #NLUHOPESQUAD, an initiative that works toward bringing hope through wellness programming and training at NLU. She is a certifed trainer for Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR), a suicide prevention workshop offered to NLU students, staff and faculty. 

Ursula is the recipient of the 2016 College of Professional Studies and Advancement (CPSA) Adjunct Faculty of the Year award and the NLU 2016 Excellence in Teaching Award. Ursula was part of the advisory committee for the curriculum redesign of the MSHRMD program and assisted in redesigning MSHRMD blended and online courses. She was the assistant director of the MSHRMD program, 2016-2017. 

Ursula earned the Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) credential awarded by the HR Certification Institute and the SHRM Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP) credential awarded by the Society for Human Resource Professionals (SHRM).  Ursula has over twenty years of HR experience working in food and beverage, retail, education, volunteer management, non-profits and healthcare. Ursula's passion is in training and development, organizational behavior/organizational development, talent management, performance management, mentoring and strategic planning.

Ursula is member of the Council of Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL), College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR), National Association of African Americans in Human Resources (NAAAHR), American Society of Healthcare Human Resources Administration (ASHHRA), Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM), American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE), Women Speaker Association and Pro-Literacy. Ursula is also the board chair at the Aquinas Literacy Center, an English-as-a-Second-Language adult learning center in McKinley Park.

Education:

• Master of Science in Human Resources Management and Development, 2009-2010 Edna Dean Baker Merit Scholarship Award, National Louis University
• Bachelor of Science in Management, 2008-2009 Henrietta Louis Merit Scholarship Award, National Louis University

Research and Interests:

Publications and Presentations 

• ASHHRA Job Description Toolkit, American Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration (ASHHRA), November, 2010, Chicago, Illinois
• Certified in Healthcare Human Resources (CHHR) Examination Preparation Guide, American Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration (ASHHRA), September 2013, Chicago, Illinois
• CHHR Workshop, three session series, co-presenter with Gary Pastore, 2016 ASHHRA President-elect, Talent Symposium 2015, HealthcareSource User Conference, Orlando, Florida
• Developing an Effective Health Care Workforce Planning Model, white paper and assessment tool, American Hospital Association, September, 2013, Chicago, Illinois
• Healthcare HR Initiatives, panelist on a three member panel on national webinar presented by HealthcareSource, July 2014
• Healthcare Workforce Executive Insights, panelist on a four member panel on a national webinar presented by HealthcareSource, October, 2015
• Hear is From the Pros, panelist on a three member panel presented by NLU Career Academy, Summer, 2014
• Sixty Seconds: Ready with your Elevator Speech? Professional Branding, 2016 NAAAHR National Conference, Atlanta, Georgia
• The Vital Link, panelist on a four member general session panel, 2015 CAHHS Volunteer Leadership Conference, February, 2015, Indian Wells, California
  
• The Vital Link, 2.0, panelist on a three member general session panel, 2016 CAHHS Volunteer Leadership Conference, February, 2016, Monterey, California
  
• Workforce of the Future: Leveraging Demographic Shifts, learning session, 2014 NAAAHR National Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania    
• Workforce Planning Nurse Leaders, general session, 2013 Nurse Leaders of Idaho Conference, Boise, Idaho

Contact Information:

Ursula Pawlowski

upawlowski@nl.edu

(844) 380-5001 Ext. 7540