Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Labor and Industrial Relations Association

Who are we?

The Labor and Industrial Relations Association was created to provide a forum for students at the Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations to participate in social, volunteer, fundraising and alumni relations activities. LIRA promotes and organizes its activities and events through student committees and is also responsible for the election of ILIR student representatives for Institute Committees.

What do we do?

A new service provided by LIRA to new students and guests to ILIR is the LIRA Welcome Book. Please follow the link to learn more about our campus and community.

LIRA sponsors and participates in a wide variety of events at the Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations. The purpose of our events is to advance the student body of ILIR both academically and socially. LIRA also strives to promote the name and reputation of the Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations at University of Illinois to the University, community and beyond with all of its activities.

LIRA Activities Include:

• Annual LIRA Formal Ball
• Labor Day BBQ
• High School Presentations - Mock Interviews, Interviewing Skills, Job Search Skills
• Alumni Hospitality Table / T-Shirt-Sweat shirt sales
• Alumni Speaking Events
• Ice Cream Social (LIRA/SSHRM/MSA Event)
• Student Welcome Book / Graduate Information Packet
• MS Walk (LIRA/SSHRM Event)
• Relay for Life, including Movie Night, BBQ, Bake Sale fundraisers
• Valentine's Day valentine sale

How to get involved:

All students at the Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations are members of LIRA. There are no dues or membership fees to join. To get involved, students can attend LIRA general meetings and/or committee meetings. General meetings are announced via e-mail and are posted in the DNB the week of. Students that cannot attend general meetings can contact any LIRA officer or committee chair for information on upcoming general meetings, committee meeting times, and projects. Contact any Vice President or Chair to get involved with a committee. Or, check the committee sign-up sheet posted on the LIRA bulletin board.

Officers:

Justin Litz, Co-President (jlitz@uiuc.edu)
Conor Oswald, Co-President (coswald2@uiuc.edu)
Jacob Sutton, Co-VP of Finance (jsutton2@uiuc.edu)
Erica Newell, Co-VP of Finance (enewel2@uiuc.edu)
Asya Delm, Co-Chair of Social Affairs (asyadelm@uiuc.edu)
Cara Urban, Co-Chair of Social Affairs (cara.urban@gmail.com)
Kari Stupka, Co-Chair of Communications (stupka@uiuc.edu)
Justin Gary, Co-Chair of Communications (jgary@uiuc.edu)
Kami Irvine, Co-Chair of Philanthropy (kairvin2@uiuc.edu)
Kinsey Wielgus, Co-Chair of Philanthropy (wielgus2@uiuc.edu)