PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 5, 2018
Chris Byrd, Vice President for Human Resources at the University of South Carolina, Receives Honorary Life Membership in CUPA-HR
Chris Byrd, vice president for human resources at the University of South Carolina, has received honorary life membership in the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR). Honorary life membership is the highest honor for recognizing retired CUPA-HR members who have demonstrated a lifetime commitment to the higher education human resources profession and long-term leadership in the association.
Byrd has been a member of CUPA-HR for seven years. He currently serves as treasurer on the association’s board of directors. He has served on several CUPA-HR committees, the CUPA-HR/NACUBO joint task force and on the national board as an at-large member in 2014-15. He has worked in HR for nearly 35 years — 20 in state government and 15 in higher education — and has presented at several regional and national conferences.
Byrd will retire in June after 11 years at the University of South Carolina.
About CUPA-HR
CUPA-HR is higher ed HR. We serve higher education by providing the knowledge, resources, advocacy and connections to achieve organizational and workforce excellence. Headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee, and serving more than 25,000 HR professionals and other campus leaders at more than 2,000 member organizations around the country and abroad, the association offers learning and professional development programs, higher education salary and benefits data, extensive online resources and just-in-time regulatory and legislative information.