BROOKLYN, NY – AUGUST 10, 2006 – St. Joseph’s College and the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM®) are collaborating to offer a program to certify human resource professionals employing the SHRM® Learning System. This certification course can be completed entirely online or within six alternating Saturday classes.

The St. Joseph’s College Professional Human Resources Certification program offers classes taught by experienced human resources professionals familiar with the Professional in Human Resources (PHR) exam and the Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) exam processes. The registration fee for the course, $985 ($965 for SHRM® members), covers all materials, including the required readings, workbook and mastery tests. The course will start on Saturday, September 16 and will end with a final exam on December 6, 2006. Classes will last from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The online course, which is instructor led, is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week from September 25 to December 11, 2006.

An orientation for the Saturday program will be held on Thursday, September 7 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in Lorenzo Hall located at 265 Clinton Avenue on the College’s Brooklyn Campus. For more information, please contact John Keenan in the School of Professional and Graduate Studies at (718) 399-2745 or jkeenan@sjcny.edu.

About St. Joseph's College

St. Joseph’s College has been dedicated to providing a diverse population of students in the New York metropolitan area with an affordable education rooted in the liberal arts tradition since 1916. Independent and coeducational, the College provides a strong academic and value-oriented education at the undergraduate and graduate levels, aiming to prepare each student for a life characterized by integrity, intellectual and spiritual values, social responsibility, and service. With campuses located in the Clinton Hill area of Brooklyn and in Patchogue, Long Island, the College offers degrees in over 21 majors, special course offerings and certificates, affiliated and pre-professional programs through its School of Arts and Sciences and its School of Professional and Graduate Studies. Graduate degrees are also offered including an Executive MBA, a Master of Science in Management, a Master of Science Degree with a Major in Nursing, a Master of Arts in Literacy/Cognition and a Master of Arts in Infant/Toddler Early Childhood Special Education.