Challenge - Winter 2007/2008 - Tiffin University

When Earl is not busy with her equestrian team, you can find her
surrounded by students at her desk in the front of the Student
Affairs Office. “The best part of my job is the students. I love being
here with them,” said Earl.
Earl credits the TU students as being both the most rewarding part
of her job and her biggest motivator. “I love to watch them set and
achieve goals,” she explained. “I live vicariously through them.”
Over the summer, Jill took on the project of improving the student
game room. She hung wallpaper and re-organized the pool tables
and furniture and added a new air hockey table and additional ping
pong tables as well.
In order to do her job, Earl must stay organized and always know
what is going on around campus. It is not out of the ordinary to see
her drop what she is doing to cater to a student’s problem or special
request. “I have to be able to roll with the punches,” she said.
Earl has accomplished many things over the past four years that she
has worked for Tiffin University. Those accomplishments include
close relationships that have been developed with the students.
“I have a great rapport with them. They know they can come to me
for anything,” she explained.
employee relations. She also handles
the hiring process and all the paperwork
and details that go along with
it. “I like to see people on the way in.
It’s a great time to get to know new
employees and interact with current
employees on campus,” explained Hall.
Hall, who graduated with her bachelor’s
degree from TU in 1985 and again with
an MBA in 1992, spent 15 years in the banking industry before
returning to TU as an employee. She credits Dr. John Millar with
her return. “I had left my position in banking to be a stay-at-home
mom. I ran into Dr. Millar, who was once my softball coach and
advisor for her MBA. He thought I needed more to do and encouraged
me to come back to TU to teach management,” she explained.
“Dr. Millar took a personal interest in me as a student athlete during
my undergraduate years and has continued to mentor me throughout
my career. That is one of the great things about Tiffin University.
You get to know your professors one on one and they care about
your development.” She took him up on the offer to come back to TU
and was an adjunct faculty member for three years. In October of
2002, she was hired as TU’s first Director of Human Resources.
Another great accomplishment is the development of the
Equestrian Club and Team, which she started two years ago as
a club. “There was such a great response that we decided to
become an organization on campus. The students showed interest in
competition, so we made it happen,” said Earl.
Outside of the office, and the barn, she is working on her
bachelor’s degree. After taking a deep breath, she explained, “My
degree will be in business administration with a minor in marketing
and a concentration in equine business management.”
Lori Hall
Director of Human Resources
Equal Opportunity Officer
“I believe that everybody has a purpose,” said Lori Hall, Director of
Human Resources and Equal Opportunity Officer for Tiffin University.
“My position helps me fulfill my purpose in life.”
Since becoming director, Hall has successfully enhanced employee
benefits, developed the employee assistance program which offers
counseling to employees who are going through difficult times, and
built the Human Resources Office from the ground up.
Hall shared that the most rewarding part of her job is helping an
employee resolve a seemingly impossible issue. “It’s amazing the
positive changes that have taken place on campus. I can appreciate
where we were and where we are now,” she said.
In the future, Hall would like to integrate more technology
into the Human Resources Department. “A Human Resources
Information Management System would be a great resource
to have,” she explained. She would also like to keep teaching classes.
“It reminds me of why I am here. The reason we are all here is to give the
students a great learning experience,”
“I have a real loyalty to Tiffin University,” explained Hall. “This is a
very special place.”
Hall said that she really likes what she does. “It’s a dream come
true to me that I have a job that I like this much,” said Hall. “I enjoy
coming to work every day.”
Her days are generally packed with appointments, walk-in’s, and
answering many questions dealing with employee benefits and
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