Upcoming Events
CUPA-HR Kentucky Chapter Legal Update
Thursday, April 16 | 11:00 a.m. EST | Virtual
Join the CUPA-HR Kentucky Chapter for a timely virtual legal update covering key legal and compliance topics affecting higher education. This is your opportunity to stay informed and ahead of the curve!
Topics Include:
- Payroll Implications of the “One Big Beautiful Bill”
- Post-Ames DEI Programs
- Recent Guidance on AI in Employment Decisions
- Other Hot Topics!
You don’t want to miss this session! Whether you are in HR, compliance or administration, this session is designed to keep you up to date on pressing legal issues at the national and state levels.
Event Details:
- Date: Thursday, April 16
- Time: 11:00 a.m. EST
- Location: Virtual via Zoom
Past Events
2025 CUPA-HR Kentucky Chapter
Fall Conference
October 15 | 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. ET | Eastern Kentucky University | Richmond, Kentucky
Registration is open for the 2025 CUPA-HR Kentucky Chapter Fall Conference!
Join us October 15 for this free event in Richmond, Kentucky, and enjoy a full day of connections, learning and insight.
Check-in starts at 9:00 a.m. and the first session begins at 9:30 a.m.
Key Sessions:
- Legal Panel: Join a panel of five experienced attorneys from universities and law firms as they share practical updates on recent legislation and its impact on higher education. Submit questions you would like the panel to address via the registration form.
- Leading With Integrity – A Values-Based Approach to Change, Conflict and Culture: Explore how leadership becomes most powerful — and most sustainable — when it is rooted in personal values and expressed through aligned action.
- You Surveyed Your Workforce – Now What? A Practical Guide for Developing and Measuring KPIs: This session will consider how we can collect, use and follow up on workforce data outside the scope of a traditional survey in a manner that is helpful, efficient and informative.
- GenAI: Whether you're an experienced educator, an inquisitive researcher or simply AI-curious, this session is your starting point. Please bring your laptop or iPad/tablet for this session as the session is interactive, and attendees need a computer/tablet for the best experience.
Location: Eastern Kentucky University, Carl D. Perkins Building, 4436 Kit Carson Dr., Richmond, KY 40475
Registration Fee: $0.00 — That’s right, this conference is free! All you need to do is register, and then join us in Richmond on October 15. Lunch will be provided.
Deadline to register: September 30
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
2025 Kentucky Chapter Fall Conference
October 15 | 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. ET | Eastern Kentucky University | Richmond, Kentucky
Registration is open for the CUPA-HR Kentucky Chapter Fall Conference! Join us October 15 for this free event in Richmond, Kentucky, and enjoy a full day of connections, learning and insight.
Check-in starts at 9:00 a.m. and the first session begins at 9:30 a.m.
Key Sessions:
- Legal Panel: Join a panel of five experienced attorneys from universities and law firms as they share practical updates on recent legislation and its impact on higher education. Submit questions you would like the panel to address via the registration form.
- Leading With Integrity – A Values-Based Approach to Change, Conflict, and Culture: Explore how leadership becomes most powerful — and most sustainable — when it is rooted in personal values and expressed through aligned action.
- You Surveyed Your Workforce – Now What? A Practical Guide for Developing and Measuring KPI’s: This session will consider how we can collect, use and follow-up on workforce data outside the scope of a traditional survey in a manner that is helpful, efficient and informative.
- GenAI: Whether you're an experienced educator, an inquisitive researcher, or simply AI-curious, this session is your starting point. Please bring your laptop or iPad/tablet for this session as it is interactive, and attendees need a computer/tablet to get the most out of the session.
Registration Fee: $0.00
Yes, you read that right—this conference is completely free! Simply register to reserve your spot, and we’ll see you on October 15. Lunch will be provided.
Location:
Eastern Kentucky University
Carl D. Perkins Building
4436 Kit Carson Drive
Richmond, KY 40475
Parking Info:
The Perkins Building is located at 4436 Kit Carson Dr. in Richmond, Kentucky. Please use this address for your GPS systems. View the parking map here. The Perkins parking lot is circled in yellow.
Please plan to park in the Perkins parking lot adjacent to the Perkins building. Parking in this lot is free, and you will not be ticketed. Please do not park along the road or across the street in the Stratton lot as those parking spaces are reserved for students and employees.
When you enter the building, you will be on the 2nd floor.
If you are traveling to Richmond, please allow extra time for your commute, as there is significant road construction on I-75 in the Richmond area and traffic delays can be both frequent and lengthy.
REGISTER TODAY!
Upcoming National Events
Full Calendar of Events
Visit the CUPA-HR calendar of events to see all the upcoming virtual sessions and workshops! Browse the calendar of events.
2025 Spring Legal Update - May 13, 2025
May 13 | 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. ET
Your KY CUPA-HR Board would like to invite you to join us for a Legal Update on May 13, 2025. Kacey Coleman, with Sturgill, Turner, Barker & Maloney, PLLC, will be providing timely legal updates that are affecting higher education.
View the slides the webinar here!
Join us for a timely virtual legal update session covering key legal and compliance topics affecting higher education. This is your opportunity to stay informed and ahead of the curve!
Topics will include:
- FLSA updates
- DEI-Related Executive Orders and Legal Considerations
- Title IX
- Gender Issues
You don’t want to miss this! Whether you're in HR, compliance, or administration, this session is designed to keep you up-to-date on pressing legal issues (nationally and Kentucky).
2024 Fall Conference - September 18, 2024 at Centre College
September 18 | 9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. ET | Centre College | Danville, Kentucky
Come spend a day in beautiful Danville, Kentucky, for our Fall Conference and discover ways to unmask many of the illusions we encounter daily.
Key Sessions:
- Disruptions, Deceptions and Decisions – Elevate Your Decision-Making During Times of Stressful Disruptions and Change: Steve Haffner, past president of the National Speakers Association — Kentucky Chapter, will be sharing with us his study of magic and the psychology of illusions. Steve will take you on an exploration to find new ways to think and make decisions so you can elevate your ability to solve problems and achieve your goals. He uses a unique combination of experiences, education, talent, passion and crazy ideas to bring a new perspective to thinking and mind performance.
- The Great Reset: The presenter’s mission is to offer a series of open and respectful conversations about important current topics of interest that bring people together around an exchange of thoughts, ideas and experiences.
Registration Fee: $0.00 — That’s right, this conference is free! All you need to do is register, and then join us in Danville on September 18. Lunch will be provided.
2024 May Virtual Webinars
Legal Update – May 14, 2024 – 10 am EST – 11 am EST
Presenter: Derrick T. Wright – Attorney with Sturgill, Turner, Barker & Moloney, PLLC
Description: The presentation will provide updates and guidance addressing new developments from regulatory action and court decisions within the wage and hour area of law. Regulatory developments from the federal Department of Labor include a new final rule changing the independent contractor test and an impending rule expected to sharply increase the minimum salary for exempt employees with automatic three-year reviews. For the minimum salary rule amendment, the presentation will overview the substance of the rule change and salary calculation, discuss preparation dos and don’ts, and preview potential legal challenges.
With respect to court actions, the presentation will explore ongoing litigation addressing whether college athletes qualify as employees and a very new jury verdict awarding nearly $100,000,000 for timeclock rounding errors that are often overlooked. In addition to these current issues, the presentation will conclude with potential future legislative action that might impact workers by lowering the standard 40-hour workweek or mandating employee leave.
This event has ended but you can access the recording by clicking here.
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“Fair Made Easy: Designing HR Policies to Prevent Inequities” – May 22, 2024 – 10 am EST to 11:30 am EST
Presenter: Jack Jones, Principle with Mercer
Description: This session will cover the topic of pay equity, specifically about what institutions should do to help eliminate future pay inequities. There’s not an overnight solve for pay equity, but there are many things that can be done to prevent new issues from arising. We’ll touch on some easy calculations to identify issue areas, how to be smart with the use of market data, simple ways to address pay compression, and much more.
This event has ended but you can access the recording by clicking here.
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Mercer - CUPA HR Kentucky - Fair Made Easy
2023 Fall KY CUPA-HR Conference - September 20-22, Covington, KY
Our Fall 2023 conference was a great success! We came together in Covington, Kentucky to celebrate our Excellence Award and explore Human Resources in higher education.
Check out our featured speakers!
Presentations:
CUPA HR Legal Update, with Grant Garber, VP of Legal Affairs & General Council at NKU and Alexis Switzer, Associate at DBL Law
2022 Fall KY CUPA-HR Conference - November 2-4, Bowling Green, KY
Our first in-person conference in three years was a great success and can't wait to see everyone again next fall in Covington, KY. Below you will find the presentations from November 2022.
How Employees Can Help Curb The US Caregiving Crisis, with Melinda Stroda, LCSW, Care Coach at Cariloop
Beyond Borders - Employing Remote Employee Outside the State, with Courtney Ross Samford, OF Counsel, Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Legal Update, with Katherine (Kacey) Coleman, Sturgill, Turner, Baker & Moloney, PLLC
Higher Ed HR Leader Challenges Now and in the Near Future, with Donna Henry, Southern Region CUPA Board President
You are the Architect of Your Life, with Dr. Kimberly A. Luse
2022 Spring Unconference - May 9th-27th (Three Week Series)
Kentucky and Tennessee CUPA-HR tried something a little different during the spring of 2022, where the two boards joined up again to deliver our joint spring event. Both or our membership populations where telling us they wanted more opportunities to network with their peers, so we are called our event last spring an unconference! The programming allowed participant centered, steering away from the traditional formal presentations.
This Unconference contained a series of single sessions over a three-week period from May 9th through May 27th, with no more than one session on any given day and each week and had no more than three sessions.
The event was conducted entirely online in a virtual environment.
Week One (May 9-13) – Managing Your Self-Care/Self-Health
Wednesday May 11: 10 – 11 am (ET)
“A Taste of Mindfulness” – Paula Kommor, Chief Energizing Officer, Dynamics Wellness
Thursday May 12: 11 am – 12 pm (ET)
“Strategies for engaging in self-care while at work – Allison McCann, EKU”
Week Two (May 17th, 18th, 19th) – Strengthening Relationships to Better Care for and Support our Customers
Tuesday May 17: 10 – 11 am (ET)
“Health and Wellbeing: Caring Means Sharing… or Does it?” - Julie Roe & Jon Chandler
Wednesday May 18: 2:30 – 4 pm (ET)
“Building Better Relationships Through Communication” – Catherine Lilly, SEGAL
Thursday May 19: 10 -11 am (ET)
“What do managers have to do with employee well-being?” – Ann Bassoni, UK
Week Three (May 23 – 27) – Don’t Forget To Have Fun – Getting Back To Enjoying What We Do!
Monday May 23: 9 – 10:30 am (ET)
“A Wake-Up Call – Leading Edge Coaching & Development” – Cindy Maher & Jamie Guite
Tuesday May 24: 10 – 11 am (ET)
Possibility - “Humor Resources” – Ryan Beck
Wednesday May 25: 2-3 pm (ET)
“Positive Psychology” - “The Un-Pursuit of Happiness: Explore how to Intentionally Reconnect With why we do What we do” – Krista Vaught
Round Table Discussion Series
Your Kentucky CUPA-HR Board introduced a new program for 2022. We rolled out a new series called Kentucky CUPA Connect. A quarterly roundtable discussion covering different issues facing our departments, campuses and profession. These discussions where heavily participant centered and offered our entire membership a chance to participate in these very important discussions. If you have an idea of a topic or you are interested in facilitating a quarterly event in the future; please reach out to any member of your Kentucky board.
Our first quarterly roundtable was March 31, 2022, and covered the topic of Recruitment.
Our second quarterly roundtable was June 30th, 2022 and covered Performance Management.
Our third quarterly roundtable was September 30th, 2022, and covered Onboarding.
I hope you were able to join us for one or all of these roundtables, but if not keep your eyes open for more opportunities to join you peers to discuss some very important topics facing all of our campuses.
2021 Fall Virtual Conference - November 4, 2021
Thanks to all that attended our fall event this year! Our Fall Virtual Conference was a huge success, we had 106 registrations, second only to last spring. We hope that you will all take the time to complete the survey, the feedback provided will only make future events stronger. Click the following link if you haven't taken the survey yet. https://forms.gle/7DARJLofosXEqQyW8.
Below you will find all the recordings from our sessions as well as some additional resources and presentation slides.
Conference Materials
Kickoff and Keynote recording (Trauma-Informed Care Approach to Human Resources - Dr. Kimberly Luse)
Create an Engaged Culture presentation
Additional materials referenced during Dr. Luse's session
Session One recording (Recent Athletic/Athletes Decisions (Name, Image & Likeness) - Rachel Baker)
University of Kentucky Name, Image, Likeness Website
Session Two recording (Legal Update - Kasey Coleman)
Session Three Presentation Slides
Session Five Presentation Slides - The Emotional Impact of the Pandemic _ Navigating the New Normal