Department of Human Resources

The Department of Human Resources works as a strategic campus partner to provide the workforce and organizational capabilities that drive excellence at the University of Minnesota Duluth. Our vision is to create a diverse workplace of the future where people are engaged, connected, thriving, and achieving.

Learn more at the Department of Human Resources website.

Historical note regarding the UMD Department of Human Resources: The Office of Civil Service Personnel is first mentioned in the 1969-70 Student Staff Directory. By 1973, the name changed to Office of University Personnel. This became the Personnel Office by 1976. In 1990 it was the Department of Personnel and Affirmative Action, having combined with the Office of Affirmative Action that was created in 1988. By 1994, however, the offices split up again, and the personnel part became the Department of Human Resources. In 2011 they recombined as the Department of Human Resources and Equal Opportunity. At some point between 2016 and 2019, it returned to the Department of Human Resources name.

Historical note regarding the UMD Office of Affirmative Action: The Office of Affirmative Action at UMD was created in 1988. It combined with the Personnel Office in 1990 to become the Department of Personnel and Affirmative Action, but by 1994 it was just the Department of Affirmative Action again. In 1995, the name changed to the Office of Equal Opportunity. The campus directory for 2011-12 lists both the Office of Equal Opportunity and the Department of Human Resources and Equal Opportunity, but by the following year (2012-13) only the Department of Human Resources and Equal Opportunity is listed. It retained this name through at least 2016, but by 2019 it had become the Department of Human Resources. Equal opportunity and affirmative action issues seem to have been transferred by 2019 to the system-wide Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action office based on the Twin Cities campus.