Occupational Safety and Health Training Project Grant in Industrial Hygiene

项目摘要 北亚拉巴马大学（UNA）职业健康科学（OHS）计划（以前称为 工业卫生）是美国四个学士学位课程之一，由应用和 ABET的自然科学认证委员会（ANSAC）。该计划，这需要在职业健康和安全的主要 和化学辅修专业，已经赢得了一个合格的工业企业家毕业池谁， 为本地区及其他地区的工人和雇主提供有价值的服务。入组 该计划仍然足够，需要持续提供OHS课程，并产生可行的毕业 产出NIOSH培训项目补助金（TPG）的继续对于保持有效性至关重要， 招收和保留具有良好学术价值的学生，以保持目前的学术期望 质量，并扩展到新的和有前途的可预见的机会。本提案的目标是： 继续NIOSH-TPG有三个方面：（一）促进和进一步招募合格的学生， 职业健康安全领域;（二）支持和加强持续的学术进步;（三）扩大和 发展OHS计划的教育机会和服务。 招聘将促进学术奖学金（NIOSH TPG和部门）和战略 招聘和保留工作，包括校园活动，以促进现有专业和目标的保留 未定专业;校外活动集中在被确定为支线学校和学校的地区高中 以及利用定制视频加强社交媒体宣传活动 突出OHS专业。将通过定期评估以下方面来实现持续改进： 教育目标，学生成绩的年度评估和及时纠正缺点。 扩大的教育机会将包括为此开展国际合作的倡议。 学位课程和潜力和机会的评估，以增加相关的硕士课程。 NIOSH TPG一直在支持OHS的这一学士学位课程中发挥着关键作用，该课程位于一个区域 大学从令人沮丧的入学人数，威胁到其生存能力，UNA OHS计划蓬勃发展成为一个 成功的学术课程，经常被UNA管理员强调为典范，并注意到 作为推动OHS的有效贡献者。终止该补助金可能 肯定会阻止成功的持续道路，并影响我们招收学生的能力，特别是那些 这些年来，我们在我们的项目中看到了一些有学术天赋的学生。

PROJECT SUMMARY The University of North Alabama (UNA) Occupational Health Science (OHS) Program (formerly called Industrial Hygiene) is one of four baccalaureate programs in the United States accredited by the Applied and Natural Science Accreditation Commission (ANSAC) of ABET. The program, which requires a major in OHS and chemistry minor, has earned a reputation for graduating a pool of qualified industrial hygienists who provide valuable services to workers and employers in this geographical region and beyond. Enrollment in the program remains sufficient, necessitating consistent offerings of OHS courses and yielding viable graduation outputs. The continuation of the NIOSH Training Project Grant (TPG) is essential to remain effective in recruiting and retaining students with good scholastic merits, to maintain the current expectations of academic quality, and to expand into new and promising foreseeable opportunities. The objectives of this proposal for the continuation of the NIOSH-TPG are threefold: (i) to promote and further the recruitment of qualified students in the OHS field; (ii) to support and strengthen continuous academic improvement; and (iii) to expand and develop the educational opportunities and services of the OHS Program. Recruitment will be promoted by academic scholarships (NIOSH TPG and departmental) and strategic recruitment and retention efforts involving on-campus events to promote retention of current majors and target undecided majors; off-campus events focused on area high schools identified as feeder schools and schools with underrepresented populations; and an enhanced social media campaign utilizing custom made videos highlighting the OHS major. Continuous improvement will be approached by periodic evaluations of educational objectives, annual evaluations of student outcomes, and timely correction of shortcomings. Expanded educational opportunities will include an initiative to develop international collaborations for this degree program and an evaluation of the potential and opportunity to add a related master’s program. The NIOSH TPG has been pivotal in supporting this baccalaureate program in OHS housed at a regional university. From dismal enrollment figures that threatened its viability, the UNA OHS program blossomed into a successful academic program that is often highlighted as exemplary by UNA administrators and noticed by stakeholders as an effective contributor to the advancement of OHS. The discontinuation of this grant may certainly halt the continuous path of success and affect our ability to recruit students, particularly those academically gifted students whom we have seen populating our program over the years.