The Environmental Health Science Program at Western Kentucky University

项目摘要 西肯塔基大学的环境健康科学(EHS)学位课程是一个 建立在基础科学和应用科学教育和培训基础上的综合方案。整体而言 教育目标是为学生提供机会，让他们全面了解 职业和自然环境中的化学、生物、物理和社会因素或压力源 影响公众健康。由于该计划的跨学科性质，核心的EHS教职员工合作 在本计划内以及与其他学术学科、部门和计划之间的研究 制度上和外部上。该计划的一个核心组成部分是教职员工和学生对研究的参与 和/或具有环境和职业健康科学方面的实践经验。 所提供的课程旨在满足评估工作场所和 通过预测、识别、评估和控制可能导致环境危害的压力源或因素 影响工人和公众的健康、舒适或生产力。这项计划满足了人们的需要。 由我们的咨询委员会成员、区域行业、顾问和管理人员确定，并且是 与西九龙大学现有的课堂课程及实验室课程清单一致。这个 毕业生成功受聘为职业安全和健康专家、环境健康和安全专家 专家，工业卫生员，以及在密切相关领域建立了机构的信誉，以 提供此课程。 西九龙大学国家职业安全与健康研究所(NIOSH)培训项目补助金(TPG)已 通过EHS学位提高职业安全和健康以及相关培训的具体目标 程序。主要的长期目标是支持招收学生，提供培训和 职业发展机会，推动环境和职业健康科学领域 肯塔基州和更远的地方，并在该计划中增强学生的多样性。 具体地说，该计划将以学费奖学金的形式提供津贴，培训六(6)名学生，或 此外，每个项目年限为5年的项目期。尽管EHS课程将允许学生 在TPG毕业，获得环境和职业健康学位。TPG的一个广泛目标是 吸引和留住少数族裔学生。EHS计划增加了少数族裔学生的入学人数， 无论是非洲裔美国人还是西班牙裔学生；然而，少数族裔学生在 节目单很低。西九龙大学TPG的管理人员认为，继续勤奋和 在扩大少数族裔进入EHS领域的机会方面具有创新性。NIOSH TPG赞助 WKU EHS计划将确保提供机会和培训，促进EHS领域的专业知识 肯塔基州和这一地区的人民，因此他们可能在地方、州和国家的工作中得到充分的代表。

Project Summary The Environmental Health Science (EHS) degree program at Western Kentucky University (WKU) is a comprehensive program built upon education and training in basic and applied sciences. The overall educational objective is to provide students the opportunity to develop a comprehensive understanding of the chemical, biological, physical and social factors or stressors in the occupational and natural environments that impact public health. Because of the interdisciplinary nature of the program, the core EHS faculty collaborate on research within the program and with other academic disciplines, departments and programs both within the institution and externally. A core component of the program is engagement of faculty and students in research and/or practice experiences with an environmental and occupational health science focus. The courses offered are designed to meet the general requirements for evaluating workplace and environmental hazards by anticipating, recognizing, evaluating, and controlling stressors or factors that may affect the health, comfort or productivity of workers and the general public. This program responds to needs identified by our advisory committee members, area industries, consultants, and administrators, and is consistent with the existing inventory of classroom courses and laboratory courses offered at WKU. The success of graduates employed as occupational safety and health specialists, environmental health and safety specialists, industrial hygienists, and in closely related fields has established the credibility of the institution to offer this curriculum. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Training Project Grant (TPG) at WKU has specific objectives to enhance occupational safety and health, and related training through the EHS degree program. Primary long-term objectives are to support recruitment of students, provide training and professional development opportunities, advance the environmental and occupational health science field in Kentucky and beyond, and enhance the diversity of students in the program. Specifically, the program will provide stipends in the form of tuition scholarships to train six (6) students, or more, each project annum for the 5 year project period. Training though the EHS curriculum will allow students in the TPG to graduate with an environmental and occupational health degree. A broad goal of the TPG is to attract and retain minority students. The EHS program has seen an increase in minority student enrollments, both African American and Hispanic students; however, the relative percentage of minority students in the program is low. The administrators of WKU’s TPG believe that it is important to continue to be diligent and innovative in expanding opportunities for minorities to enter the EHS field. NIOSH TPG sponsorship of the WKU EHS Program will ensure opportunities and training that will promote expertise in the EHS field for the people of Kentucky and this region, so they may be adequately represented in local, state, and national jobs.