Academic Excellence Secures a Brighter Future For All
Charmaine Mullins Jaime Ph.D., CSP, CRSP, Indiana State University
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Dear Safety, Health, and Environmental Students,
Welcome to the 2021-2022 school year!
I’d like to personally thank you for pursuing the safety, health, and environmental (SH&E) field of study. As an industry, the world needs dedicated safety and environmental health professionals to drive progress in making industry and communities safer. Your work is especially important now more than ever amidst global challenges and uncertainties related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The changing nature of work and the ever-advancing use of technology will continue to define your future as a safety professional.
As the safety leaders of tomorrow, I encourage you to equip your toolbox with everything you are learning in school and make sure to leave room for your values, your passions, and your creativity. When presented with challenges, let your values and what you’ve learned about risk management and the hierarchy of controls guide you. Don’t be afraid to think outside the box, as many safety issues that persist are a result of not challenging the norm!
Try to learn new things every day and keep up with the advances in safety. Organizations such as the Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP), the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH), and the American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP) are there to help you through advances in the industry with SH&E certifications and memberships. These organizations are great tools to network and help you grow in your chosen field.
Remember, your importance as safety professionals cannot be understated. What you learn this year may save a life in the future!
Best wishes for the school year!
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A Safety Business Owner's Journey to a Career in SH&E
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Taheisha Coleman CSP, Owner and Principle Consultant of Culture Enhancers Safety Solutions, explains why she chose safety as a career, why she enjoys being a safety professional, and the importance of professional certification.
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For more information on ways to enter and attain work in the safety field, click the button below!
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BCSP maintains the Academic Program Directory for those seeking the knowledge required to become SH&E professionals, looking to earn recertification points, or looking to stay knowledgeable of the latest developments in safety practice.
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Promote the Value of BCSP to Your School!
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If your academic program is a Qualified Academic Program (QAP), BCSP would like to work with you in making sure individuals seeking quality SH&E education know your school produces future leaders.
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BCSP Foundation's Research and Innovation Summit Recap
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The BCSP Foundation’s 2021 Research and Innovation Summit featured three days of roundtable discussion sessions.
Experts from diverse backgrounds and industries across the field of environmental, health, and safety (EHS) research attended each session.
The Summit provided an opportunity for participants to actively shape the future of safety by examining current issues in the industry. The outcomes from the sessions will determine the areas of focus for the BCSP Foundation's Research and Innovation grants, SHIFT journal, and Summit 2023. The attendees focused on the accomplishments of current research, future opportunities, barriers, and needs.
The following are a summary of the most common concerns:
- The impact of mental health in the workplace.
- Visual literacy.
- Preventing safety consequences of the distracted worker.
- Safety resources for small businesses.
- Effective use of artificial intelligence, wearable sensors, and automation.
A full summary of the findings from the roundtable discussions will be made available to the public after further review of all the comments collected.
Please enjoy the recap video below!
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Education is the Greatest Tool Against Injuries to Youth in the Workplace
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Approximately every five minutes a worker between the ages of 15-19 is sent to the emergency room due to a workplace injury.
We can prevent these injuries! Join the BCSP Foundation in our quest to eradicate workplace injuries to young workers through the development of the Youth Safety Institute: Jumpstart to Safety.
Learn more about Jumpstart to Safety (coming soon) in the video below!
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Have Your Degree and Need a Job?
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The BCSP Career Center connects job seekers with prospective employers in the safety, health, and environmental industry at no cost!
Visit the BCSP Career Center today, and start your journey to your dream career in SH&E!
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Subscribe to our eNewsletters!
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BCSP offers unique eNewsletters:
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Investing in Future Practitioners Through Scholarships
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The BCSP Foundation was pleased to sponsor a golf team at ASSP's Scholarship Golf Tournament—organized to raise money for SH&E student scholarships.
The BCSP Foundation, ASSP Foundation, AIHF Foundation, and the AGC Education and Research Foundation provide scholarships to students in occupational safety fields, undergraduates, and graduate students.
Click the button below for more information about each of these scholarships!
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Apply Today for a BCSP Foundation Scholarship
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If you or your students are currently enrolled in one of BCSP’s ABET-accredited Qualified Academic Programs (QAP), you may be eligible to receive a $5,000 scholarship from the BCSP Foundation!
Applications are now open!
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Turning Research to Practice With SHIFT
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We are extremely excited to introduce you to SHIFT: Global EHS Research to Practice—a new peer-reviewed Journal created by the BCSP Foundation!
SHIFT emerged from BCSP and the BCSP Foundation’s shared commitment to drive necessary and powerful change in the environmental, health, and safety (EHS) industry.
At its core, SHIFT strives to provide opportunities for voices to be heard and research to be cultivated, dispersed, and developed into action.
What sets SHIFT apart is our dedication to moving research into practice. We will advance the EHS industry by expanding the field of study and creating straightforward, actionable guidelines that can be transferred into daily practice.
We are also happy to introduce Dr. Luz S. Marín as the Editor in Chief of SHIFT. Dr. Marín is an associate professor in the Department of Safety Sciences at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
Be sure to follow our social media accounts for updates on the first issue of SHIFT coming soon, and click below for an FAQ!
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BCSP Foundation's Youth Safety Outreach Guide
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Hazards exist in every workplace across the globe, and where there are hazards, there exists a need for safety professionals. Safety professionals prevent injuries and incidents, protect people, and ensure they return home safely.
For more information about youth safety, including testimonials from safety professionals and BCSP's Academic Database, read the Youth Safety Outreach Guide!
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We want to hear from you!
We love to feature current and future certificants in our newsletters!
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Newsletters and Annual Reports Archive
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Have an upcoming job fair, conference, or chapter meeting that you would like to share with readers? Would you like to invite a BCSP representative to attend an event? We would like to hear about it!
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The BCSP Foundation Offers a Free Educational Resource: Learning on Demand
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Are you interested in academic and professional development webinars that can set you on the right path to your career in safety?
The BCSP Foundation offers a database of free webinars designed to aid students and safety practitioners in continuing their education outside the classroom!
Webinar topics include interview preparation, the career journeys of several prominent safety professionals, global opportunities for BCSP certificants, career paths in safety, an updated look on traditional training methods, selling safety in the workplace, and much more!
Visit the Learning on Demand page today and enjoy these free continuing education resources!
Note: If you are a BCSP certificant, each hour of webinars watched will earn 0.1 recertification points!
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