UCF was recognized recently as having one of the best Environmental Health and Safety Departments in the nation.<\/p>\n
The national Campus Safety Health and Environmental Management Association selected UCF for its Complete Environmental Health and Safety Program Award, which is among the highest honors a university can obtain for its safety programs.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe thing I\u2019d like to highlight is the staff,\u201d said Tom Briggs, director of Environmental Health and Safety Department at UCF. \u201cAs the Director I get to take the accolades, but the truth is I didn\u2019t actually do much that contributed to this. I might set the direction and provide support, but the EHS staff at UCF have developed and implemented programs that have succeeded beyond our expectations.\u201d<\/p>\n
UCF bested 10 other universities for the top honor. Previous winners include Arizona State and Stanford universities.<\/p>\n
The department\u2019s mission is promote a culture of safety, health and environmental protection. It does so in collaboration with the university community in order to support education and research.<\/p>\n
The department seeks to reduce injuries, accidents and environmental impact. It provides training to ensure UCF is in compliance with all regulations and conducts comprehensive workplace evaluations to keep faculty, staff and students safe.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe support provided by the university, both in policy development, funding and other resources was critical to what\u2019s been accomplished,\u201d Briggs said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UCF was recognized recently as having one of the best Environmental Health and Safety Departments in the nation. The national Campus Safety Health and Environmental Management Association selected UCF for its Complete Environmental Health and Safety Program Award, which is among the highest honors a university can obtain for its safety programs. \u201cThe thing I\u2019d like to highlight is the…","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":68509,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"template-twocol.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[11646,202],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-68508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colleges","tag-environmental-health-and-safety","tag-alumni"],"yoast_head":"\n