On November 18, 2009, Safety Sciences Chairperson Dr. Lon Ferguson and Dr. Tracey Cekada, assistant professor, received recognition for the Alcoa Partnership Grant from Alcoa’s Corporate Health and Safety director, Jeff Shockey, and Alcoa’s EHS training manager, Jamie Mackay. President Tony Atwater also attended this reception.

Two Safety Sciences students were recently awarded scholarships: Jessica Bothell received the Jerry Esposito/Citizens’ Ambulance Scholarship, while Tessa Minnick received the Mid-Atlantic Construction Safety Council Annual Scholarship Award.

There is still time to register your organization for the Safety Sciences Career Fair. This year the fair is being held on Thursday, October 1, 2009, at the Rustic Lodge at 2199 Oakland Avenue. The interviews scheduled for Friday, October 2, 2009, will be held in the Hadley Union Building.

The IUP student chapter of American Society of Safety Engineers and the Western Pennsylvania chapter of ASSE will hold a Women in Safety Conference in March 2010.

The Safety Sciences Department held their commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 2, 2009, in the Ohio Room of the Hadley Union Building. This year's graduating class consisted of forty-three undergraduate and twenty graduate students.

We are always interested in having new companies/recruiters attend the Safety Sciences Career Fair. If your company has not been represented in the past and is interested in attending, it's not too late.

Congratulations to the IUP American Society of Safety Engineers Student Chapter on being awarded the 2008–2009 Volunteer Service of the Year Outstanding Organization Award.