CSHEMA - Campus Safety, Health, and Environmental Management Association

CSHEMA SCHOLARSHIP

CSHEMA offers a $3,000 scholarship (and a waiver to attend the CSHEMA annual conference) to encourage the study of environmental and occupational health, safety, and related disciplines. The program is open to all college undergraduate students preferably enrolled in majors geared toward an EHS career (such as, but not limited to, environmental science, fire protection, health physics, industrial engineering, industrial hygiene, occupational health, safety, etc.) enrolled in 12 credit hours per semester, trimester, or quarter.

Congratulations to the Recipients of the 2023 CSHEMA Scholarship:

Alexei Hopkinson, student at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Eliazar Garza, student at Oklahoma State University

Hannah Johnson, student at University of Maryland

Read the press release below to learn more!

2023 CSHEMA Scholarship Award Recipients

SPECIAL PROJECT GRANTS

Note: CSHEMA is not accepting applications at this time.

CSHEMA will consider proposals for innovative special projects (e.g., trainings, research, etc.) that support the Association's mission, affect the broader EHS community, and can be sustained/disseminated after the project's completion. The Board of Trustees will determine the available funds for this program annually and the number of awards will be dependent on the funds available and the size of the grant requests received.

Recognizes campuses that have implemented comprehensive marketing and communications programs, campaigns, or single media initiatives to promote EHS to their communities...

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Lab Safety Awareness Week

CSHEMA Is Recognizing Lab Safety  Awareness Week:
February 13-17, 2023

Lab Safety Awareness Week is an event held in February that recognizes the successes of laboratory health and safety programs and offers information and ideas on how to keep our faculty, staff and students safe.

Why Participate?

Successful laboratory safety awareness and programs can help identify and manage laboratory hazards before they cause injury. Participating in CSHEMA Lab Safety Awareness Week can help get your awareness programs started, boosting one that already exists, or highlight your safety successes.

Award Submission

Get recognized for your creative initiatives in promoting Laboratory Safety Awareness on your campus. Award submission deadline is March 31st.

Upload a summary of your institution’s initiative for the promotion of CSHEMA’s 2023 Laboratory Safety Week highlighting the attributes described below:

• Deployment strategy
• Integration and quality of media and mediums
• Message clarity
• Originality

Submit your award information by clicking here.

Poster Resources

Click the thumbnail images below to download these 8.5"x11" posters. Feel free to customize the content with your intitution logo and information.

PPE & General Attire

Lab Housekeeping

Lab Safety Equipment

Hazard Identification
& Risk Assessment

"We're All In This Together"

Meet Our Team

Digital Poster Resources

Click the thumbnail images below to download the horizontal versions of the posters above. The size of the text and amount of space for bullets has been reduced to aid with readability from a distance. You will have to save the Word doc as a PDF, then save that as a JPEG. Feel free to customize the content with your intitution logo and information.

PPE & General Attire

Lab Housekeeping

Lab Safety Equipment

Hazard Identification & Risk Assessment

"We're All In This Together"

Meet Our Team

Media Elements

• December Lab Safety Teaser Video
• Lab Safety Countdown Video
• "Lab Safety Awareness Week Coin" Animated GIF
  (Right click on the GIF to download, then add it to you email signatures!)
  
  

CSHEMA Innovation Awards seek to honor the innovative business and financial administration achievements of higher education institutions of each EHS department size (small, medium and large).  There are three Innovation Award Categories institutions can apply for: Process Improvement, Resource Enhancement, and Safety Culture. 

Deadline for award submissions has passed (March 31, 2023.)

For each Innovation Award, judges evaluate:

• A specific safety project and its ability to improve health and safety concerns
• Scope of project including cost to implement, method of implementation, and cost effectiveness
• Organization and presentation of material for evaluation
• Flexibility of the program to be adapted at other institutions
• Additional information as requested below for each category

Categories of Awards

Process Improvement Innovation Award

This award recognizes:

• Successfully designed or re-engineered programs; 
• Innovative methods of training or educational courses; and/or
• Improved service delivery methods in response to a campus need.

Applications for the Process Improvement Innovation Award should supply the following additional material (as appropriate):

• Number of attendees/percentage of required attendees
• Observable and quantifiable changes in behavior (e.g., 75% fewer needle sticks) 

Resource Enhancement Innovation Award

This award recognizes EHS programs that have:

• Reduced costs; and/or  
• Increased revenues; and/or
• Improved environment; and/or;

• Developed/created sustainability initiatives in response to campus needs.

Those that apply for the Resource Enhancement Innovation Award should provide the following additional material(s) with their submission (as appropriate):: 

• Data showing measurable and documented monetary savings; and/or 
• Data showing measurable and documented reduction in impact to the environment.

Safety Culture Innovation Award

This award recognizes institutional practices of faculty, staff, and students that promote a culture of safety.

Applications for the Safety Culture Innovation Award should include the following additional information with their submission:

• Faculty, staff, and student names and titles;
• Summary of the safety specific problem and impact on the institution;
• A description of how safety was incorporated into the project/program;
• A description of the success of faculty, staff, and student buy-in;
• Observable and quantifiable changes in institutional safety culture; and
• Lessons learned that could be transferred to other Institutions and help facilitate others in this initiative.

Submit an Innovation Award Application

Use the Innovation Award Application Form to submit an application for any of the above categories. 

• Important Note: The application form is created in Google Forms and requires you to log into a Google account prior to submitting an application.

If you have any difficulty using the form, please contact the CSHEMA Central Office via This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

CSHEMA offers a $3,000 scholarship (and a waiver to attend the CSHEMA annual conference) to encourage the study of environmental and occupational health, safety, and related disciplines. The program is open to all college undergraduate students preferably enrolled in majors geared toward an EHS career (such as, but not limited to, environmental science, fire protection, health physics, industrial engineering, industrial hygiene, occupational health, safety, etc.) enrolled in 12 credit hours per semester, trimester, or quarter...

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