The Campus Safety, Health and Environmental Management Association announced that the University of Colorado at Boulder has been awarded the National Safety Council President's Citation Letter for its Complete Safety Program.
The NSC's Complete Safety Program is intended to encourage and recognize outstanding efforts in designing and implementing safety programs and incorporating novel ideas in compliance with standardized regulations at the university level.
CU-Boulder Chancellor Richard Byyny will receive a letter of commendation from NSC President Jerry Scannell and an invitation to attend the annual CSHEMA conference at Stanford University in July to receive the award. The director of CU-Boulder's Environmental Health and Safety Division, Dave Wergin, will moderate a panel discussion at the conference.
Award recipients are determined by CSHEMA, a division of the NSC, through a voluntary survey and review program open to all colleges and universities. CU-Boulder's submission was put together by Michael Bolton of Environmental Health and Safety, Cindy Davis of Risk Management and Lynda Smith of Facilities Management. Candidates may receive recognition on four levels, from the President's Citation Letter up to the NSC's top award, the Award of Honor.
This is the first year CU-Boulder has entered the Complete Safety award program. CU-Boulder's Environmental Health and Safety Division plans to add the annual submission for the award to their current benchmarking and performance review system.
"This kind of appraisal program is an excellent way to get a survey of the campus' safety program and for us to better target areas for refinement and enhancement," Wergin said.
The Complete Safety Program stresses the importance of institutional commitment to safety and environmental stewardship and recognizes processes and achievements accumulated over the last 30 years or so.
"This is a campus-wide award that reflects the hard work and diligence of every member of the campus community toward collective environmental and safety goals," Wergin said.
The NSC promotes safety, health and environmental policies and practices that prevent and lessen human suffering and economic losses.