American Society of Safety Engineers

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ASSE Middle Tennessee Chapter Awards $11k in Occupational Safety and Health Scholarships to Students in TN and KY

NASHVILLE, TN (June 29, 2009) – The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) Middle Tennessee Chapter recently announced that it is awarding a total of $11,000 in occupational safety and health scholarships to nine college students studying in Tennessee and Kentucky.

The chapter awarded two $2,000 scholarships through the ASSE Foundation, the Harold F. Polston Scholarship to John C. Condry, undergraduate student studying occupational safety and health at Murray State University in Murray, KY, and the Keith Bain Scholarship to Trevor Scott Harper, occupational safety and health graduate student also studying at Murray State University.

“Including the Harold F. Polston and Keith Bain scholarships, we are very pleased to be able to award seven more scholarships this year. Each of these scholarship recipients have met the high academic and eligibility requirements along with excelling in a challenging curriculum of occupational safety and health”, said Ron A. Kirsch, Ph.D., ASSE Middle Tennessee Chapter Scholarship Committee chair. “On behalf of the Scholarship Committee, congratulations to the winners!”

The seven students, studying occupational safety and health at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, TN, or Murray State University, will each receive a $1,000 scholarship at an awards luncheon during the Tennessee Safety & Health Congress (http://www.tnsafetycongress.org) on Monday, July 27, 2009 at the Opryland Hotel, Nashville, TN. The students receiving the $1,000 scholarships include Murray State students Matthew Black, Lauren Hobbs (who also received the Bechtel Group Foundation Scholarship for Safety and Health through the ASSE Foundation), Matthew Kopecky (who also received the ASSE David Iden Memorial Safety Scholarship sponsored by UPS), Jenna Lake, and Xiao Liu; as well as Middle Tennessee State students Michael Garland and John Sizemore.

A chapter of ASSE, the ASSE Middle Tennessee Chapter first met as a group in the spring of 1947, to discuss and promote the safety and well-being of residents living and working in the Middle Tennessee area. Since that first group gather in 1947, the Chapter has continued to be a significant member of the community, making numerous contributions. For more information on the ASSE Middle Tennessee Chapter, visit http://middletn.asse.org/index.php.

The American Society of Safety Engineers Foundation, established by and in partnership with the American Society of Safety Engineers, generates funding and provides resources for scholarship, applied research, academic accreditation, and related academic initiatives in order to advance the safety, health, and environmental profession. For more information on the Foundation and its programs visit www.asse.org/foundation.

Founded in 1911, the Des Plaines, IL-based ASSE is the largest and oldest professional safety organization and is committed to protecting people, property and the environment. Its more than 32,000 occupational safety, health and environmental professional members lead, manage, supervise, research and consult on safety, health, transportation and environmental issues in all industries, government, labor, health care and education. For more information please go to www.asse.org.