Description of Action:     Department Name Change

Initiator of Action:           Alvaro D. Taveira, Acting Chair Dept. of Safety Studies

Department(s) Affected: Safety Studies

College(s) Affected:        University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

Other Programs Affected: None
 
 
 

Reasons for Action (include whether the action was recommended by any review body, if appropriate): The faculty of the Department of Safety Studies in meeting occurred on August 29, 2000 decided unanimously to request the change of the Department's name to the Department of Occupational and Environmental Safety & Health. The faculty is convinced that the new name will better convey the department current areas of expertise (i.e. Occupational Safety and Health) and the directions where we see ourselves expanding our activities to in the future (i.e. Industrial Hygiene and Environmental Safety). We are confident that our new designation will better identify to potential students the department's vocation and give a more clear direction to our efforts.     Staffing and Budgetary Impacts: None

 

Memorandum

From: Alvaro D. Taveira, Acting Chair
           Department of Safety Studies

Date: September 11, 2000

Re:    Change of department's name
 

The faculty of the Department of Safety Studies in meeting occurred on August 29, 2000 decided unanimously to request the change of the Department's name to Department of Occupational and Environmental Safety & Health. The faculty is convinced that the new name will better convey the department current areas of expertise (i.e. Occupational Safety and Health) and the directions where we see ourselves expanding our activities to in the future (i.e. Industrial Hygiene and Environmental Safety). We are confident that our new designation will better identify to potential students the department's vocation and give a more clear direction to our efforts.

Please advise on required steps to ensure approval of the new department name.