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USM and CMCC Joint Course A Success

April 26, 2004

The University of Southern Maine's Environmental Safety and Health and Central Maine Community College's Occupational Health and Safety programs, successfully offered a joint course on Industrial Hygiene this semester. Four USM and four CMCC students participated in the experiment sparked by the need to cut costs for Maine's public universities. The collaboration allowed CMCC students to receive instruction from Maine's only doctorate-level certified industrial hygienist, and afforded USM students the use of CMCC's laboratories.Ê

The experiment was proposed by CMCC Department Chair of Occupational Health and Safety Tom Ryan, and further approved by Dr. Sharon D'Orsie, Assistant Professor of Environmental Science at USM.

For more information contact:
Sharon M. D'Orsie, Assistant Professor of Environmental Safety and Health, 207-780-5552
or contact:
Tom Ryan, CMCC Department Chair of Occupational Health and Safety, 207-775-5450

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