Our Mission

The Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Office supports efforts to keep the campus population safe in the daily work environment through programs of information and education, review and monitoring, technical consultation, promoting emergency preparedness, and coordinating emergency response. EHS is also responsible for developing programs to ensure compliance with applicable state and federal health, safety, and environmental regulations and campus policies on environmental health and safety. Additional areas of responsibility include hazardous materials, environmental management as well as injury and illness prevention.