Michigan Industrial Hygiene Society MIHS Student Night - February 18, 2009 This year The Michigan Industrial Hygiene Society (MIHS) celebrates another service milestone to the areas industrial hygiene community. 2009 marks the twenty fifth year The MIHS has been recognizing excellence in scholarship of graduate industrial hygiene students from The University of Michigan and Wayne State University. On February 18, 2009 approximately 45 students, faculty, friends and MIHS members met at Genitti's Hole in the Wall restaurant to recognize the best students from each of the two universities. Preceding the awards presentation, Donald Hart, PhD, CIH, the current Past President of The American Industrial Hygiene Association and long time member of MIHS, made an excellent and very interesting presentation on Industrial Hygiene Careers for the young professional. Dr. Hart described how he got started in the industrial hygiene profession and what role playing softball had in this career choice. He continued by providing guidance and a success plan for future leaders in the occupational and environmental health and safety profession. Receiving the award for The University of Michigan was Mr. Michael Boley. Mr. Boley came to the University of Michigan from The United States Coast Guard and upon completion of his degree will return to the Coast Guard to assume greater and broader occupational and environmental health responsibilities. In addition to demonstrating excellent scholarship, Mr. Boley will be providing a lecture at the next MIHS-AIHA Certification Review Course. Making the presentation of the award was Dr. Ted Zellers, Professor, University of Michigan. Receiving the award for Wayne State University was Ms. Abbie Batog. Ms. Batog was an industrial hygiene and toxicology major at Wayne State and is currently working in the Ann Arbor area for the NSF as a toxicologist. In addition to being an excellent scholar, Ms. Batog was active in the WSU student industrial hygiene organization. Presenting the award was Dr. Bill Watt, Professor, Wayne State University. The Michigan Industrial Hygiene Society presented each of the award recipients an MIHS coffee mug, Cross pen with the MIHS logo, and a certificate redeemable for a $500 discount for the MIHS-AIHA sponsored Certification Review Course held at The University of Michigan. The MIHS wishes Mr. Boley and Ms. Batog good luck in their professional careers and all future endeavors. Thank you to Dr. Bill Watt for the pictures. Dr. Don Hart's presentation Student Night Attendees Student Night Attendees University of Michigan Professor, Dr. Ted Zellers (middle), and Dr. Sharkey Mingela (far right) representing MIHS, congratulate Mr. Michael Boley (left) with the U of M Best Student Award. Wayne State University Professors, Dr. Sharkey Mingela (middle) and Dr. Bill Watt (far right), congratulate Ms. Abbie Batog (left) with the WSU Best Student Award. Left to Right: Dr. Sharkey Mingela, MIHS, WSU Best Student Awardee Abbie Batog, U of M Best Student Awardee Michael Boley, and Dr. Don Hart. Left to Right: Wayne State University Professor, Dr. Bill Watt and WSU Best Student Awardee Abbie Batog