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DEPARTMENT NEWS RELEASE/October 24, 2007

Boise State Environmental and Occupational Health Students Participate in Regional Competition

Four seniors in Boise State University’s Environmental and Occupational Health Program recently participated in an annual team competition aimed at identifying solutions to a real-world environmental problem. The Boise State Scents and Sensibility team, comprised of Leah Arnold, John Hansen, Kim Johnson and Karl Schultz, won $300 for their effort. The competition was sponsored by the Pacific Northwest section of the Air and Waste Management Association and was held in conjunction with the section’s annual conference.

This year’s conference took place Oct. 17-19 at the Doubletree Hotel in Boise. The Boise State team competed against student teams (including some graduate students) from the University of Montana, Montana Tech, Huxley College and Western Washington University.

At the start of the competition, each team was presented with the same scenario: a long-standing rural rendering plant that is being confronted with encroaching suburban development and a recent but dramatic increase in odor and water contamination complaints from local residents. Each team developed solutions to these environmental issues and presented them in front of a panel of judges comprised of environmental experts.

Team members are students of Community and Environmental Health professor Dale Stephenson.

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Media Contact: Kathleen Craven, University Communications, (208) 426-3275, kcraven@boisestate.edu

For the 10th time in the last 11 years, Boise State University has set an all-time record for Idaho higher education institutions with an enrollment of 19,540 – an overall increase of 3.5 percent. A record freshman class of 2,280 students is also the most academically talented group ever to enter Boise State, including 12 National Merit finalists.
 

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Last reviewed on Wednesday, October 24, 2007