Student News and Events

Join us in welcoming the Wayne State College Student Section under our Great Plains Chapter.

Our 15th annual Future Safety Leaders Conference will take place Nov. 7-8, 2019. All ASSP student members are encouraged to apply.

ASSP's roster tool helps you improve your communications with members of your student section.

More than 175 students from across the country attended Safety 2019. The conference provided a wide range of educational and networking opportunities to help them prepare to be practicing OSH professionals.

For the second time in less than five years, the ASSP student section at Illinois State University has been named the Outstanding Student Section of the Year. The student section is part of our Central Illinois Chapter.

A collaborative campaign, My Safe Summer Job, aims to educate young workers, parents, employers, supervisors and teachers about the importance of workplace safety and highlights five key elements of creating safe workplaces for young people.

Congratulations to the ASSP Fairmont State College Student Section, part of our Greater West Virginia Chapter, for winning the 2019 Student Membership Drive!

If you graduated in 2019 or are due to graduate by this June, you automatically receive one free year of regular membership as our graduation gift to you!

The University of Florida Gator Student Safety Club, a once-thriving ASSP student section that became inactive in 2014, has been meeting regularly and hopes to return as an ASSP student section later this year.

There's a lot in store for students attending our Safety 2019 annual professional development conference this June in New Orleans, LA.

Our student section at Louisiana State University hosted a meeting with guest speakers from Structural Group that led to some great knowledge exchange and networking.

We have a set of meeting facilitation guides that can help you make the most of your student section meetings.

The ASSP Community offers an exclusive space where ASSP members can become thought leaders and engage with other members around the globe.

Safety 2019 is a great place to take the next step toward your professional goals. Learn about the safety field and connect with future colleagues. Students who register by April 12 pay only $75. Faculty advisors who register by March 1 pay only $205.

Members of our Embry Riddle Aeronautical University Student Section recently visited Walt Disney World for an on-site technical tour hosted by Central Florida Chapter members. The students got behind-the scenes looks at Disney’s Blizzard Beach, Hollywood Studios and the Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular.

Registration is open for the nation’s largest conference for occupational safety and health professionals. ASSP expects to draw more than 5,000 attendees from 40 countries to its Safety 2019 Professional Development Conference and Exposition in New Orleans. The event exposes attendees to best practices, industry trends and the latest product innovations.

Tyler Vanchure, a senior majoring in safety management at Slippery Rock University, has received the Student in Leadership Award in Innovation from the ASSP Foundation's NextGen Board. Her reward: A full conference experience at Safety 2019.

Adding a “Publications” section to your resume can give you a competitive edge in finding a job after graduation. An easy way to start writing for publication (and your profession) is to review a book or an article for PSJ.

ASSP and other safety groups want DOL to engage more stakeholders in a proposed rule that would expand the types of jobs young workers can perform.

Meet ASSP Executive Director Jennifer McNelly. Like our student members, Jennifer is going back to school to learn about the OSH profession and what's important to ASSP members in leading the safety profession forward. She'd love to hear from you.