UT Tyler Awarded Over $300k in Grants from US Department of Labor
November 8, 2021
UT Tyler Office of Marketing and Communications
UT Tyler Awarded Over $300k in Grants from US Department of Labor
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The University of Texas at Tyler
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The University of Texas at Tyler recently was approved for two U.S. Department of Labor grants totaling $336,845 to educate employers and employees on workplace health and safety.
The two training programs are being developed by UT Tyler physicians and certified safety professionals in collaboration with UT Tyler’s Continuing Education Program, which is held at the Longview University Center.
Supporting Small Business Resiliency with Pandemic Planning is a four-hour training course designed to teach and assist small business owners and employees in developing an infectious disease plan. The participants will learn a strategy to keep business operations, employees and customers healthy and safe. This course will be offered later this fall.
Prevention of Occupational Heat Related Disorders is two-and-half hour training course teaching small business owners and employees how to recognize, mitigate and respond to heat stress. This course will begin in January 2022.
"We are excited to contribute to the health and well-being of East Texas small businesses,” said Sherry Howard, Longview University Center director. “The funding provided through the Susan Harwood grants will assist in developing and instructing much-needed occupational health and safety training relevant to the region."
Courses are free to small businesses and their employees. For more information, contact continuinged@uttyler.edu.
With a mission to improve educational and healthcare outcomes for East Texas and beyond, UT Tyler offers more than 80 undergraduate and graduate programs to 10,000 students. UT Tyler recently merged with The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler (now known as The Health Science Center at UT Tyler). Through its alignment with The Health Science Center at UT Tyler (HSC) and UT Health East Texas, UT Tyler has unified these entities to serve Texas with quality education, cutting-edge research and excellent patient care. Classified by Carnegie as a doctoral research institution and by U.S. News & World Report as a national university, UT Tyler has campuses in Tyler, Longview, Palestine and Houston. For more information, visit uttyler.edu.