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Diversity

The Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences recognizes the value of diversity within the student body and in the environmental and occupational health field. We strive to provide an environment that encourages participation by students from a wide range of backgrounds. We are committed to increasing the diversity of our graduate program applicant pool and admissions to our degree programs.The department welcomes students who have varied cultural experiences or educationally or economically disadvantaged backgrounds. Information about how personal background factors including diversity or social and economic disadvantages may be included in the review of your application can be obtained from our website or by contacting the Graduate Program office.

All regions of the country, including the Pacific Northwest, are becoming more diverse in racial and ethnic make-up. As the problem of environmental justice continues to grow, policy-makers and the general public increasingly look to public health professionals to address these urgent and unacceptable circumstances. Because we are the only accredited School of Public Health west of Minneapolis and north of Berkeley, California, it is particularly important for us to be up to the challenge.

 


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