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Academy Business
The Academy’s business has centered on the activities outlined in the following table. With the restructuring of the Academy it is anticipated that a series of new projects and potentially new roles will be developed. However, as in the past, its activities will continue to be guided by strategic goals that are described in the Strategic Plan  . The strategic plan is reviewed and updated annually and intended to align the activities of the Academy with those of the AIHA and ABIH. The business of the Academy is conducted in accordance with the AIH’s Councilor’s Manual and an annual operating plan can be found in Appendix C of this manual.
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Academy of Industrial Hygiene Activities |
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Ethics |
The Academy is the Secretariat of the Joint Industrial Hygiene Ethics Education Committee, which includes representatives from AIH, AIHA, ABIH, and ACGIH. It has a leadership role in the current efforts to move the profession to a more enforceable set of coordinated ethics codes and principles. |
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Accreditation |
The Academy is home to the Academic Accreditation Committee responsible for professional evaluation of industrial hygiene graduate and undergraduate degree programs for ABET accreditation. |
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Continuing Education |
The Academy is responsible for leading planning and implementation efforts for the Professional Conference of Industrial Hygiene (PCIH). PCIH is designed as a venue for focused discussion on leading edge topics with enough time for discourse, networking, and reflection on complex issues important to the professional IH practitioner.
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Mentoring |
The Academy recognizes the potential for professional growth and development presented by strong mentoring partnerships and continues efforts to facilitate mentoring opportunities via local AIHA sections and interested partner groups. |
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Strategic Alignment |
The Academy recognizes that it (and the industrial hygiene profession) is best served through strong partnerships and coordinated activities between AIH, AIHA, and ABIH and remains committed to strengthening partnerships with those key organizations. Areas of current emphasis include coordinated strategic plans, joint efforts designed to focus ethics education, and improvement activities and the value of the profession initiative.
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Organization
The Council is now composed of seven persons - the executive committee which consists of four officers (the president, the president-elect, the vice-president and the past president) and the following invited participants or their designees: the president of the American Industrial Hygiene Association, the chair of the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists, and the chair of the American Board of Industrial Hygiene.
Each of the officers serve a one year term. The vice-president is elected each year and advances to president-elect and then to president in subsequent years. Terms in office begin and end at the time of the Academy’s annual conference, PCIH, which is generally held in the fall. The Academy Council may create and abolish committees to carry out specific assignments.
History
The Academy (formerly the American Academy of Industrial Hygiene) was formed as an entity within the American Board of Industrial Hygiene in 1960 and was initially made up of all certified industrial hygienists in good standing with the ABIH. As of January 2000, the Academy became part of AIHA. The mission, objectives, and governance of the Academy are defined in both the AIHA and AIH bylaws. The ultimate oversight of the Academy resides with the AIHA Board of Directors. A memorandum of understanding describes the merger of the American Academy of Industrial Hygiene and the AIHA.
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