Southeastern Safety Specialist named to National Accreditation Commission Executive Committee
Tuesday, April 14, 2020 
by: Tonya Lowentritt
HAMMOND – Lu Yuan, Southeastern Louisiana University professor of occupational,
safety, health, and environment, has been appointed as an ExCom member (member-at-large)
for the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology Applied and Natural Science
Accreditation Commission, one of the nation’s foremost academic accrediting bodies.
Yuan, a certified safety professional, will serve on the 2020-2021 commission executive
committee.
ABET is a non-profit, private accrediting agency for programs such as computer
science, applied and natural science, including safety and health, engineering and
engineering technology, and is recognized as a leading accrediting agency to assure
confidence in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education.
As a member-at-large, Yuan will assist with the statement editing process, serve
as team chair for one visit to an institution seeking accreditation or re-accreditation
during the cycle, and attend scheduled commission meetings of the executive committee.
“The appointment recognizes the quality of Southeastern’s occupational safety,
health, and environment program, housed in the College of Science and Technology,
and also demonstrates the excellent reputation the program has earned over recent
years,” said Yuan.
Accreditation is a voluntary process and assures a program meets the quality
standards of the professions accredited. Southeastern’s bachelor’s program in occupational
safety, health and environment – the only one of its kind in the state – has been
accredited by the Applied and Natural Science Accreditation Commission of ABET, Inc.
since 2008.
