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OSU fire protection program gets fund from national organization
The NFPA is a nonprofit organization that supports fire safety awareness through research, education and outreach. NFPA’s mission is to prevent death and loss of property in Daniel fires, according to the Norman NFPA website. S ta f f R e p o rte r Each school will distribute the money It’s it receives to the best getting students, and OSU hot in will award up to three here. undergraduate students The each year based on their National Fire Protection Association started required senior project. Each student will rea fire protection engiceive a monetary award neering support fund as well as a stipend for three universities to attend the NFPA including Oklahoma national conference and State. exposition and present The NFPA will his or her project. finance fire protection In the NFPA news engineering departments at OSU, the Uni- release, Chris Dubay, versity of Maryland and NFPA’s vice president of engineering, said Worcester Polytechnic helping students at uniInstitute to support AFFORDABLE versities is an opportueducation and research AMAZING nity to make an impact in the field, according TOWNHOUSE on the fire protection to a news release on the field. NFPA website.
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“Recipients of NFPA funds represent the future of fire protection engineering,” Dubay said. “Supporting these students’ efforts presents a powerful opportunity to to reinforce their passion and validate that their research has a real, vital impact on the world of fire protection engineering.” Qingsheng Wang, the program coordinator for the fire protection engineering at OSU, said it presents a great opportunity for the students in the program, but will also help the program in the long run through its closer relationship to AFFORDABLE NFPA. AMAZING OSU was probably TOWNHOUSE selected to be a part of this fund because it has 2 bedroom/1.5 bath the oldest fire protec895 sq. ft.protion engineering gram, Wang said. water and sewer “We were established paid. in 1937,” Wang said. “We were also the first 1001 N Perkins Rd. ABET accredited pro-
the NFPA conference and exposition, according to the NFPA news release. F o l l o w o ’ c o l ly :
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Courtesy Qingsheng Wang Qingsheng Wang is the program coordinator for fire protection engineering at Oklahoma State University.
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gram.” ABET is the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, a nonprofit accreditation organization. Wang said the initial agreement between OSU and NFPA was for five years but could be renewed at that time for another five years. In June, the winners will go to Las Vegas for
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