Staff member honored by FEMA

Dennis Terpin (center), an industrial hygienist in UIC’s Environmental Health and Safety Office, meets with UIC Chancellor Michael Amiridis and Mark Donovan, retired vice chancellor for administrative services, after receiving his Gold Level Indirect Authorized Trainer Award from the FEMA/Department of Homeland Security Center for Domestic Preparedness. Over the past seven years, Terpin has trained 1,000 first responders. He is a master-level instructor at the Center for Domestic Preparedness and has 48 years of experience in emergency response and management. (Photo: Jenny Fontaine)