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| 1985 | | The Idea of Developing Course Emphasis Areas at Findlay College that would allow students to work at OH Materials Corp. (OHM) was proposed by Luke Bartolomeo. | | The OHM and Findlay College Advisory Committee was initiated. | | Hazardous Waste Studies Major adopted by Findlay College. |
| 1986 | | The first class – Intro to Hazardous Waste Studies – was taught in the Fall by Randy Van Dyne and Bruce Allen of OHM. | | Program begins to meet shortage of personnel with appropriate education and expertise to work safely with Waste Site Remediation Projects. |
| 1987 | | John Hosty is hired as first Director. | | Mike Momany is hired as first Program Recruiter. | | National Advisory Board is established with Jim Jaffee as the First Chair. |
| 1988 | | Dan Hehr is hired as first faculty member. | | Randy Van Dyne hired as Director to replace John Hosty | | Jennifer Heitzenrader becomes first graduate of program. |
| 1989 | | Renninger Gym is transformed into a campus onsite training center. | | Fostoria Avenue 5-acre Facility is developed as an emergency Response Training Center. | | Susan Bakitis takes over the academic program and Randy Van Dyne and Dan Hehr. |
| 1990 | | Mike Homsher (former OHM employee) joins faculty in August to revise Industrial Hygiene course and serve a full time academic load. | | Homsher initiates a Chemical Hygiene Program, to resolve an OSHA asbestos abatement citation. | | Mike Momany Recruits a freshman class of 80 plus individuals. |
| 1991 | | Senior Tom Czartowski completes an honor projects about medical waste and is acknowledged in a national publication. | | Gordon Gillespie (IH) and Dan May (geologist) join the faculty. | | $2.1 million Frost addition to begin in May and is dedicated in Fall 1991 by Leo Duffy Head of the Federal Department of Energy. | | Homsher and Van Dyne respond to the Fernald Ohio Request for Proposal collaborating with Cincinnati, Miami, Ohio Universities as the Ohio Alliance of Universities (AOU). |
| 1992 | | Gillespie revises emphases areas and becomes EHMM Director. |
| 1993 | | Master’s program in business and environmental management is planned as a joint offering between business and EHMM. | | Master’s MBA/begins. Ken Brown joins faculty as Master’s Program Director. |
| 1994 | | Grant Wikinson joins faculty. | | Bachelor of Science in Environmental Management begins. |
| 1995 | | Daren Burke becomes the first CIH from our program. | | Bill Carter joins faculty. |
| 1996 | | 10th year Anniversary Celebration held at North Ridge. |
| 1998 | | Dan May becomes EHMM Director. | | SEEM receives first Federal Appropriation for $2.2M with Assistance from Representative Mike Oxley. By 2006, SEEM will obtain a total of nearly $8M in Federal Appropriations. |
| 1999 | | Undergraduate emphases restructured. | | Distance Learning begins using White Board. |
| 2000 | | Tim Murphy joins faculty (former OHM employee). | | Jim Jaffe joins faculty. | | Mike Homsher completes his Doctorate. |
| 2001 | | Blackboard becomes distant learning platform. | | SEEM named by Center for Disease Control as one of first 14 nationwide Centers for Public Health preparedness. |
| 2002 | | Mike Edelbrock (former OHM employee) joins faculty. | | Undergraduate program revised to have three emphases areas. |
| 2003 | | UF hosts Ohio Academy of Science meeting. | | Bill Carter becomes Academic Program Director replacing Dan May, who becomes Dean of the College of Science. |
| 2004 | | Online laboratories investigated for science training. | | Bill Jutte Endowed Scholarship created. |
| 2005 | | Environmental Health Science and Protection Accreditation Council (EHAC) received. | | Bill Doyle joins faculty (former environmental engineer from Marathon) | | Murphy completes doctorate. | | SEEM Hosts Region V OSHA Worker Safety and Preparedness Conference. |
| 2006 | | SEEM Hosts 2nd Annual Region V OSHA Worker Safety and Preparedness Conference. | | 20th Anniversary Celebration. | | Faculty prepares for American Board of Engineering Technology (ABET) Accreditation. | | SEEM named by Federal Department of Homeland Security as one of Five Charter Schools in newly formed Rural Domestic Preparedness Consortium. |
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