Class of 2008, Environmental, Safety and Occupational Health Management Major
Hometown: Jenera, Ohio

Environmental, Safety and Occupational Health Management with an emphasis in Industrial Hygiene.

It’s a mouthful of a major, but senior Jason Bormuth has it all under control.

After his time at The University of Findlay in this program, Bormuth is ready to take on an even bigger challenge than rattling off the title of his area of study.

Upon graduation with a bachelor’s degree this May, Bormuth will transition into a position with Marathon Petroleum Co. LLC in Findlay. He will be working for the company’s Terminal Transport and Marine Group, a safety-oriented area of the business.

“I’ll be running audits on our terminals and making sure everything is running the way it’s supposed to,” he said.

And there are some fringe benefits to the job — Bormuth will get to travel all over the United States east of the Mississippi as a part of his work.

“It’ll involve a lot of traveling,” he said. “Week to week, I’ll be traveling to different terminals in the eastern part of the U.S.”

And although he’s had many great memories during his time at UF, his favorite one deals with learning he had been selected for an internship with Marathon.

“My favorite moment was probably when I found out that I had received an internship with Marathon working at their refinery that is located down in Texas,” he said.

This internship allowed Bormuth to apply what he was learning in the classroom to a real-life setting, and, in the end, led to his job opportunity. He interned with Marathon several times throughout college and says he benefited greatly from the experience he gained there.

“I have been amazed by how much I have learned and how much the experience from the internships helped me throughout my classes,” he said. “Plus, for me, the internships led to a full-time position upon graduation. Internships are a major benefit.”

In addition to his internships, Bormuth was very involved with the Cory-Rawson junior and senior high school football programs. He was a volunteer assistant coach for the junior high and helped out with the high school team when he could.

Bormuth says he has enjoyed the close-knit atmosphere of The University of Findlay.

“I like how it’s a small campus with small classes. You get to know people in your major pretty well,” he said. “It makes going to lectures a lot easier.”
He added that he’s made some great friends and gotten close to several of his professors, too.

“I’ve gotten to know a lot of my classmates really well. It’s been fun to make new friends and get to build a relationship with the professors I have on a regular basis,” he said.

By Paige Aten ’08, communication major, Napoleon, Ohio