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Congratulations to Josie Ehlbeck on Her Promotion to Project Manager!

Category: Company News, Team Spotlights

We are thrilled to announce that Josie Ehlbeck has been promoted from Associate Project Manager to Project Manager within our Analytical Services Division, a well-earned step forward that also happens to coincide with her one-year anniversary with the firm.

In just twelve months, Josie has become a trusted presence within the Division, known for her attention to detail, her steady hand with clients, and her ability to keep complex projects moving without losing sight of the people behind them. Her promotion reflects not only her individual growth, but the impact she’s had on the team around her.

Josie Ehlbeck, Project Manager, Analytical Services Division

A Force Multiplier for the Division

Meggen, Josie’s direct supervisor, had this to say about her promotion:

“From her very first day, Josie has proven to be a great asset to the Analytical Division. She eagerly embraces every new challenge that comes her way. This promotion highlights her remarkable tenacity as well as her skill at calmly managing multiple clients and projects at once.”

What Drew Josie to Eduwhere & Keika

We asked Josie to reflect on her first year and what she’s most looking forward to in her new role:

“I have been fortunate to work with such a wonderful team at Keika over the past year. I’m grateful to be part of a company that is helping create cleaner air, cleaner water, and healthier communities around the world.”

That mission — helping clients around the world, wherever they’re located, in their pursuit of a clean environment, healthy people, and reliable products — is exactly what we hope every member of our team carries with them. Josie embodies it, and we’re excited to see where she takes it next.

Getting to Know Josie

Outside the office, Josie brings the same dedication to everything she takes on. She’s an Army wife, married to an officer stationed at Fort Bragg — a partnership that has its own demands of flexibility and resilience, qualities that carry right over into her work with us.

She also volunteers her time tutoring high school students in chemistry, sharing her love of the subject with the next generation. And when she’s not at work or in the classroom, you’ll likely find her running or swimming — she’s currently in training for the Chicago Marathon.

Please join us in congratulating Josie on this well-deserved promotion!

Warm Regards, 

Team Keika | Eduwhere

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Training Coordinator Capabilities

We made a video tour of our Training Coordinator (TC) capabilities. TC access is available free for all our group accounts and lets you monitor student progress, enroll personnel, download certificates and training documentation, view expiring certificates, manage users, and pay for training at your convenience.

If you are responsible for ensuring that employees at your workplace are trained and in compliance, Eduwhere can help. We offer “Training Coordinator” accounts, which allow you to view the progress, payment, and expiration status for a group of trainees, as well as the ability to enroll new users and re-enroll existing users who are due for retraining. 

Training coordinators can monitor the progress of users in their training group, and send a reminder to those who may need a “gentle nudge” to complete their training. Once those training courses are complete, coordinators can download and print certificates. Of course, hard copies will still be sent by Eduwhere, unless the “go green” option was chosen.

Coordinators can also manage payments. Their portal will allow them to see which enrollments are still unpaid, and then make payments and download receipts for all enrollments in the group. Keeping track of which courses have been paid for can be a headache for those companies with employees taking training at different times throughout the year, but our training coordinator page can help.

New users can also be enrolled, and existing users re-enrolled, by the training coordinator. The portal allows the coordinator to view training which has recently expired, or which will expire soon, and ensures that the coordinator can keep employees on schedule and in-compliance with training requirements.

Here at Eduwhere, we want to help you make sure your employees stay in compliance. If you are already managing training for employees, give us a call (or send us an email) and let us set up a coordinator page for you.

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Shipping Coronavirus

Coronavirus, also known by its virus name SARS-CoV-2 and its disease name COVID-19, is appearing more and more in our news and becoming a wider spread concern, creating questions about safety protocols when transporting specimens. Samples of blood or tissue may need to be shipped for diagnostic purposes, or to a lab studying the virus to better understand its characteristics. The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recently provided interim guidelines for laboratory biosafety handling and processing of specimens associated with the Coronavirus Disease 2019, stating that specimens from suspected or potential patient cases of COVID-19 should be shipped under regulations for UN 3373 Biological Substance, Category B.

UN 3373 Biological Substance, Category B

UN3373 Package Mark

COVID-19 isn’t the first infectious substance that clinical facilities have shipped using the UN 3373 Biological Substance, Category B designation. The US Department of Transportation have well established procedures in place to classify, describe, label, mark, and package patient specimens for proper and safe shipping. These regulations include requirements for triple packaging as well as adequate absorbent and cushioning materials to prevent breakage and leaking. There are also specific labeling and marking requirements for the outside of the package, including the UN3373 mark, the words “Biological Substance, Category B”, and the name and phone number of a responsible person who can answer questions in case of emergency. Additional steps are required if dry ice is used.

Triple Packaging Requirements for UN3373

If you need more information on shipping biological substances and infectious substances, Eduwhere provides two courses covering the proper shipping of Infectious Substances:

For more information on coronavirus safety, see the CDC webpage on COVID-19: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/lab/lab-biosafety-guidelines.html