Pub. 14 2019 Issue 1

11 Issue 1 2019 / UCLS Foresights www.ucls.org UCLS Education Committee Report Walter M. Cunningham Education Foundation (WMCEF) Scholarship Award: We are excited to announce that the WMCEF scholar- ship will be able to help four students this year, currently working in the field of Surveying and Mapping, on their journey toward becoming influential Professional Land Surveyors and members of the UCLS. There will be more information to come about these outstanding scholarship recipients in the next publication. We are excited to be able to improve our profession by helping these dedicated and hardworking young people as they work to enter our profession, all thanks to those who donate to the education foundation. It is our hope that, as those individuals helped by the education foundation prog- ress toward their goals and become future leaders within the UCLS, they will be able to demonstrate to the entire UCLS body how much of an impact their donations have on the scholarship recipients and the impact they in turn have on our profession. FanX: For any who will be involved in FanX this year, look for the newest contribution to the event from UCLS. We are teaming up with the Hill Air Force Base Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Outreach Program and the Utah Engineers Council to present a STEM exhibit during the 2019 Fall FanX event in Salt Lake City September 5-7, 2019; please come see us and send your friends. We’ll be presenting the interactive sandbox there and plan to provide information about the UCLS and higher education opportunities in the field of Surveying and Mapping. Fall Forum: Fall Forum 2019 will be held November 8-9. We hope to be able to hold this year’s Fall Forum at the Taylorsville SLCC Campus. The Fall Forum is geared toward contrac- tors, excavators, office and field survey technicians, civil engineers, survey crew chiefs and crew members, students in related disciplines, and any other interested individuals who wish to become certified as Survey Technicians. The Fall Forum provides a review in preparation for the Na- tional Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS), Certified Surveying Technician (CST) I and II exams. CST Certification verifies one’s capabilities and value, enhancing employers’ credibility with current and potential clients. Please visit the NSPS CST website at https://cstnsps.com/. If you’d like to be involved with the UCLS Education- Committee, you can contact me or come to our meetings. Meetings are held the 1st Tuesday of each month from 5:30 p.m.-7:00 p.m. at the Weber Center, or you can attend one of our meetings via www.GoToMeeting.com if you are unable to attend the meeting in person. t By Steve Collier, UCLS Education Committee Chair UTAH COUNC I L OF LAND SURVEYORS