First, thanks to all those who donated or made a purchase at this year’s scholarship auction in Las Vegas. We are still waiting on final numbers from the conference organizers, but preliminary numbers indicate we will have raised more than any conference prior.

Over the last year, the Education Committee has been working on formalizing the Walter M. Cunningham Education Foundation Scholarship program. We’ve put into place specific details, time frames, amounts and awarding processes for the program.

Our next goal is to increase the amount and type of outreach the UCLS does. The Education Committee has partnered with the Davis School District Catalyst Center and alternate high school in Kaysville. The Catalyst Center is a cutting-edge career and technical education (CTE) school that opened this spring. They offer an unmanned aerial systems program, and the students in the program are graduating with their Part 107 license. These kids are flying a couple of sites owned by the school district and are designing a mini city to be judged by the Golden Spike Chapter, city council style.

We are also looking at CTE and STEM fairs across the state. Getting the surveying profession in front of junior high and high school students is one of the key ways to get more surveyors into the profession. We’ve all heard the statistics about retiring surveyors and the lack of new surveyors. The best way to combat a lack of surveyors is to get a career in surveying in front of these kids.

This is where we need your help. If you hear about a CTE or STEM fair, please reach out to a member of the education committee. We have posters, stickers and other swag/resources set aside specifically for these events.

Any announcement for meetings, cool projects, accolades, awards can be posted on our social media. We encourage people to use the following tags: #UCLS #WMCEF #surveylife #GKiS.

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