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the WSLS website. Tim Burch stopped in our
meeting and spoke of the possibility of including
Young Surveyors in the NSPS Day on the Hill
campaign and the importance of Young Surveyors
to NSPS’s future.
The winners of the student competition were
announced Friday during an Awards Ceremony:

Bachelor’s Degree Category Winners:
First Place
Ferris State University (Michigan)
Second Place
California State Polytechnic University- Benjamin Kingsley (Chittenango, NY), Matthew Stewart (Cameron, NY)
Pomona (California) William Kotwica (Verona, NY), Matthew Stungis
(Neversink, NY)
Third Place
Cincinnati State Technical and
Community College (Ohio)

Associate’s Degree Category Winners:
First Place
Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
(Wisconsin)

Second Place
Lewis and Clark State College (Idaho)

Third Place
Klein Collins High School (Texas)

Both New York teams from SUNY Alfred State James Carman (Geneseo, NY), Nicholas Bianchi (Rochester, NY)
received Honorable Mentions in the Bachelor’s Justin Kachurak (Mountain Top, PA)
Degree Category. We are incredibly proud of our
students and grateful for the ability to represent
New York State. Most recently, 3 NY Young
Professionals attended the FIG Working Week
and the next NSPS YSN Meeting will be in the
fall in Ohio.

Congratulations to all the Teams for their efforts
and participation in this year’s competition.
Follow NSPS YSN on Instagram and LinkedIn for Team 1: James Carman (Geneseo, NY), Team 2: Nicholas Bianchi (Rochester, NY),
Benjamin Kingsley (Chittenango, NY),
Justin Kachurak (Mountain Top, PA), and
more posts and content. Matthew Stewart (Cameron, NY) William Kotwica (Verona, NY),
Matthew Stungis (Neversink, NY), and
Noah Wolf (Whitney Point, NY)

YSN Rep. Dannielle O’Buckley (Queens, NY)
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