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NSPS 24 th Annual S tudent Competition
NSPS 24 Annual Student Competition
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Held by NSPS in Conjunction with The NSPS Young Surveyors Network
March 17 – March 20, 2025
Silver Spring, MD

Introduction
The 2025 NSPS Student Competition will be held in conjunction with
the spring meeting of the National Society of Professional Surveyors.
There will be no work required to be performed outside of the
competition although preparations and training may be deemed
necessary by the individual faculty.
There will be three separate divisions with a Max of 24 teams total,
multiple teams are allowed from one program but at least one
team must be full. One for students in Associates degree programs, one
for students in Baccalaureate degree programs, and one for nontraditional
combinations of students sponsored by a Professional Surveying
Association. All members of the team must be an active student, the status
of a student’s eligibility will be their status on January 1, 2025. Any team
made up of students from the same school in both Associates and
Baccalaureate degree programs must compete in the Baccalaureate
degree division. Graduate students may not be part of a team. Teams are
required to have a professor or University/College/High School approved
Chaperon present for the competition. Teams in the nontraditional
category are required to have a member of the association as their
Chaperon. Teams are to be made up of 6 participants or less.

Dates
An orientation will take place the evening of March 17th. The field
exercises will be performed on March 18-19. A social event will be
held on one of the competition evenings, location TBD. The awards will
be held at lunch on March 20th.

Contingency Plan for Weather
A separate competition will take place in the event of bad weather.
Details for that plan will be released later.

Registration
A team must submit a Final Registration Form to the NSPS Office by
email (trishm@nsps.us.com) or fax to 240-439-4952, no later than
January 30, 2025. There will be no registration fee.
Contact
Please direct any questions VIA EMAIL to the 2025 Competition Chair
and a CC the NSPS Office Manager as shown below.
Competition Chair
Denver Winchester, PLS
Email: Denver@smalltownls.com

Trish Milburn, NSPS Office ManagerEmail:Trishm@nsps.us.com
Nolan Mark, PLS – President
Cam Lowe, RPLS, PLS – Vice-President
Spencer McCutcheon, PLS – Secretary Jacob Heck, Ph.D., P.S. - Delegate
Email:nspsyoungsurveyors@gmail.com

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