NSPS Award Winners 

The National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS) is happy to announce the 2008 winners of the following NSPS awards:

2008 EXCELLENCE IN PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISM AWARD

Winners: 

• California Surveyor, a publication of the California Land Surveyors Association

• Empire State Surveyor, a publication of the New York State Association of Professional Land Surveyors

• Point of Intersection, a publication of the Arkansas Society of Professional Surveyors

Award of Merit:

• Tennessee Surveyor, a publication of the Tennessee Association of Professional Surveyors

• The Texas Surveyor, a publication of the Texas Association of Professional Surveyors

• Minnesota Surveyor, a publication of the Minnesota Society of Professional Surveyors

2008 MAP/PLAT AWARDS
 

Subdivision Plats

First Place - Kevin Farrar, Auburn, ME

Second Place - Douglass H. Riggs III, Montgomery Village, MD

Boundary/Cadastral Maps

First Place - Keith A. Wilson, Summerville, SC

Second Place - Randy Schrank, Anchorage, AK

Third Place - Kevin Farrar, Auburn, ME

Topographic Maps

First Place - Kevin Farrar, Auburn, ME

Second Place - Ryan Gilley, Belcamp, MD

Third Place - R. David Branton, Summerville, SC

ALTA/ACSM Survey Maps

First Place - William Grueninger III, Burtonsville, MD

Second Place - Nancy Frasure, Mt. Pleasant, SC

Third Place - Ronald Eastham, Chesapeake, OH

Miscellaneous Maps

First Place - Gregory Smith, Glenville, WV

Second Place - Kevin Farrar, Auburn, ME

Third Place - Keith A. Wilson, Summerville, SC

2008 STUDENT COMPETITION
 

• First Place 

University of Akron (Katharine Nock; Andrew Kis; Jeff Jalbrzikowski; Jess Mace; Sam Brown; Lucy Plant)

Topic: Greenville Treaty Line

• Second Place

New Mexico State University (Lance Aspaas; Byron Calkins; Tony Nettleman; Amanda Ramirez; Kyle Spolar; Ty Trammell)

Topic: The Boundary Survey of the United States and Mexico “Hidalgo de Guadalupe Medir” Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848)

• Third Place

Ferris State University (Nathaniel Ovans; Krag Caverly; Autumn Park; Nate Plooster; Andrew McLean; Carrie Bell)

Topic: Michigan-Indiana Border Survey

• Best Costume – University of Akron

EARLE J. FENNELL AWARD
 

            Prof. Judy M. Olson, Michigan State University

SURVEYING EXCELLENCE AWARD – No award in 2008

AFFILIATE OF THE YEAR AWARD – No award in 2008

STUDENT PAPER OF THE YEAR AWARD – No award in 2008

A special thank you is extended to everyone who was nominated or applied for the different NSPS awards.
 

s/s

Patrick J. Beehler, PLS

President, NSPS

NSPS 2009 Awards Information       2009 ACSM/NSPS Map-Plat Design Competition

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