Scholarship Info. & Opportunities

Information:

The Professional Land Surveyors of Colorado (PLSC) Articles of Incorporation objectives and purposes include the following two objectives: “To provide educational and instructional opportunities for those persons presently licensed as land surveyors within the State of Colorado, and for any other persons who are in any manner interested in learning of the profession of land surveying” and “To make donations for the public welfare or for charitable, scientific, or educational purposes, and in time of war, to make donations in aid of war activities.” The PLSC funds scholarships in keeping with these two objectives.

Qualifications:

Qualifications:

Applicant must be enrolled in or accepted for enrollment in a University, College, Community College, Technical School, CFedS Program, professional seminar, continuing education course or other program in Surveying, Geography, Remote Sensing, Geomatics, Cartography, Photogrammetry, Geodesy, or GIS.
Applicant must demonstrate a progression towards a degree, occupation, or improved knowledge base in Surveying, Geography, Remote Sensing, Geomatics, Cartography, Photogrammetry, Geodesy, or GIS.

Submittals

Please submit the following:

A completed Joint Scholarship Application.
A paper consisting of a minimum of 200 words discussing why surveying is important to applicant’s career goals and how applicant is going to learn about and apply surveying to applicant’s work. If the application is for a particular course, seminar or program, applicant must describe how such course work will help applicant achieve applicant’s goals and improve applicant’s contribution to the profession of surveying.
All official college transcripts or high school transcripts if still in high school.
A letter of recommendation from your faculty advisor, one of your professors, your employer, or your sponsor addressed to Professional Land Surveyors of Colorado, Inc. Scholarship Committee at the address listed above.
List any academic honors, scholarships, community service, volunteer work, or awards received since entering high school.
Include any applicable job experience, involvement with civic and professional associations, and your plans after graduation or completion of the coursework. An oral interview may be required to determine the successful applicant.
Paper will need to be submitted as a hard copy and in Microsoft Word format.

Evaluation and Selection

The selection will be performed by the Professional Land Surveyors of Colorado, Inc. (PLSC) Scholarship Committee which will make a recommendation to the PLSC Board of Directors. The committee will use the following criteria to rate the submitted documents for selection.

Paper = 50%

Transcript and Grades = 25%