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Golf Outing
The Southeast Chapter of MSPS 2024 Golf Outing at Bruce Hills is on July 17, 2026.
2026 Future Cities is January 20, 2026
Volunteers from our chapter participated in Judging at the Future Cities Competition in Novi, MI at the Suburban Collection Showplace on January 23, 2025. We judged the award for best use of Land Surveying Practices.
2025 Best Land Surveying Practices Award Winner Scranton Farmington Middle school
Construction Career Days
Volunteers from our chapter participate in several career day events at local schools. Volunteers speak with the students and answer questions regarding land surveying. They encourage younger generations to participate in surveying and promote a further understanding of what we do.
Michigan Construction Career Days at the Operating Engineers 324 Construction Career Center in Howell is May 1-2, 2024
Scholarships
Each year, the Southeast Chapter of MSPS awards a scholarship to two individuals.
Science Olympiad
The Science Olympiad program is a statewide competition for high school and middle school students. Volunteers from our Chapter write questions that test a student's understanding and use of the State of Michigan map and United States Geological Survey (USGS) Quadrangle Topographic Maps. After writing questions and compiling the test, the members check the test for clarity. Volunteers also serve as proctors for the regional exam. The complex questions encourage a thorough understanding of maps and promote map reading.
Trig Star
Trig-Star is an annual competition sponsored by the National Society of Professional Surveyors and the local MSPS sponsor. The program goal is to recognize and stimulate the best students of mathematics from among school districts across the United States utilizing a competition with scholarship awards. The Trig-Star program is designed to:
- promote excellence in the mastery of mathematics in high school
- honor high school students who have demonstrated their superior skill among classmates at the local, state, and national levels
- acquaint high school students with the use and practical applications of mathematics in the surveying professions
- build an awareness of surveying and mapping as a profession among mathematically skilled high school students, career guidance counselors, and high school math teachers
TWIST
MSPS Southeast Chapter helps to promote the profession of surveying by engaging and educating teachers to the math and science behind surveying. Teachers can obtain continueing education credits for attending Ferris State.
TWisT for 2025 will be held on June, 2025.
MI Career Days
MSPS Southeast Chapter helps to promote the profession of surveying by engaging students and teachers to surveying.
Taylor Schools Career Fair
This year Our Chapter President manned a booth at the Taylor Schools Career Fair in March of 2025
DCTC Skilled trades Fair
This year Our Chapter President manned a booth at the DCTC Skilled Trades Career Fair on March 4th, 2025
