St. Louis Chapter of Missouri Land Surveyors Awards First College Scholarship
Date Posted: December 29, 2024
Posted In: Organizations, People,
The St. Louis Chapter of the Missouri Society of Professional Surveyors has announced the awarding of its first scholarship.
This scholarship was awarded to Leah Guss of Truxton, MO. Leah has been working with Lewis-Bade, Inc., in Warrenton, MO, as part of a field-to-finish survey crew while completing Warrenton high school with honors. She has just completed her first semester at Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville as a part of the Land Surveying and Geomatics program.
She has been volunteering at fundraising events such as the recent MSPS/IPLSA golf tournament. Guss has also been involved with 4H and active in the FFA. She was once a part of the national FFA band, and she enjoys bow-hunting, and deer hunting.
The MSPS-STL Chapter reviewed applications for the new scholarship before deciding she would be the first recipient. “She has set the bar pretty high,” said Josh Saunders who is the Chairman of the scholarship committee.
The MSPS-STL Chapter intends to award future scholarships for those taking academic courses and working towards professional licensure and is accepting scholarship applications for 2025 through their website at www.stlsurveyor.org.
Left to right: Leah Guss; Josh Saunders, chair of scholarship committee; and Bob Boyer and Kevin DeSain, members of the scholarship committee.