{"id":10123,"date":"2026-01-13T13:04:41","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T19:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/?p=10123"},"modified":"2026-01-13T13:04:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T19:04:41","slug":"nicholls-geomatics-received-10k-surveying-education-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/2026\/01\/13\/nicholls-geomatics-received-10k-surveying-education-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicholls Geomatics Received $10K Surveying Education Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">THIBODAUX, La. \u2013 Nicholls State University\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/applied-sciences\/our-programs\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">geomatics<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> program received the 2025 National Council of Examiners for<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/ncees.org\/outreach\/education-awards\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Engineering and Surveying Education Award<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. This $10,000 award recognizes outstanding university surveying programs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nicholls State University was the only institution in Louisiana to receive this award. This is the fifth time the program has been recognized with this award as a top ten program in the nation for 2016, 2017, 2021 and 2023 by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ncees.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">NCEES<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">During GIS Day, an annual event celebrating Geographic Information Systems-based technologies, the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Louisiana Professional Engineering and Land Surveying Board Executive Director Donna Sentell presented the award to Nicholls geomatics.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-10125 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2026\/01\/DJI_0221-2-scaled-e1768331034941-300x152.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"152\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2026\/01\/DJI_0221-2-scaled-e1768331034941-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2026\/01\/DJI_0221-2-scaled-e1768331034941-1024x520.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2026\/01\/DJI_0221-2-scaled-e1768331034941-768x390.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2026\/01\/DJI_0221-2-scaled-e1768331034941-1536x781.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2026\/01\/DJI_0221-2-scaled-e1768331034941.jpg 1757w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/152;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nicholls\u2019 GIS Day celebration also featured outreach tables hosted by<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tbsmith.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">T. Baker Smith<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/neigps.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Navigation Electronics Inc.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lapels.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Louisiana Professional Engineering and Land Surveying Board<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mphinc.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Morris P. Hebert, Inc.<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/thehub\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Hub<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, along with hands-on geomatics activities for 45 high school students from Hahnville, Terrebonne High School and Covenant Christian Academy. Students participated in interactive demonstrations, including a drone demonstration.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe Nicholls Geomatics Program is the only four-year geomatics program in Louisiana, distinguished by its hands-on curriculum and strong industry connections that result in graduates being highly competitive in the national workforce.\u201d said Dr. Esra Tekdal Yilmaz, director of Wm Clifford Smith School of Engineering and associate professor of geomatics.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With 100% job placement, the Nicholls <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/engineering\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">geomatics<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> program blends traditional surveying and mapping with advanced technologies such as the Global Navigation Satellite System, Geographic Information Systems, Unmanned Aerial Systems and laser scanning.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Wm. Clifford Smith School of Engineering provides programs in geomatics and pre-engineering, as well as civil and mechanical engineering, in partnership with the University of New Orleans. Through this agreement, students can complete UNO\u2019s Bachelor of Science in mechanical, civil or other pre-engineering pathways on Nicholls\u2019 campus, then transfer seamlessly to UNO to finish their degrees in their senior year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To learn more about engineering and applied sciences at Nicholls, click <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/engineering\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>About NCEES<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The NCEES Engineering and Surveying Education Awards recognize programs that have a broad and robust curriculum, with the awards intended to encourage programs to engage their students with other professionals, introduce them to new technology and promote licensure. The vision of NCEES is to provide leadership in professional licensure of engineers and surveyors through excellence in uniform laws, licensing standards and professional ethics in order to shape the future of professional licensure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tuesday, January 13, 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>MEDIA CONTACT: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Payton Suire<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Media Relations &amp; Publications Coordinator,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">985.448.4141<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> or <\/span><a href=\"mailto:payton.suire@nicholls.edu\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">payton.suire@nicholls.edu<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THIBODAUX, La. \u2013 Nicholls State University\u2019s geomatics program received the 2025 National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying Education Award. 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