{"id":10010,"date":"2025-09-05T14:58:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T19:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/?p=10010"},"modified":"2025-09-05T14:58:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T19:58:15","slug":"nicholls-geomatics-supported-by-contractors-educational-trust-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/2025\/09\/05\/nicholls-geomatics-supported-by-contractors-educational-trust-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ Geomatics Supported by Contractor\u2019s Educational Trust Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">THIBODAUX, La. \u2013 The Contractor\u2019s Educational Trust Fund donated $50,000 to support scholarships and programming for students in the Wm. Clifford Smith School of Engineering\u2019s geomatics program.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The students educated at ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ are our future employees,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201d said Kenn Naquin, secretary of LA-CETF. \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We\u2019re the end-users, and ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ produces the product. We want to help the university produce the best students possible<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Previous donations from the Contractor&#8217;s Trust have helped the school\u2019s programs recruit and retain faculty, establish an endowed professorship and fund scholarships, including $100,000 for the Endowed Geomatics Student Scholarship fund, $25,000 for the Jules Oreste Chustz Endowed Student Scholarship and $50,000 for need-based scholarships for ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ students affected by Hurricane Ida.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe sincerely thank LA-CETF for their generous support, which is essential to maintaining our nationally recognized geomatics program and preparing future geomatics professionals,\u201d said Dr. Esra Tekdal Yilmaz, director of the 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 ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ <\/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 ÐÓ°É´«Ã½\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 at ÐÓ°É´«Ã½, click <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/engineering\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>The Contractor&#8217;s Educational Trust Fund<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Contractor&#8217;s Educational Trust Fund was established as a nonprofit organization to provide funds to Universities in Louisiana who offer programs in the field of construction contracting in and for the State of Louisiana. The Fund is financed through violation fines imposed by the Louisiana State Licensing Board of Contractors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Friday, September 5, 2025<\/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 The Contractor\u2019s Educational Trust Fund donated $50,000 to support scholarships and programming for students in the Wm. 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