We are excited to share that this year is the 25^th anniversary of the  Minnesota Future City Competition! This year’s theme is Above the Current! Students are challenged to design a floating city set 100 years in the future that keeps its citizens safe and healthy. The final state competition will take place on January 18, 2025.

FCC is an extremely successful program in Minnesota thanks to the 100+ engineers and STEM professionals who volunteer each year.
Please consider volunteering as a judge or mentor this Future City season!

Mentors visit with a Future City team at the students’ school (their teacher is present also). Mentors are assignment to schools that are geographically convenient. The time commitment is about an hour per week from late September to January. Mentoring can be partly in-person and partly virtual. In addition, two mentors could team up and take turns helping at the school. Let me know if you are interested in learning more about mentoring.

Judges have two different opportunities (you can do one of them or both!)

• • Essay Judge – virtual – volunteers read 5 research essays written by the students on the floating cities theme. A rubric and scoresheet are provided. Scores are submitted electronically. Time commitment: 3 hours. Essays are available to be judged starting in mid-December. Scores are due in early January.

• • City Model/Presentation  Judge – in person – volunteers come to the MN Regional Finals on 1/18/25 (tentatively at Dakota County Technical College) from 8 am-noon. Judges listen to 5-6 different student teams give a 7-minute presentation, then ask the students follow-up questions about their city model. Judges are in teams of two. Friends can request to judge as a team. A rubric and scoresheet are provided. Coffee, treats, and lunch are provided to judges as well. It’s fun and rewarding.

Register as a judge(choose “Minnesota” as your state): https://link.edgepilot.com/s/eac46016/9Ep5DZ4xlUO0-XJXiec0_w?u=https://futurecity.org/judge-registration/

Thank you for supporting the STEM education of Minnesota’s middle school students.

Preparing for NSRS 2022 - What Should You Do Now? (Northern Plains Region)
August 29, 2024 at 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm Eastern Time
https://link.edgepilot.com/s/a61cc6bd/kOERwGK8iUCl653EjTxLAA?u=https://geodesy.noaa.gov/web/science_edu/webinar_series/Webinars.shtml














Meet Me at the Corner
Wednesday October 2nd, 2024 1:30-5:00pm
In conjuntion with GIS/LIS Annual Conference DECC, Duluth MN
MMATC_2024_(1).pdf

LAND SURVEY CAMP
July 15-17, 2024
Dunwoody College of Technology
Surv_SummerCamp24_fnl.pdf

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Meet Me at the Corner!
Wednesday, October 4th, 2023
in conjunction with GIS/LIS Annual Conference, Duluth MN

Pine County Surveyor discusses the importance of having a full time County Surveyor and the value the public receives from the work, now and into the future.
https://link.edgepilot.com/s/af3f5d24/x5hMZhJDaEelDS8zEvAhQg?u=https://youtu.be/HzaPB-7WE-k?t=216