ACE Mentor Program of Southern Minnesota

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ACE Mentor Program of Southern Minnesota

The unique chance for high school students to discover and develop new skills, solidify future goals and get on track to exciting, rewarding careers.

01/12/2023

Mankato East High School students from Jay Seiler’s class took a field trip yesterday visiting a local Habitat for Humanity build site, Minnesota State University Mankato’s Construction Management department, and Oleson + Hobbie Architects.

Students were exposed to local programs and engaged with area professionals to hear about careers in the construction and architecture fields.

A special thank you to our organizers: Heather Clark-Esser (OHA), Leah Roue (MNSU-CM), Alison Troldahl (MAPS), Collin Bennet (Knutson), Taylor Schmahl (MnDOT), Holly Schoettler (Habitat for Humanity of South Central MN), and Jay Seiler (MAPS).

09/30/2022

East High School's Civil Engineering and Architecture elective class, taught by Jay Seiler, was visited by three area professionals this week in conjunction with the ACE Mentoring program (Architecture, Construction and Engineering.)

Thank you to:
Nick Dylla from Bolten and Menk
Tony Joseph from Knutson Construction
Eric Oleson from Oleson+Hobbie Architects
for your partnership this week!

09/09/2022

ACE Mentor Program 2022-2023 kicked off today!

This year, instead of an after-school volunteer club, our program will integrate with Project Lead The Way: Civil Engineering & Architecture at Mankato East High School.

Board members Leah, Heather, Alison & Taylor gave students a taste of what’s to come for the academic year!

02/02/2022

The mission of the ACE Mentor Program is to engage, excite and enlighten high school students to pursue careers in architecture, engineering and construction through mentoring, and to support their continued advancement in the industry.
ACE’s primary goals are to:
Create a large, diverse, better prepared workforce for our industry.
Assist and guide students as they proceed along their pathways to opportunities related to our industry.

Core Values:
Inclusion
We will nurture and value the diversity of backgrounds, identities, talents, and beliefs of each individual involved in our program.

Collaboration
We believe a spirit of mutually beneficial collaboration will produce the greatest results and maximize our volunteer and fiscal resources.

Excellence
We aspire to deliver the highest quality and most impactful mentor program and commit to approach our work with fairness and honesty.

03/08/2021

Here’s our ‘mentor in training’ Hailey!

Hailey is present at all of our meetings and is a great addition to the team that keeps ACE of SM moving!
She’s currently a second-year student at Minnesota State University, Mankato where she is double majoring in Construction Management and Financial Planning with an emphasis in Insurance and a minor in Business Administration.

When chatting about her involvement with ACE here’s what she had to say -
“I have been involved in the ACE program for three years now; however, I have only been a mentor in training for two. Prior to becoming a mentor, I was involved in my high schools ACE program, so it’s been fun seeing things through a different lens and helping students through the process. Nothing compares to watching the “light bulb” moments as students begin to connect the things they learn in class with the topics we discuss in ACE. Many of the skills and knowledge I learned as a student in ACE I still hold with me as I go through college and into my professional career. ACE is truly a great program!”

02/19/2021

This week Nick Freitag, owner of Niche Artisan Homes, took students on a virtual tour of three homes each in different phases of construction. Through this, the students were able to first, see the “sticks” or framing of a house. Then they were able to see the house progress to at about the half-way mark where it had sheetrock and some exterior aspects such as siding and masonry. Finally, they got to see the move in ready finished product of the home.

One student commented “it’s really cool to see how the house is progressing, its really making things click for me now.”

02/11/2021

Thank you Geoff Mork & Archer Daniels Midland Company for your donation to the ACE Mentor Program!

A developer level donation can provide 4 students’ insurance and filing fees, 3 mentors’ background checks, contribution to field trips, meals, transportation, and educational materials when needed.

02/05/2021

Thank you !!

Some SWAG bags for our participating students this week!

02/01/2021

Today on Board Member Monday you meet Alison!

Alison Troldahl serves as the Family and Community Engagement Coordinator at Mankato Area Public Schools, where she gets to focus her passion on building positive community relations and partnerships. She also loves helping area students by supporting college and career readiness programs and events within the school district. She holds a Graduate degree in Nonprofit Leadership and a BA in Mass Communication/Public Relations, both from MN State Mankato and a AAS degree in Civil Engineering Technologies from South Central College.

01/25/2021

Happy Board Member Monday! This is Julie!

Julie Steinke holds a BS degree in Interior Design from Minnesota State University - Mankato and AAS degree in Architectural Drafting and Design from South Central College - North Mankato. Having accumulated a solid reputation in her 25 years of commercial and residential architecture experience, she is currently the owner/designer of Blueprint Home Design, a residential drafting service serving the southern Minnesota region. Looking to expand her role in the industry, Julie looked to her alma mater, South Central College, to teach the next generation of architectural technicians. It is this new outlook that led her to the ACE program where she hopes to introduce students to the spectrum of career roles in the fields of architecture, construction and engineering. As an ACE-SM board member Julie is excited to help build the bridge between education and industry on the local and regional level.

01/19/2021

Tomorrow is ACE of Southern MN first official meeting! The students finally get to unbox these to see all the supplies they’ll need for our virtual meetings. We’re excited!

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Mankato, MN
56001

Website

https://www.acementor.org/affiliates/minnesota/southern/about-us/

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