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2023-2024 Scholarship Open

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Scholarships for the ACE class of 2024

ACE Mentor Program of Greater Boston logo. Application now open: apply today for an ACE Scholarship.

Scholarship application open

High school seniors from the ACE Class of 2024 are now invited to begin your applications for a college, university, or trade school scholarship from the ACE Mentor Program of Greater Boston.

 

The history

The ACE Mentor Program has given out more than one million dollars in scholarships to our students over the years. Our affiliate intends to distribute more than $200,000 in scholarships this year.

But much depends on you, the student, completing your application and submitting letters of support and your transcripts by February 9, 2024 at 11:59 PM. Don’t wait to get started, particularly in requesting your letters of support.  Learn the details of how to apply here:

 

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ACE Student Showcase

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ACE Student Showcase 2023

 

Hurricane and flooding

The design challenge asked students to create plans for a humanitarian response camp after a hurricane in Boston. The camps needed to be buildable within one week of the disaster, and to provide sleeping, eating, medical, gathering, and other requirements. The camp designs used an existing park or public space as the setting.

Innovative solutions

Over 15 weeks, the students refined their understanding of architecture, engineering, and construction management. They created designs that were sensitive to the trauma experienced during the disaster, and with their mentors, they created visions for the needs of the survivors. The students then presented their designs at the Student Showcase on March 8, 2023 at Wentworth Institute of Technology. Scroll down to see photos from the event.

Also, you can see the final presentations created by each team here:

BSA

NU

PCA

RCC

SMMA

Virtual

WIT

Scholarships

ACE is proud to have awarded $210,000 in scholarships to the Class of 2023. We wish them the best on their college, university, and trade school studies.

“The ACE Mentor program helped me build my confidence and improve my communication and collaboration skills. As we worked together on group projects, my mentors encouraged me to be an active
participant, such as presenting my team’s questions to other teams and offering suggestions
for improvement.”

– Scholarship recipient, 2023

  • Presenting Sponsor Boylston Properties

 

What A Night! ACE Networking June 9 2022

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Governor Charlie Baker and ACE alumna Yordy Tesfaye

Records Shattered: the most ever raised

Thank you to all our supporters for coming out for a night of fellowship and networking to support ACE Mentor Program. A huge thank you to our Governor Charlie Baker, our speaker Yordy Tesfaye of Shawmut and ACE alumna, and to our presenting sponsor Boylston Properties. We raised $541,000 in one night! This year, we also broke through the $1 million limit. We have awarded $1,057,500 in scholarships since we started, with your help and support.

See our event sponsors

 

$541,000

Raised at the event

78%

Students of color

$1,057,500

Scholarships awarded since 2007

48%

Girls

Making college dreams come true

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3 ACE Mentor Program 2022 scholarship recipients with their giant checks
Two scholarship awardees from the Class of 2022 receive their checks
Left to right, ACE Mentor Anthony Jimenez, Electrical Engineer at SMMA; Kaliab Tale, Class of 2022; ACE Mentor Janine Byrne, Interior Designer at PCA, Cambridge Mayor Sumbul Siddiqui; Lilia Burtonpatel, Class of 2022 and her family; ACE Mentor Casey Williams, Engineer and Project Manager at SGH.

Congratulations to the Class of 2022

This weekend, the ACE Mentors were out and about awarding scholarships to seniors in our Class of 2022 who are pursuing college, university, or trade school studies in ACE fields. We are so proud of our seniors, and we believe in your potential!

2021 Scholarship Recipient Gallery

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“Congratulations to our 2021 Seniors. We are proud of you, and we look forward to seeing what you do next!

Mike Harris

Scholarship Chair | Mentor

We awarded $168,000 in scholarships this year to 27 seniors for their college and university studies.

 

 

Our students plan to pursue degrees in architecture, construction management, engineering, and related fields.

ACE students report that they are better prepared to take on challenging majors thanks to the program.

“The most valuable lesson I have learned from ACE is to communicate. When a project is huge–full of different industry groups–communication allows for understanding and clarity of a project in terms of what is being done and what needs to be done.”

Nick Pham

Scholarship Recipient | ARUP

Congratulations to the Class of 2020

Read about the Class of 2020 scholarships.

Class of 2020 Scholarships

 

Our ACE students have been worked hard with their mentors to prepare a design of a residential home. The students designed within a real site plan, real zoning constraints, a budget, green building requirements, and more to simulate the process of designing and building in real life.

The students met weekly online with their mentors. This year, instead of one big Student Showcase, we offered five virtual Student Showcases, one for each team.

Click here to RSVP

 

ACE Kicks Off Year of Online Learning

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Online learning adaptions

Due to COVID and public health guidance, ACE of Greater Boston is running our signature after-school program online this year, with students attending one hour per week:

Monday 5:00-6:00 (NU) – started Oct 19
Tuesday 4:00-5:00 (WIT) – started Oct 20
Tuesday 5:00-6:00 (RCC) – started Oct 20
Wednesday 4:00-5:00 (BSA) – started Oct 21
Wednesday 5:00-6:00 (SMMA) – started Oct 21

We are also sponsoring a series of optional career panels on some Thursdays in collaboration with the National Organization of Minority Architects.

ACE spent the summer adapting our hands-on, project-based learning model for online delivery. A great deal of care and planning went into how to sustain our strong mentoring relationships in a virtual setting. We have put hours of work into creating and mailing activity kits to students to ensure that every student has what they need to participate. We are excited to see students digging in and participating actively in our shared project of designing a home.

“Here, one of our students displays the structure she designed during an early session, when the focus was on how to build from a plan.”

Congratulations Seniors!

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Photo of graduating senior Abdi with his scholarship check

On March 11, ACE Mentor Greater Boston held a small celebration for our 31 high school seniors at Wentworth Institute of Technology, awarding $152,000 in college scholarships help them pursue careers in the field. The event was a stripped-down version of our normal final Student Showcase, due to precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Most of our mentors were asked to stay home, and we missed the chance to give our best wishes in person, with a hearty handshake. Instead, elbows were bumped, and a few mentors representing the discipline and site leads gave congratulations on behalf of all of us. Students did not get to deliver their final presentations, but they did get the chance to say a few words, if desired, to describe their experience in the program. Students, you will go off to college with our best wishes. Please keep in touch with ACE and follow our Linked In company page to learn about upcoming alumni events.
31 high school students pose with their mentors and giant scholarship checks


 

Final Presentations

Click here to view the 2020 Final Presentation files.

Final Presentations