ACE Mentor Program
 
Architecture Construction Engineering
Inspiring Students…Building Futures The Program: The ACE Mentor Program is an all-volunteer, not-for-profit organization that encourages professionals in the fields of architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, construction, and engineering to donate their time to teach high school students about career opportunities in the A/E/C industry. Each mentor team reflects a real-life project team of owners, architects, engineers, contractors and sub-contractors. Mentor teams are matched up with a group of 15 to 20 students from one or sometimes multiple local high schools, who have shown interest in a A/E/C career field. Mentors meet with the students every other week after school for a total of approx. 15 meetings during the school year. Meetings include visits to mentors’ offices, hands-on design and construction activities, and visits to local construction sites. The students choose a theoretical project and the mentors guide them through the design, cost estimating, and scheduling process just as they would do with a real-world project.
Students Presentations: At the end of the school year, the students’ work is put on display at the annual ACE Banquet. Each team of students presents their project in a PowerPoint presentation accompanied by a display of drawings, models, schedules, and other work which they have generated throughout the year. Past ACE banquets have attracted audiences of over 400 people and have featured keynote speakers such as Governor Phil Bredesen, Mayor Bill Purcell and former NFL Titan Eddie George.
Scholarships: A highlight of each banquet is the presentation of annual scholarships. In the past seven years, The ACE Mentor Program of Greater Nashville has awarded more than eighty scholarships totaling over $180,000 to students who intend to pursue college majors related to Architecture, Construction, and Engineering. Nationally, ACE programs have awarded over $6.6 million dollars in scholarships.
ACE Mentor Program of Greater Nashville - Participating Schools 2009-2010
Martin Luther King High School Page High School
Battle Ground Academy Franklin High School
Hillsboro High School Fairview High School
Brentwood High School University School of Nashville
Ravenwood High School Father Ryan High School
Centennial High School Stratford High School
Independence High School Hunters Lane High School
John Overton High School Antioch High School
Montgomery Bell Academy
Adkisson & Harrison
Earl Swensson Associates
State of Tenn.
Smith Seckman Reid
Ragan Smith
Batten & Shaw
R J Griffin
Centric Architects
Orion Building
Adventure Science Center
Environments in Life
Moody Nolan
Lawrence Brothers LLC
Wolfe & Travis
I.C. Thomasson
First Colony Healthcare
The Parent Company
Nissan
Stan Lindsey Associates
Turner Universal
WASCO, Inc
Tennessee Board of Regents
Gresham Smith & Partners
PBG
Gobbell Hays Partners
Brasfield & Gorrie
Downs Electric
School Facility Management
Hastings Architecture
STG Architects
Thomas Miller & Partners
The Robins & Morton Group
RC Matthews
Bacar Constructors
United Testing & Balancing
Skanska USA
Hospital Corp of America (HCA)
Mazzetti Nash Lipsey Burch
DAAD
Enterprise Electric
Envision Advantage
PSI
Civil Constructors
EMC Structural Engineers
Balfour Beatty
Contractors Group Inc.
Littlejohn Engineering
T W Frierson
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