ACE Greater NY organizes fun, informative events for students to network and gain opportunities outside of the standard program. See below for upcoming events, as well as past events.
ACE GNY Current Students and Alumni will hear firsthand from ACE Alumni about their cultural club affiliations and how to get involved on-campus with ACE related organizations. Alumni will lead the panel to give insight on joining clubs, what their club does, and the importance of getting involved while in college. Clubs represented at this webinar: SHPE, FAME, NOMAS, NSBE, and SWE. Email us at GreaterNY@acementor.org to sign up!
ACE GNY Current Students and Alumni heard firsthand from ACE GNY Alumni about their academic campus affiliations and how to get involved on-campus with ACE related organizations. Alumni will lead the panel to give insight on joining clubs, what their club does, and the importance of getting involved while in college. Featuring panelists representing: CMAA, ASHRAE, SEAoNY, ASCE, AIAS, and CUSD. For a recording of the webinar, please email GreaterNY@acementor.org.
ACE GNY current students and alumni heard from panelists from several industry associations, including the American Institute of Architects NY(AIA NY), American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers(ASHRAE), Construction Management Association of America (CMAA) and Structural Engineers Association of New York (SEAony).
Attendees learned more about what the associations do, why they are important to join, events, scholarships, and other opportunities they have for high school and college students.
For a recording of this webinar, please contact us at GreaterNY@acementor.org.
ACE GNY Current Students and Alumni heard from Vittoria Buccina of Syracuse University School of Architecture and Paige Bauman of STV on best practices for interviewing for college admission and internships. For a recording of this webinar, please contact us at GreaterNY@acementor.org.
ACE GNY students and Alumni heard about the importance of LinkedIn, how to make a profile, what to add on it, and how to network/gain connections. Moderators discussed how to reconnect with mentors, the ACE GNY Alumni Group, and how to best present yourself digitally. For a recorded version of this webinar, please email GreaterNY@acementor.org
ACE GNY Students learned from admissions experts on how to present their story clearly and concisely on college applications. The webinar was led by admissions representatives from NYIT and NYU Tandon School of Engineering. For a recorded copy of the webinar, email us at GreaterNY@acementor.org.
Current ACE GNY students heard from former ACE students who are currently enrolled in the Bachelor of Architecture program at Syracuse University, for a conversation about their path from ACE to college. The session included a brief overview of Syracuse University and Q&A with the former ACE students.
ACE GNY students attended this webinar, led by program staff, on applying to scholarships and the ACE GNY scholarship in particular. Participants asked questions about essays, scoring, and standing out on applications. For a recorded copy of the webinar, email us at GreaterNY@acementor.org.
ACE GNY students heard from professors at Manhattan College about the Civil Engineering department and its areas of specialization: Construction Environmental Geotechnical Structural Transportation Water Resource.
Syracuse University hosted a virtual information session specifically for ACE GNY students and families to learn about Syracuse’s Engineering programs – aerospace, bioengineering, chemical, civil, computer, electrical, environmental, and mechanical. This webinar featured their Engineering admissions staff, current students, and alumni, many of whom are ACE alumni or mentors. Syracuse University also introduced students to the new scholarship for exclusively ACE students.
During this workshop, Assistant Dean Vittoria Buccina will provide insight on developing your portfolio in a manner that best showcases your creativity, curiosity, and spatial ability when applying to a Bachelor of Architecture program.
Exclusively for ACE Greater NY students. Please email us for the link to register.
Overview of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s School of Architecture program from admissions team. Exclusively for ACE GNY students. Sign up to be announced.
Join us for a panel discussion focused on Interior Design Careers, educational requirements, and the overall industry of Interior Design. Hear from our diverse panelists about their design career paths, what a college interior design program entails, and the various opportunties in the interior design industry.
For more information about IIDA NY – visit our website at www.iidany.org
Moderators:
Robin Reigi – Principal Owner, Robin Reigi Architectural Materials
Mary Davis – Sales Representative, Light Art
Elisabeth Mejia – Associate, Project Interior Designer, HKS
Panelists:
Carmita Sanchez-Fong – Professor & Chairperson, FIT
Katie Michael-Battaglia – Design Director, NEMO Tile + Stone
Rachel Robinson – Senior Associate, Design Director, Ted Moudis
Nicole Muratore – Job Captain, Gensler
Kim Kedem – Interior Design Student, FIT
Exclusively for ACE GNY current students and former students. Please email us at GreaterNY@acementor.org for the registration form!
Overview of the Pratt Institute’s Architecture School and Construction Management Degree Programs.
Exclusively for ACE GNY students. Email us at GreaterNY@acementor.org for the registration link!
Overview of the Architecture and Engineering programs at The Cooper Union from the admissions team and current students. Exclusively for ACE GNY students.
Overview of the Spitzer School of Architecture at City College of NY from the admissions team and former ACE GNY students currently enrolled and studying architecture.
Hear firsthand from ACE GNY Alumni and ACE Mentors on their individual journeys through studying Construction Management in college and into the industry. Students will get the opportunity to learn about what graduating high school is like; what college courses to take; internships, scholarships, and much more! There will be a moderated panel, and then time for Q&A from students and parents.
Featured Schools to be Added!
Once you submit this form with the panel that you are interested in attending, you will receive a link to the webinar via email within 24 hours. Please make sure to monitor your email for this link. If you do not receive it, please let us know at GreaterNY@acementor.org.
This event is for graduating seniors – for a list of events we have for all students, click here.
Hear firsthand from ACE GNY Alumni and ACE Mentors on their individual journeys through studying different engineering majors (Civil, Structural, Mechanical, and Electrical) and into the industry. Students will get the opportunity to learn about what graduating high school is like; what college courses to take; internships, scholarships, and much more! There will be a moderated panel, and then time for Q&A from students and parents.
Featuring ACE GNY Alumni studying engineering from…
Manhattan College
City College of New York Grove School of Engineering
Cooper Union
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
& more to be added!
This event is for graduating seniors – for a list of events we have for all students, click here.
Hear firsthand from ACE GNY Alumni and ACE Mentors on their individual journeys through architecture school and into the industry. Students will get the opportunity to learn about what graduating high school is like; what college courses to take; internships, scholarships, and much more! There will be a moderated panel, and then time for Q&A from students and parents.
Featuring ACE GNY Alumni studying architecture from…
NYIT
Cornell University
City College of New York Anne and Bernard Spitzer School of Architecture
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Wentworth Institute of Technology
This event is for graduating seniors – for a list of events we have for all students, click here.
Overview of the Civil Engineering and Construction Management degree programs from professors of the school. Exclusively for ACE GNY students.
On October 16, 2019, the ACE Mentor Program of Greater NY hosted the annual Team Registration Fair. All of the NYC-based ACE GNY mentorship teams were present and recruiting students to their teams. Each team tabled with a board and a few mentors and high school students met each team and decided which team they wanted to join for the 2019-2020 Program Year.
The program kicked off in November 2019 with 53 mentor teams and 1300 enrolled students. Mentor teams will be meeting until May 2020, at which they will present the design project they have been working on for the program year.
Students that join ACE are encouraged to join again the following year – our application for the 2020-21 Program Year will be live in August 2020.
The Preparing for College Engineering Panel was held on June 12, 2019 at the ACE Greater NY office in Midtown Manhattan. Panelists were guided through a moderated discussion by current Team Leader and Mentor Committee Chair, Virginia Demske (Cerami & Associates). Students learned about the basics and expectations of several undergraduate engineering programs, including Mechanical and Civil Engineering at universities throughout Greater New York.
For the first time, the ACE Mentor Program of Greater NY Alumni Committee organized two panel discussions to provide seniors graduating from high school with firsthand insight on Architecture School and Engineering programs.
The Preparing for College Architecture Panel was held on June 11, 2019 at the ACE Greater NY office in Midtown Manhattan. Panelists were guided through a moderated discussion by ACE Alumni and current Team Leader, Nadene Taylor (Beyer Blinder Belle). Students learned about the basics and expectations of Architecture school, including the vocabulary and tools needed to succeed.
Founded in 1994 by a group of leading architects, contractors and engineers in New York City, the program has served more than 77,000 students nationwide and over 14,000 students in New York alone. Today, more than 13,000 students and 4,100 mentors participate in ACE each year in 37 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.
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