ACE SCHOLARSHIPS: How to Apply

Updated March 16, 2020 -  While team meetings have been suspended until April 21, our commitment to support students with scholarships and summer camp opportunities continues. Scholarship and summer applications are open and the applications deadlines remain the same. 

​In order to be eligible to apply for a scholarship, you must meet the following criteria:

• ACE Scholarship: You are a Senior in high school, graduating in Spring 2020. Deadline April 17, 2020, 8pm.
• ACE Summer Camp: You are a Junior in high school, graduating in Spring 2021. Deadline April 10, 2020, 8pm. 
• You are currently enrolled in 2019-2020 ACE Mentor Program.
• You are pursuing higher education in a field of study related to ACE (architecture, construction, construction related engineering, or related disciplines).
• You must complete and submit all parts of your application before the deadline. Late applications will not be considered.

Application Requirements
1) Complete the Online Application on the ACE Database.
2) Ask your Mentor Captain to submit your Mentor Evaluation Form. Mentor Captains send completed forms directly to ACE staff. 
3) ACE Scholarship only: Upload your Academic Transcript from your high school to your application. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable. Transcript not required for ACE Summer Camp applications.
4) Submit all documents before the deadline. 

​Each year, ACE Oregon offers scholarships to students who are committed to pursuing construction-related careers in college. Thanks to support from many leading firms in Portland's construction industry, the ACE Mentor Program of Oregon is able to award a total of $84,000 in scholarships to 17 students in 2019.

Please feel free to contact ACE staff if you have any questions: ace@portlandworkforcealliance.org.

2019 ACE Scholarship Winners

$8,000: Claressa Davis (St. Mary’s Academy)
$6,000: Johana Amani (Roosevelt High); Makayla Bruce (Wilsonville High); Nguyen Duong Gresham High); William Kaigh (Lincoln High); Jonah LaDuca (South Salem High); Riley Skyles (Central Catholic High)
$4,000: Carina Carmona (De La Salle North Catholic High); Isabella Espinoza (Southridge High); Jesus Gonzalez Estrada (Tualatin High); Kevin Leon (Gresham High); Omar Mahfouz (Tualatin High); Spencer Miller (Lincoln High); Jocelyn Ocampo (Mountain View High); Tameta Thompson (Reynolds High); Joshua Williams (Sunset High); Kenneth Yohe (Sherwood High)
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ACE Summer Camp

Thanks to generous donors at the ACE Luncheon, along with support from the Andersen Construction Foundation and Howard S. Wright, we will be sending four juniors to the 2020 ACE Summer Camp at the University of Colorado Denver! 

2019 Winners: Alaina Keller (Cleveland High), Alessandra Avalos (Tualatin High), Claire Glasser (Baker Charter School), and Coleman Neher (Cleveland High).
2018 Winners: Olivia Vester, Riley Skyles, Kenneth Yohe, and Carina Carmona.
2017 Winners: Audrey Collins, Colin Klein, Ashley Ulberg, Hunter Enz.

Thank you to past contributors in sending students to the ACE Summer Camp:

• Andersen Construction Foundation
• Howard S. Wright​​

• The Harold & Arlene Schnitzer CARE Foundation
• Anonymous Individual Donors​​​

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Internships & Other Scholarships

ACE National has a list of scholarships, including a list of 20 national organizations and firms offering scholarships for high school students and ACE alumni in college. There are also opportunities to apply for summer internships with local area ACE partners.

Alumni earning an internship &/or other scholarships through ACE Oregon:

• 2018 JE Dunn Construction Internship - Ashley Ulberg, 2018 ACE alumna
• 2018 Mortenson Construction Internship - Colin Klein, 2018 ACE alumnus
• 2018 Skanska Internship - Kenneth Yohe, 2018 ACE student
• 2017 Andersen Construction Internship – Audrey Collins, 2018 ACE alumna
• 2015 ACE/Milgard Award (Home Builders Foundation) - Bethany Woods, 2015 ACE alumna
• 2015 Caliber Excellence Award (Home Builders Foundation) - Claudia Monroy-Benitez, 2015 ACE alumna
• 2015 Greenbuild Conference Scholarship (US Green Building Council) - Elona Wilson, 2014 ACE alumna
• 2014 Greenbuild Conference Scholarship (US Green Building Council) - Siriane Lawless, 2011 ACE alumna
• 2014 ACE/Milgard Award (Home Builders Foundation) - Alexa Thornton, 2014 ACE alumna​

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Past Scholarship Recipients

Since 2007, ACE Oregon has awarded $623,000 in scholarships to committed seniors pursuing construction-related careers in college. Over the years, some of our ACE scholarship alumni have gone on to become involved with our program as mentors and board members.

2018 Recipients: Audrey Collins, Hadley Carlberg, Ashley Ulberg, Reid Wiley, Hunter Enz, Alev Ersan, Colin Klein, Sammy Longo, Sara Mohamed, Brandt Yamamoto, Dario Rolon-Manzo, Samantha Wiegand, David Mallery, Kayla Coyne, Diny Martinez-Villatoro, Alexander Qui.
2017 Recipients: Jessica Howell, Gavin Macpherson, Aubrey Moore, Julia Andrus, Nancy Barroso-Reyes, Hilary Chaimov, Ross Miho, Jose Sanchez, Shauna Anderson, Hailey Chrisman, Christian Nieto, Elizabeth Rainville, Julia Richards, Edgar Santos-Quintero, Luis Soto-Nampula, Henok Techeste.
2016 Recipients: Max Fajardo, Samantha Marioni, Peter Paskill, Nelea Chin, Madison Canelis, Matthew Reynolds, Lesley Bahena-Patino, Kaleah Buckbee, Hector Uriel Gonzalez-Montiel, Madeline Chu, Gayle Mulligan, Tiernan Fox, John Halsey, Beatrix Ngia, Andy Hua, Andrew Scardina.
2015 Recipients: Antonio Crosier, Justin Kwong, Samuel Gomez, Caroline Ambrose, Eve Lathrop, Kevin Pham, Bethany Woods, Dustin Diep, Jackson Sany, Sophie Tanner, Violetta White, Sarah Grassl, Conor Henson, Hawii Boriyo, Claudia Monroy-Benitez, Nyles Green.
2014 Recipients: Logan Gillis, Moriah Shay Nikolas Tucker, Cadell Chand, Henry Sissac, Summer Olson, Alex Roberts, Alexa Thornton, Brett Sonflieth, Brianna Braukmann, Eden Mcgowan, Zachariah Petett.
2013 Recipients: Kyle Farrell, Collin Faunt, Sidney Greenslate, Jie (Jimmy) Jia, Adriana Lilla, Kylee Martens, Richelle Martens, Megan Mueller, Leighton Murphy, Annie Parham.
2012 Recipients: Huy Nguyen, Madison Hathaway, Tovit Bezukhov, Meryl Kruskopf, Olivia Cantwell, Taylor Spencer, Frank Ngo.
2011 Recipients: Patrick Kempster, Siriane Lawless, Stacia Tarver, Zixing Wang, Sarah Cochenour, Nathaniel Holder.
2010 Recipients: Erik Hanno, Jessica Escobedo, Luis Gonzalez, Maggie Buffum, Matti Sjoblom-Chambers, Jasmine Brickley.
2009 Recipients: Erin Thayer, Daniel Cebula, Iris Wu, Leif Erickson, Nico Varela, Brandon Young, Osten Palmrose, Justin Wilks
2008 Recipients: Amber Willhite, Samantha Doyle, Spencer Hoffman, Michael Calhoun, Zitao Wu, Nelson Brooks, Daniella Sifuentes-Lopez, Emily New, Daniel Navarro-Gomez.
2007 Winners: Matthew Davis, Katarina Ivezic, Nathan Kolibaba, Andrei Shupenka.