ACE Mentor Program completes 4th year, names scholarship winners By: Joe Yovino April 29, 2021
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The ACE Mentor Program of Greater Milwaukee held a virtual event on April 27 awarding three scholarships and six internships to local Milwaukee students.
Over the past 3 years, the Milwaukee Chapter has offered over $40,000 in scholarships to students planning to attend post-secondary education and training leading to careers in architecture, engineering, construction or the skilled crafts. This year’s scholarship recipients demonstrated exceptional work ethic and relationship building with industry professionals. They are:
Brianna Gutierrez, a senior at St. Augustine Preparatory Academy, is a dedicated student who thrived during her 6-week internship with Mortenson. At Mortenson, she effectively navigated through a series of 3D models and accurately estimated an entire structural steel package for a local hospital. ACE Mentor Program of America selectedGutierre
Darnell Hamilton, a teacher at Golda Meir High School in Milwaukee.
A recent report from the Wisconsin Policy Forum studied the barriers to building a more diverse teacher workforce.
The report outlined challenges at every level of the teacher preparation pipeline, including: a higher education system that favors white, wealthy students; teacher certification tests that disproportionately screen out Black and brown people and school environments where teachers of color are “pigeonholed” as disciplinarians.
These factors and more contribute to a Wisconsin teacher workforce that is 95% white.
WUWM hosted a roundtable conversation with four diverse Milwaukee educators to talk about their experiences. Two of the educators participated in focus groups for the Wisconsin Policy Forum’s research.
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