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The link below will allow you to listen to a great article done by WLAC in Nashville about the ACE Mentor program here in Nashville and our recent ACE Camp at MTSU and Vanderbilt.
One of 17 high school students attending the ACE Mentor Summer Camp, Dylan Akers obtains his love for building and design through DNA. His father, Chris Akers, is a civil engineer with Littlejohn Eng…
Source: MTSU ACE Camp recruits future builders, designers [+VIDEO]
ACE Mentor of Nashville, teaming with Middle Tennessee State University and Vanderbilt University, have come together to create a summer program preparing kids for jobs in the ever-growing construction industry in Nashville.
Source: Engineering Camp Teaches Kids About Architectural Construction – Story
As construction booms in Nashville, there’s a looming concern about a worker shortage. The industry has been working with high schoolers to get them
We appreciate our partners from MTSU, Vanderbilt and the design and construction community for their help with this project.
Attendees of the annual ACE Mentor camp are shown below as they prepare for their daily activities this week. Stay tuned for more updates about all that they learned and saw during their time at MTSU, Vanderbilt and other sites in the Nashville area.

MTSU ACE Camp 2016 group photo
A handful of high school students from across the South are building their architecture and design skills.
HMK Architects PLLC is proud of our ACE Alumni! Left to right are Logan Newton, Martin Luther King Magnet School Class of 2007 and UT School of Architecture Class of 2012; Kenna Cajka, Page High School Class of 2011 and UT School of Architecture Class of 2016; and Mustapha Williams, Martin Luther King Magnet School Class of 2013 and currently a student at the UT School of Architecture. All three credit their participation in ACE Mentor of America as a significant influence in their decision to enter the profession of architecture. We are happy to have them on our team and we will miss Mustapha when he goes back to Knoxville next month!
Foster + Partners and Zaha Hadid Architects are just two of the renowned practices to be shortlisted for awards at the 2016 World Architecture Festival.
Source: World Architecture Festival 2016 shortlist revealed – CNN.com
The late Hadid rose to fame for her striking architecture, but a loving retrospective from her close friend and gallerist Francis Sultana shows her prowess in the worlds of art, design and fashion.