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ACE Program Location
Jack Baskin Engineering Bldg,
Rm 199
Mailing address:
ACE Program
UC Santa Cruz
1156 High Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
(831) 459-5283
Email: nancyck (at) ucsc.edu
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04/11/2012
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ACE is 26 years old!
Thanks to everyone who participated in the 25th Anniversary ACE Reunion in Spring 2011. Many traveled from near and far to UCSC to join us; others sent photos and biographies for our FACES of ACE posters (links below). It's not too late to send in your bio & photo for our Faces of ACE webpage (coming soon)!
It was great to hear from so many of you! We are hopeful that you will stay in touch and mentor the next generation of ACE STEM students.
Faces of ACE 1992-2002
Faces of ACE 2002-2008
Faces of ACE 2008-2010
Welcome to UC Santa Cruz and the Academic Excellence (ACE) Program
Are you thinking about majoring in science, technology, engineering, or math (known as STEM)? Would you like to meet other UCSC students doing the same? Then ACE is the Place for you!
We bring STEM students together in small discussion sections that accompany the large math and science lectures. We help you understand the lecture and text book through concept specific worksheets that you and your classmates work on as a team.
Did you know that students who spend three hours per course-unit each week studying outside of their math or science lecture have a much better understanding of their course material and therefore earn higher grades? Since UCSC’s courses are 5-units, that means you should study 15 hours per week outside of lecture. When you participate in an ACE secondary discussion section, not only will you meet others who need to study just as much as you do, but also one third of your outside-of-lecture-study time will be guided and focused.
Learning to manage your time is crucial and ACE can teach you how. As a member of the ACE Program, you will join a community of motivated students who are on the way to achieving their career goals.
Nancy Cox-Konopelski, Program Director
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Spring 2012 – ACE Applications are here
- Select the "How to Apply" tab
- Download and print
- Fill out form and turn in at ACE
You will be notified during finals week if you are enrolled in an ACE section for Spring.
All ACE sections begin thefirst week of instruction
- If your section is Monday & Wednesday, the first meeting is on Wed., April 4th
- If your section is Tuesday & Thursday, the first meeting is on Thurs., April, 5th
All ACE sections meet in Jack Baskin Engineering in either Room 178, 164 or 168. See "Class Schedule" for room location.
Science & Engineering Learning Community
In partnership with Crown, Merrill and Oakes, ACE provides academic support sections in general chemistry & math for first year students who reside at these colleges. Enrolling in ACE supported discussion sections through the S&ELC partnership helps create a link between your academic course of study and your residential community.
Thanks to our Supporters
ACE fiscal support is administered by the Division of Physical and Biological Sciences. Additional funding comes from NIH and NSF grants awarded to PBSci and Jack Baskin School of Engineering Faculty.
A generous gift from Karoline Delaney, UCSC Alumna, allows ACE to serve more students. For example, we increased support in general chemistry and physics in the Winter & Spring quarters of 2012.
Continued support from UCSC Alumnus, Steven L. Phillips continues to help fund the ACE Peer Mentoring Program in 2011-12. |
Awards
In 1999 our program received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics
and Engineering mentoring. This distinguished award was administered by the National Science Foundation and presented to ACE at the White House. |
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