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    <title>ACE Mentor Program Phoenix Arizona Affiliate upcoming events</title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 14:26:35 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Monthly Board Meetings (8 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Ace Monthly Board Meetings&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;In general, 2nd Thursday at Noon&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;No Meeting in June&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Strategic Planning Session in July&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;If in person:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Okland, 1700 N McClintock Dr, Tempe 85288&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;If Virtual, via Okland Teams&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Via Morgan's Teams&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.acementoraz.org/event-6795437</link>
      <guid>https://www.acementoraz.org/event-6795437</guid>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>ACE Mentor Program Day of Action (16 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.acementoraz.org/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Learn about the ACE Program and the impact it make's on our future industry leadership!&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.acementoraz.org/For-Mentors" target="_blank"&gt;Visit the Mentor webpage and consider becoming a Mentor today!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.acementoraz.org/For-Students" target="_blank"&gt;Visit and/or share the Student webpage and encourage Students to Sign Up Today!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;Support ACE Mentor through a Sponsorship of the Program.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.acementoraz.org/event-6823459</link>
      <guid>https://www.acementoraz.org/event-6823459</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2026 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Monthly Board Meetings (12 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Ace Monthly Board Meetings&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;In general, 2nd Thursday at Noon&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;No Meeting in June&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Strategic Planning Session in July&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;If in person:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Okland, 1700 N McClintock Dr, Tempe 85288&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;If Virtual, via Okland Teams&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Via Morgan's Teams&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.acementoraz.org/event-6795437</link>
      <guid>https://www.acementoraz.org/event-6795437</guid>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>L.E.A.P. Laveen's Exploration of Academic Pathways (19 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.laveenschools.org/LEAP" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.acementoraz.org/resources/Documents/Annual/2025-2026/Program/LEAP%202025-26%20(Laveen).jpg" border="0" alt=""&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.acementoraz.org/event-6704388</link>
      <guid>https://www.acementoraz.org/event-6704388</guid>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2026 00:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>ACE AZ Mentors Presents: Luau Charity Poker Event (19 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Special Note...Scholarship Sponsors are given tickets to this event. Are you a Scholarship Sponsor or do you want to make an investment in our program? Visit this link to learn more:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.acementoraz.org/page-7745" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.acementoraz.org/page-7745&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.acementoraz.org/resources/Pictures/2026%20ACE%20Poker%20Flyer%20FIXED.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Special Note...Scholarship Sponsors are given tickets to this event. Are you a Scholarship Sponsor or do you want to make an investment in our program? Visit this link to learn more:&amp;nbsp;https://www.acementoraz.org/page-7745&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.acementoraz.org/event-6844106</link>
      <guid>https://www.acementoraz.org/event-6844106</guid>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2026 23:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Ace Placeholder Mentor Training (1 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Onboarding and Welcoming Mentors&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.acementoraz.org/event-6797310</link>
      <guid>https://www.acementoraz.org/event-6797310</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2026 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Monthly Board Meetings (10 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Ace Monthly Board Meetings&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;In general, 2nd Thursday at Noon&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;No Meeting in June&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Strategic Planning Session in July&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;If in person:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Okland, 1700 N McClintock Dr, Tempe 85288&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;If Virtual, via Okland Teams&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Via Morgan's Teams&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.acementoraz.org/event-6795437</link>
      <guid>https://www.acementoraz.org/event-6795437</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2027 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>CIRT Competition:  SlideRoom Submission Portal Opens (4 Jan 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;CIRT National Design + Construction Competition Launch:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;2027 Competition Challenges&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;Rising Tide: Regenerative Coastal Multi-Family Housing&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;Forgotten Infrastructure: Adaptive Reuse + Community Transformation&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;Design + Construction Innovation Center: Learning, Technology + Industry Collaboration&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;Key Dates&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;September 1, 2026: Competition launch, challenges released, and handbook available&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;January 4, 2027:&amp;nbsp;SlideRoom&amp;nbsp;submission portal opens&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;March 3, 2027: Submission deadline&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;March 16, 2027: Washington, D.C. finalists announced&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;April 26, 2027: Preliminary and final round presentations&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;New for 2027:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;Six finalist teams will be invited to Washington, D.C., and up to three student presenters per team will have the opportunity to present their solutions to industry leaders. For more information, check the email that went out last week and visit&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://acementortools.org/national-programs/cirt-comp-information"&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;for more info!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.acementoraz.org/event-6846548</link>
      <guid>https://www.acementoraz.org/event-6846548</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2027 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Student/Parent Information Session (7 Jan 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parent's Night&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.acementoraz.org/event-6820146</link>
      <guid>https://www.acementoraz.org/event-6820146</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2027 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Monthly Board Meetings (14 Jan 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Ace Monthly Board Meetings&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;In general, 2nd Thursday at Noon&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;No Meeting in June&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Strategic Planning Session in July&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;If in person:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Okland, 1700 N McClintock Dr, Tempe 85288&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;If Virtual, via Okland Teams&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Via Morgan's Teams&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.acementoraz.org/event-6795437</link>
      <guid>https://www.acementoraz.org/event-6795437</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2027 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>ACE Mentor Weekly Session: January 14, 2027 (14 Jan 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.acementoraz.org/resources/Pictures/ACE_Horizontal_Black.png" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Session One&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PROGRAM/PROJECT INTRO + DISCIPLINE ROUND-ROBIN&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Click Here for Curriculum&amp;nbsp;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 244, 103);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Please Note: MET Site Meets 3PM-5PM&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(240, 240, 240);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Please email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:admin@acementoraz.org" target="_blank"&gt;admin@acementoraz.org&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;for additional information and/or with any questions&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.acementoraz.org/event-6820224</link>
      <guid>https://www.acementoraz.org/event-6820224</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2027 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>ACE Mentor Weekly Session: January 21, 2027 (21 Jan 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.acementoraz.org/resources/Pictures/ACE_Horizontal_Black.png" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Session Two&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Site Analysis/Landscape + Civil Engineering + Landscape Architecture&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Click Here for Curriculum&amp;nbsp;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 244, 103);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Please Note: MET Site Meets 3PM-5PM&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(240, 240, 240);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Please email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:admin@acementoraz.org" target="_blank"&gt;admin@acementoraz.org&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;for additional information and/or with any questions&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.acementoraz.org/event-6820227</link>
      <guid>https://www.acementoraz.org/event-6820227</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2027 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>ACE Mentor Weekly Session: January 28, 2027 (28 Jan 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.acementoraz.org/resources/Pictures/ACE_Horizontal_Black.png" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Session Three&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ARCHITECTURE, GUIDING PRINCIPLES, FLOOR PLAN DESIGN + PROGRAMMING&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Click Here for Curriculum&amp;nbsp;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 244, 103);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Please Note: MET Site Meets 3PM-5PM&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(240, 240, 240);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Please email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:admin@acementoraz.org" target="_blank"&gt;admin@acementoraz.org&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;for additional information and/or with any questions&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.acementoraz.org/event-6820229</link>
      <guid>https://www.acementoraz.org/event-6820229</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2027 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>ACE Mentor Weekly Session: February 4, 2027 (4 Feb 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.acementoraz.org/resources/Pictures/ACE_Horizontal_Black.png" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Session Four&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FLOOR PLAN / SECTIONS / ELEVATION WORKING SESSION&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Click Here for Curriculum&amp;nbsp;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 244, 103);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Please Note: MET Site Meets 3PM-5PM&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(240, 240, 240);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Please email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:admin@acementoraz.org" target="_blank"&gt;admin@acementoraz.org&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;for additional information and/or with any questions&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.acementoraz.org/event-6820235</link>
      <guid>https://www.acementoraz.org/event-6820235</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2027 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Monthly Board Meetings (11 Feb 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Ace Monthly Board Meetings&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;In general, 2nd Thursday at Noon&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;No Meeting in June&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Strategic Planning Session in July&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;If in person:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Okland, 1700 N McClintock Dr, Tempe 85288&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;If Virtual, via Okland Teams&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Via Morgan's Teams&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.acementoraz.org/event-6795437</link>
      <guid>https://www.acementoraz.org/event-6795437</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2027 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>ACE Mentor Weekly Session: February 11, 2027 (11 Feb 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.acementoraz.org/resources/Pictures/ACE_Horizontal_Black.png" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Session Five&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3D Visualization + Application Tutorial&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Click Here for Curriculum&amp;nbsp;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 244, 103);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Please Note: MET Site Meets 3PM-5PM&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(240, 240, 240);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Please email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:admin@acementoraz.org" target="_blank"&gt;admin@acementoraz.org&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;for additional information and/or with any questions&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.acementoraz.org/event-6820245</link>
      <guid>https://www.acementoraz.org/event-6820245</guid>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2027 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Field Trip! (16 Feb 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Field Trip - Trades&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;One for East Valley (Mesa HS, EVIT)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;One for West Valley (MET, Moon Valley, Metro Apollo)&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.acementoraz.org/event-6820299</link>
      <guid>https://www.acementoraz.org/event-6820299</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2027 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>ACE Mentor Weekly Session: February 18, 2027 (18 Feb 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.acementoraz.org/resources/Pictures/ACE_Horizontal_Black.png" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Session Six&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Engineering Systems [Struct, Mech, Plumb + Elect]&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Click Here for Curriculum&amp;nbsp;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 244, 103);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Please Note: MET Site Meets 3PM-5PM&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(240, 240, 240);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Please email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:admin@acementoraz.org" target="_blank"&gt;admin@acementoraz.org&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;for additional information and/or with any questions&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.acementoraz.org/event-6820257</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2027 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>ACE Mentor Weekly Session: February 25, 2027 (25 Feb 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.acementoraz.org/resources/Pictures/ACE_Horizontal_Black.png" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Session Seven&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Construction Cost Estimating &amp;amp; Scheduling&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Click Here for Curriculum&amp;nbsp;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 244, 103);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Please Note: MET Site Meets 3PM-5PM&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(240, 240, 240);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Please email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:admin@acementoraz.org" target="_blank"&gt;admin@acementoraz.org&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;for additional information and/or with any questions&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.acementoraz.org/event-6820260</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2027 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Field Trip! (2 Mar 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Field Trip - Construction Site&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;One for East Valley (Mesa HS, EVIT)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;One for West Valley (MET, Moon Valley, Metro Apollo)&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.acementoraz.org/event-6820300</link>
      <guid>https://www.acementoraz.org/event-6820300</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2027 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>ACE Mentor Weekly Session: March 4, 2027 (4 Mar 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.acementoraz.org/resources/Pictures/ACE_Horizontal_Black.png" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Session Eight&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Presentation Coaching + Public Speaking&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Click Here for Curriculum&amp;nbsp;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 244, 103);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Please Note: MET Site Meets 3PM-5PM&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(240, 240, 240);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Please email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:admin@acementoraz.org" target="_blank"&gt;admin@acementoraz.org&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;for additional information and/or with any questions&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.acementoraz.org/event-6820262</link>
      <guid>https://www.acementoraz.org/event-6820262</guid>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2027 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Optional Tuesday Working Sessions (9 Mar 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Optional Tuesday Working Session&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Site Lead Discretion&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.acementoraz.org/event-6820304</link>
      <guid>https://www.acementoraz.org/event-6820304</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2027 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Monthly Board Meetings (11 Mar 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Ace Monthly Board Meetings&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;In general, 2nd Thursday at Noon&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;No Meeting in June&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Strategic Planning Session in July&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;If in person:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Okland, 1700 N McClintock Dr, Tempe 85288&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;If Virtual, via Okland Teams&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Via Morgan's Teams&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.acementoraz.org/event-6795437</link>
      <guid>https://www.acementoraz.org/event-6795437</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2027 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>ACE Mentor Weekly Session: March 11, 2027 (11 Mar 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.acementoraz.org/resources/Pictures/ACE_Horizontal_Black.png" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Session Nine&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WORKING SESSION&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Click Here for Curriculum&amp;nbsp;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 244, 103);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Please Note: MET Site Meets 3PM-5PM&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(240, 240, 240);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Please email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:admin@acementoraz.org" target="_blank"&gt;admin@acementoraz.org&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;for additional information and/or with any questions&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.acementoraz.org/event-6820277</link>
      <guid>https://www.acementoraz.org/event-6820277</guid>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2027 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>CIRT Competition:  Submission Deadline (16 Mar 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;CIRT National Design + Construction Competition Launch:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;2027 Competition Challenges&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;Rising Tide: Regenerative Coastal Multi-Family Housing&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;Forgotten Infrastructure: Adaptive Reuse + Community Transformation&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;Design + Construction Innovation Center: Learning, Technology + Industry Collaboration&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;Key Dates&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;September 1, 2026: Competition launch, challenges released, and handbook available&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;January 4, 2027:&amp;nbsp;SlideRoom&amp;nbsp;submission portal opens&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;March 3, 2027: Submission deadline&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;March 16, 2027: Washington, D.C. finalists announced&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;April 26, 2027: Preliminary and final round presentations&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;New for 2027:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;Six finalist teams will be invited to Washington, D.C., and up to three student presenters per team will have the opportunity to present their solutions to industry leaders. For more information, check the email that went out last week and visit&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://acementortools.org/national-programs/cirt-comp-information"&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;for more info!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.acementoraz.org/event-6846554</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2027 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>CIRT: Washington DC finalists announced (16 Mar 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="right"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;CIRT National Design + Construction Competition Launch:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;2027 Competition Challenges&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;Rising Tide: Regenerative Coastal Multi-Family Housing&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;Forgotten Infrastructure: Adaptive Reuse + Community Transformation&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;Design + Construction Innovation Center: Learning, Technology + Industry Collaboration&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;Key Dates&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;September 1, 2026: Competition launch, challenges released, and handbook available&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;January 4, 2027:&amp;nbsp;SlideRoom&amp;nbsp;submission portal opens&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;March 3, 2027: Submission deadline&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;March 16, 2027: Washington, D.C. finalists announced&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;April 26, 2027: Preliminary and final round presentations&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;New for 2027:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;Six finalist teams will be invited to Washington, D.C., and up to three student presenters per team will have the opportunity to present their solutions to industry leaders. For more information, check the email that went out last week and visit&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://acementortools.org/national-programs/cirt-comp-information"&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;for more info!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.acementoraz.org/event-6846569</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2027 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Optional Tuesday Working Sessions (16 Mar 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Optional Tuesday Working Session&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Site Lead Discretion&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.acementoraz.org/event-6820306</link>
      <guid>https://www.acementoraz.org/event-6820306</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2027 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>ACE Mentor Weekly Session: March 18, 2027 (18 Mar 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.acementoraz.org/resources/Pictures/ACE_Horizontal_Black.png" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Session Ten&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WORKING SESSION&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Click Here for Curriculum&amp;nbsp;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 244, 103);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Please Note: MET Site Meets 3PM-5PM&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(240, 240, 240);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Please email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:admin@acementoraz.org" target="_blank"&gt;admin@acementoraz.org&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;for additional information and/or with any questions&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.acementoraz.org/event-6820280</link>
      <guid>https://www.acementoraz.org/event-6820280</guid>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2027 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Optional Tuesday Working Sessions (23 Mar 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Optional Tuesday Working Session&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Site Lead Discretion&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.acementoraz.org/event-6820309</link>
      <guid>https://www.acementoraz.org/event-6820309</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2027 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>ACE Mentor Weekly Session: March 25, 2027 (25 Mar 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.acementoraz.org/resources/Pictures/ACE_Horizontal_Black.png" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Session Eleven&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WORKING SESSION&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Click Here for Curriculum&amp;nbsp;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 244, 103);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Please Note: MET Site Meets 3PM-5PM&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(240, 240, 240);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Please email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:admin@acementoraz.org" target="_blank"&gt;admin@acementoraz.org&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;for additional information and/or with any questions&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.acementoraz.org/event-6820282</link>
      <guid>https://www.acementoraz.org/event-6820282</guid>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2027 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Scholarship + Internship Applications Due (26 Mar 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Scholarship + Internship Applications Due&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.acementoraz.org/event-6820317</link>
      <guid>https://www.acementoraz.org/event-6820317</guid>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2027 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Optional Tuesday Working Sessions (30 Mar 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Optional Tuesday Working Session&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Site Lead Discretion&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.acementoraz.org/event-6820307</link>
      <guid>https://www.acementoraz.org/event-6820307</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2027 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>ACE Mentor Weekly Session:  April 1, 2027 (1 Apr 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.acementoraz.org/resources/Pictures/ACE_Horizontal_Black.png" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Session Twelve&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WORKING SESSION&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.acementoraz.org/resources/Documents/Annual/2024-2025/Program/2025%20ACE%20-%20Curriculum%20Week-by-Week.docx.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Click Here To View Curriculum&amp;nbsp;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 244, 103);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Please Note: MET Site Meets 3PM-5PM&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(240, 240, 240);"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Please email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:admin@acementoraz.org" target="_blank"&gt;admin@acementoraz.org&lt;/a&gt; for additional information and/or with any questions&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.acementoraz.org/event-6820287</link>
      <guid>https://www.acementoraz.org/event-6820287</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2027 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Monthly Board Meetings (8 Apr 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Ace Monthly Board Meetings&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;In general, 2nd Thursday at Noon&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;No Meeting in June&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Strategic Planning Session in July&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;If in person:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Okland, 1700 N McClintock Dr, Tempe 85288&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;If Virtual, via Okland Teams&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Via Morgan's Teams&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.acementoraz.org/event-6795437</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2027 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>ACE Mentor Weekly Session: April 8, 2027 (8 Apr 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.acementoraz.org/resources/Pictures/ACE_Horizontal_Black.png" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Session Thirteen&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WORKING SESSION&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Click Here for Curriculum&amp;nbsp;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 244, 103);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Please Note: MET Site Meets 3PM-5PM&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(240, 240, 240);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Please email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:admin@acementoraz.org" target="_blank"&gt;admin@acementoraz.org&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;for additional information and/or with any questions&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.acementoraz.org/event-6820290</link>
      <guid>https://www.acementoraz.org/event-6820290</guid>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2027 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Recording+Presentation Upload (9 Apr 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Recording + Presentation Upload&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.acementoraz.org/event-6820315</link>
      <guid>https://www.acementoraz.org/event-6820315</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2027 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>ACE Mentor Weekly Session: April 15, 2027 (15 Apr 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.acementoraz.org/resources/Pictures/ACE_Horizontal_Black.png" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Session Fifteen&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;VIRTUAL VIEWING PARTY&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Click Here for Curriculum&amp;nbsp;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 244, 103);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Please Note: MET Site Meets 3PM-5PM&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(240, 240, 240);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Please email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:admin@acementoraz.org" target="_blank"&gt;admin@acementoraz.org&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;for additional information and/or with any questions&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.acementoraz.org/event-6820291</link>
      <guid>https://www.acementoraz.org/event-6820291</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2027 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>CIRT: Preliminary and Final Round Presentations (26 Apr 2027)</title>
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;CIRT National Design + Construction Competition Launch:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;2027 Competition Challenges&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;Rising Tide: Regenerative Coastal Multi-Family Housing&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;Forgotten Infrastructure: Adaptive Reuse + Community Transformation&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;Design + Construction Innovation Center: Learning, Technology + Industry Collaboration&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;Key Dates&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;September 1, 2026: Competition launch, challenges released, and handbook available&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;January 4, 2027:&amp;nbsp;SlideRoom&amp;nbsp;submission portal opens&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;March 3, 2027: Submission deadline&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;March 16, 2027: Washington, D.C. finalists announced&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;April 26, 2027: Preliminary and final round presentations&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;New for 2027:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;Six finalist teams will be invited to Washington, D.C., and up to three student presenters per team will have the opportunity to present their solutions to industry leaders. For more information, check the email that went out last week and visit&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://acementortools.org/national-programs/cirt-comp-information"&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;for more info!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <link>https://www.acementoraz.org/event-6846573</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2027 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>End of the Program Showcase Banquet:  April 29, 2027 (28 Apr 2027)</title>
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&lt;h3 align="center"&gt;4 pm Dinner Buffet&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
5 pm Showcase&lt;/h3&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.acementoraz.org/event-6820294</link>
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