Colorado
Student Summer Experiences
2025 Build Up High School Internships — due 4/18/25
Mortenson Externship:
This is an 8-week rotational externship starting in June 2025. You will have exposure to field and office work. To apply to this externship, you must fill out the company’s interest form here.
Farnsworth Group:
Internship opportunities can be found on this page. They have offices in Fort Collins, Colorado Springs, and Denver (Greenwood Village) the opportunities will vary by location. There are also offices around the U.S.
Apply to the summer experiences listed below here
Turner Construction:
Turner Construction is a North America-based, international construction services company and is a leading builder in diverse markets. Experiences are available in Denver-metro area and start on 6/2/2025. They would like the students for 4 weeks, 20 hours a week 6/2-6/27. Prefer students who are 18 but will consider less than 18. There are three positions available.
BrightView:
BrightView is the nation’s leading commercial landscape company. The summer experience will include a dive into the full life cycle of BrightView’s services, including landscape architecture, estimating, field operations, project management, sales and business financials. This experience will be in Parker, CO and starts 6/2/2025 for two weeks, 40 hours a week. Students must be 16 years or older and have their own transportation. There is one position available. Students will be participating in projects in the Denver area.
Martin/Martin:
Martin/Martin is a Civil and Structural Engineering firm located in Lakewood, CO. We are seeking an ACE intern who is interested in civil or structural engineering. The intern must be able to work 20 hours/week for 4 weeks during the summer in the Lakewood office. These weeks do not have to be consecutive. There is one position open.
Volunteer Opportunities
- Mentor students—mentor high school student during the semester, sign up in database
- Guest speakers—choose a topic of your profession to present to student
- Mentor post-secondary students virtually —
Transformative Partners Program
- Judge student presentations
- Help plan ACE fundraising event
- Help with ACE communications
Scholarships
ACE Mentor Colorado 2024/25 Scholarship Application
The ACE 2024/25 Scholarship is Active senior in the program. You may access the scholarship application through the ACE portal here.
Summer Camps
Camp at CU Denver
ACE will be hosting a camp at CU Denver this summer. To learn more about the camp, click here. ACE CO will be providing three summer camp scholarships to this camp to Active ACE students. You may apply to one of these scholarships in the ACE portal here.
Fallingwater Summer Camp
Join us for a week-long educational program that combines fun, challenging studio activities with exploration of an architectural masterpiece. Fallingwater Institute High School Residencies are led by teaching architects and teaching artists, suitable for high school students who are interested in architecture, art, construction, design, and engineering. To learn more about the camps offered here. Click here. To apply to a scholarship, click here.