Pre-Med Experience at ACR
Working direct care at ACR is a great way to round out your med school application, according to Madison Duffy. It offers the perfect opportunity to gain pre-med experience in…
A NICE Healthcare Review
Employees who are enrolled in ACR’s traditional health plan can access a new online primary care option called NICE Healthcare for for free. To give an idea of how it…
Matching Gift Challenge for the ACR SAFE
The ACR SAFE—the Staff Agenda Fund for Emergencies— was set up as ACR’s version of an employee assistance program to help fellow coworkers who are experiencing urgent and overwhelming needs.…
NICE Healthcare: Like Bluestone for Employees
You know how kids sometimes do crazy things and wind up in Urgent Care? ACR’s COO Gene Leistico had this story: “My 9-year-old daughter was jumping around last summer and…
Finding Work-Life Balance with Toddlers
It’s no secret that work-life balance with toddlers is a challenge. Many ACR employees strike that balance between working and parenting by becoming live-in supervisors. A live-in supervisor and their…
Winter Break: Top To-Do Item
This is the time of year when students have finished their finals, and are possibly taking a few days of R & R before looking ahead to that next semester.…
Biomedical Engineering Internship Leads to Innovation in Stroke Recovery
ACR Homes was a good job fit for me as I pursued an undergraduate degree in biomedical engineering at the University of Minnesota. Working at ACR I gave me first-hand…
Internship Opportunities at the Mayo Clinic
Intern seminars at the Mayo Clinic are just one example of the internship opportunities ACR coordinates to help employee interns broaden their contacts and exposure to outside healthcare professionals. This…
Patient Care at ACR Means Relationships that Make an Impact
ACR Homes provides residential care for people with disabilities, and so patient care at ACR means supporting residents who call ACR “home.” Some residents have lived in an ACR home…
Art Therapy Internship Leads to an Art Show
Over a span of five weeks this summer, Bre Wallace led an art class for thirteen ACR residents as part of her art therapy internship. Participants in the class explored…
ACR Voted One of the Top 5 Workplaces in Minnesota
ACR was named one of the top five large companies in Minnesota once again in the StarTribune’s 2017 Top Workplace survey. This is the fourth year ACR employees have participated…
Top 9 Reasons to Love Being a Direct Care Float
What direct care position offers a $5,000 bonus for 3 months’ work? That would be the Emergency Direct Care Float position at ACR during the months of September to November.…