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.…
Patient Care Experience as an Emergency Float Staff
The emergency float position at ACR is a great way to get the patient care experience needed for application requirements for medical school and PA school, according to Alex Mangan.…
Direct Care and a Unique Gift for Music
“Ricky D” uses a wheelchair, but that’s not the most important thing about him, according to Maria Madison who is a direct care staff at the ACR Home where Rick…
From Capstone Project to MA in Social Work at ACR
Samantha Dunbar was a Family Social Science major at the University of Minnesota when she first heard a classroom presentation about ACR Homes. She realized that the hours required for…
Long-Term Direct Care Staff is Making a Difference
Jon Hess has been a long-term direct care staff at the ACR Home on Fox Run Bay since 2002. His long-term commitment to the residents at Fox Run Bay has made…
Gap Year Experience at ACR
As a recent college graduate, Payton Gilreath has been asked many times why she’s taking a gap year to work at ACR before applying to grad school to become a…