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Biomedical Engineering Internship Leads to Innovation in Stroke Recovery

October 19, 2017

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

October 11, 2017

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

September 5, 2017

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

August 25, 2017

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

July 13, 2017

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

July 6, 2017

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

June 16, 2017

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

May 30, 2017

“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

May 1, 2017

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

April 12, 2017

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

March 10, 2017

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…

Gap Year Here

Gap Year Here at ACR

February 9, 2017

Gabriella O’Bryan finds ACR is the perfect place to do both a gap year and an internship before applying to graduate school. She began working for ACR while in the…