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Department of Agricultural Education & Studies

ACES Learning Community

Agricultural Community Encourages Success

ACES is a residential learning community with space for 25 men and 25 women. Students can enroll in common sections of Econ 101 and 102, Biology 211 and 212, and Biology 211 and 212 lab if they desire. Activities include meals followed by informal talks by faculty or staff, visits to area agribusinesses, tours of special interest facilities on campus, study groups, and service projects.

Living Options
ACES men and women are housed on separate floors in Maple Hall, with an upper class ag student peer mentor living among them on each floor.

Signing up
To sign up for a residential learning community simply click on the “Learning Community” tab when filling out your Department of Residence contract on AccessPlus. You can go in and update or change your learning community preference information at any time up until the deadline without losing your “priority date.” Sign up for the learning community course(s) takes place at summer orientation.

Contact
Ed Braun , ebraun@iastate.edu, 515-294-0951
Helen Olson, holson@iastate.edu, 515-294-1438