Regent Jackson tours Career & Tech, talks with students

Game development, orbital welding, the court system and solar energy were just some of the topics students and teachers talked about with New York State Board of Regents Member Dr. James O. Jackson during his Feb. 3 tour of Career & Tech's Albany campus. Regent Jackson was joined by Capital Region BOCES District Superintendent Dr. Charles S. Dedrick, Questar III BOCES Assistant Superintendent Dr. Andrew DeFeo, and Career and Technical Education Executive Principal Terry Swett.

Dr. Jackson (center) speaks with Welding Teacher Mike Todd as
Executive Principal Terry Swett (left) and Dr. DeFeo look on.

 Executive Principal Terry Swett shows Dr. Jackson an orbital weld.
Orbital welding is used for clean-room environments, including semiconductor
manufacturing, biotechnical research and nanoscale engineering.
High school and adult students learning this technology at Career & Tech
are prepared for our region's growing number of high-tech jobs. 

[2/6/2012]