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Game Design & Implementation students’ project makes and preserves local history

Students in the Game Design & Implementation program are working on an interactive website that will let people explore the history of the Watervliet Shaker Historic District. The juniors and seniors in the program at the Career & Technical Education Center – Albany Campus started work in January on the website, which will provide a …

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Schalmont teen is ‘hooked’ on welding, hopes his welding skills take a ‘bite’ out of the competition

Reagan Pedinotti hopes to forge a career as a pipe welder but that is not putting a halt to his artistic and creative passions. In fact, the Schalmont High School senior has used those passions to fuel his love of welding and spark a better understanding of the skills involved in it. Pedinotti is in …

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Women in the Trades Month: BHBL teen revved up for a great future

A Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake senior is already making a name for herself in the automotive industry thanks to the training she is receiving at our Career & Technical Education – Albany campus. Octavia Rice is a senior in the Automotive Trades Technology program and is in her second year of work at Capitaland Motors Subaru …

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SUNY Cobleskill, NYSDOT and Anderson Equipment Co. prepares students for cutting-edge careers

A partnership between Capital Region BOCES, SUNY Cobleskill, New York State Department of Transportation and Anderson Equipment Company is helping area high school students gain new skills that will strengthen their employability. Students in the Construction/Heavy Equipment program on the Capital Region BOCES Career and Technical Education Center – Schoharie Campus recently completed training in …

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Women in the Trades: Bethlehem teen says BOCES has the ‘Wright’ stuff to launch her into a career

A Bethlehem teenager is looking for a career at the extremes of the earth—either undersea or in space—and has chosen Capital Region BOCES to propel her to professional success. Alexis Wright is a junior at Bethlehem Central High School and attends the Welding & Metal Fabrication program at the our Career & Technical Education Center …

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Students cook up knowledge and an Irish feast for over one hundred guests

Culinary students got a taste for restaurant life, as they prepared and served an Irish feast for more than 100 people, including a host of dignitaries for the school’s annual St. Patrick’s Day feast. During an 11:30 a.m. lunch seating, students executed the restaurant scenario of preparing and serving dozens of meals in a one-hour …

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Women in the Trades: High school junior seeks to prove skilled trades careers know no genders

A Schoharie High School teen values independence and believes the skilled trades are for everyone and she is now on a path to show just how genderless the industry can be. Savannah Traverse is a junior in the Residential Construction/Heavy Equipment program, where she is learning the skills necessary to enter the construction industry or …

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Women in the Trades celebration inspires next generation of women skilled tradespeople

A luncheon and panel discussion on Thursday highlighted the successes women have made in building careers in the skilled trades while also recruiting the next generation of women skilled tradespeople. The Capital Region BOCES Celebrates Women in the Trades luncheon featured six successful women—including two graduates of the BOCES Career & Technical Education Center—speaking about …

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Women in the Trades: High school junior builds foundation for a career in the family business

A Shenendehowa High School junior chose to attend our Career & Technical Education Center to further her skills and to help her join the family business. Riley Trudell aspires to work in, and one day take over, the family business Northway Fabricators so she enrolled in the Manufacturing & Machining Technology Program at Capital Region …

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Students haul over to Penske for a day of job shadowing

Several area high school students interested in careers and auto and truck repair spent a day recently shadowing the experts at Penske Corp. Automotive Trades technology students from our Career & Technical Education Center Albany and Schoharie campuses spent Feb. 15 at the Penske’s Warehouse Road location in Albany, learning first-hand the experience of an …

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