Erick Kenney once learned how to operate heavy equipment and properly frame a shed in the halls of the Capital Region BOCES Career and Technical Education Center – Schoharie Campus. Now, the 2011 graduate of the Construction/Heavy Equipment program is overseeing the renovation and upgrade of the very same campus. Kenney works as a project …
With an estimated 2% of all electricians in the United States women, it would not be shocking to find only a few women interested in the trade in high school. But in fact, there are currently five female students enrolled in the Capital Region BOCES Electrical Trades program and they are not only putting a …
Thirty-three Capital Region BOCES Career and Technical Education students showed their in-depth knowledge of the skilled trades and earned medals at the regional SkillsUSA competition on Monday, March 18 in Albany. The seven first-place winners and many other medal winners earned their way to the state SkillsUSA competition in Syracuse next month. The student competitors, …
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Students in the Capital Region BOCES Digital Media Design program aren’t shirting their duties to help their peers—well, maybe they are. Juniors in Barb Gorbaty’s program are printing 453 T-shirts for competitors and participants in the Regional SkillsUSA competition that will be held at the Capital Region BOCES Career and Technical Education Center – Albany …
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Students in the culinary program at the Capital Region BOCES Career & Technical Education Center are hosting a St. Patrick’s Day feast for the public on Wednesday, March 13. Doors open at 10:45 a.m. at the Career and Technical Education Center – Albany Campus, located at 925B Watervliet-Shaker Road, Albany NY 12205. The buffet will …
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Lajay York learned about the construction industry working alongside her father, Leon. She built upon that knowledge by watching the TV show “Forged in Fire,” where she gained an appreciation for the art of welding. Now, the bubbly high school junior is marrying those two passions at Capital Region BOCES, where she hopes to build the …
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Technology experts with Albany Can Code and area institutions are working with students in the Capital Region BOCES Game Design and Implementation program to boost their knowledge and expertise in programming and cybersecurity. Tom Kramer, Vice President of Software Engineering & QA at Albany Medical Center, joined Albany Can Code’s Lee McPeters on Friday to …
Capital Region BOCES celebrates Women in the Trades month A Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk High School junior is pursuing a career in welding thanks to her high school counselor and a Women in the Trades event at Capital Region BOCES. Elizabeth Brundige is enrolled in the Welding & Metal Fabrication Program at the Career & Technical Education Center …
The new general manager of the Albany Marriott Hotel got his start at the hotel 17 years ago as a student taking part in work-based learning through the Capital Region BOCES Career and Technical Education Center. Mahendradat Mangroo recently took the helm of the Wolf Road establishment after climbing the hospitality industry career ladder. Mangroo …
More than two dozen Capital Region BOCES students met on Feb. 26 with recruiters and managers from Piedmont Airlines who were in search of mechanics and other skilled trades workers. The Piedmont officials detailed career opportunities as well as how they offer tuition reimbursement for students seeking to attend college for an aviation mechanics and …
