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Representatives of The Laborers’ International Union of North America Local 157 in Duanesburg met recently with students on the Capital Region BOCES Career and Technical Education Center – Schoharie Campus, detailing job opportunities and recruiting the union’s future workforce. Josh Shaul, John Drinon and Glenn MarikI spoke with students in the Heavy Equipment Operation, Maintenance …

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Representatives of two businesses charged with creating a solar array for Albany County met with students on Thursday from Capital Region BOCES and Colonie Central High School to detail the project. Brad Richardson of Calibrant Energy and Steve Foley of Sunrise Power Solutions led dozens of students on two separate tours of the new solar …

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Capital Region BOCES students will showcase their culinary skills on Wednesday for education leaders from throughout the region. Culinary Arts and Hospitality Technology students on the Career and Technical Education Center – Albany Campus are preparing a dinner for school district leaders from the region’s 24 component school districts. The educators will gather for the …

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With a demand increasing daily for workers and an aging workforce, it’s no doubt that students with skills that prepare them for the heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration (HVAC/R) industry are in hot demand. Just how hot that demand is will be on display at Capital Region BOCES on Thursday, April 11, as area …

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As a child, Zachary Apkarian was in and out of hospitals and spent one memorable stay at Boston Children’s Hospital on a birthday. It was the actions of a nurse during that stay that inspired the teenager to pursue a career in healthcare. “When I was younger, I was in Boston Children’s Hospital, and I …

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“BOCES has given me motivation to do better in school because BOCES is a privilege to attend.” That endorsement of Capital Region BOCES was offered recently by Duanesburg High School senior Landon Straight as he wired a tiny house at the Career and Technical Education Center – Schoharie Campus. The second-year student said he initially …

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Students attending the Capital Region BOCES Heating/Ventilation/Air Conditioning and Refrigeration (HVAC/R) program say they were drawn to the program because of the options it affords to them. But Schenectady High School senior Haresh Persaud said the program has more than career options and skilled training to offer – it has a welcoming environment. “BOCES is …

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