Representatives of BBL Construction Services presented the Capital Region BOCES Board of Education with a $25,000 donation during the board’s Aug. 18 meeting. The donation is in support of career and technical education and represents BBL’s efforts in leading the first annual Don Led Duke Careers in Construction Sporting Clays Event. The event is held …
Less than a decade ago, Maria Therese Commisso was a baker in the coastal town of Siderno, Italy. In just a few days, she will be walking the stage of Hackett Middle School in Albany, having earned her High School Equivalency diploma and completed an English as a Second Language program, both through the Capital …
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A recent Capital Region BOCES student recently presented his knowledge and skills at an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Summit in New York City. William Kruk is a 2022 graduate of the Game Design and Implementation program who now works as a software engineer for Lynkwell. The Schenectady-based company is described as “a provider and aggregator …
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More than 200 additional students will be able to build their professional skills and connections thanks to the opening next month of the Capital Region BOCES Career and Technical Education(CTE) Extension Center. Located at 886 Watervliet-Shaker Road in Albany—across from the Albany Career and Technical Education Center—the CTE Extension Center will serve more than 200 …
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Anjolina Bussing’s pathway to a career in medicine has been made easier by multiple programs at Capital Region BOCES. The Mechanicville resident is a graduate of the BOCES Two-Year Sequence of Health Careers program, which she took while a student in Cohoes High School. She is currently enrolled in the part-time adult Practical Nursing program …
Students at Maywood Academy met with area first responders for a day of fun and learning about what it takes to keep our communities safe. Maywood held its annual Community Helpers Day on July 31, an event that allows students to meet and learn from emergency services personnel in a fun and educational setting. “The …
With a month to go before the 2025-26 school year launches, workforce development leaders from colleges and industry toured on Wednesday the new Capital Region BOCES Career and Technical Education (CTE) Extension Center in Albany. The 46,377-square-foot CTE Extension Center will open in September on Watervliet-Shaker Road, across the street from the Career and Technical …
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Adults interested in getting their foot in the door of the healthcare industry need to look no further than Capital Region BOCES Career and Technical Center and its Nurse Assistant Program/Home Health Aide program. With a 22% projected job growth between now and 2033 for home health care aides and 4% forecasted growth for nurse …
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They may be in the midst of their summer vacation, but that’s not to say students in the Capital Region BOCES Career and Technical Education Center summer cosmetology program are not having fun learning in school. More than 40 teens hailing from districts as far afield as Bethlehem and Middleburgh, Scotia and Shenendehowa are spending …
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Capital Region BOCES and the Caring Gene® Career Pathways Training Program (CPT) are partnering to provide adults with a new pathway to a meaningful career as a practical nurse while also helping area institutions address the healthcare workforce shortage. Through this partnership, eligible New York State residents and residents of certain bordering states could receive …
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