Aleeca Pino has wanted to be a nurse since she was 10 years old. Now, through our Adult Practical Nursing program, she is pursuing this career path and following her dream of helping others. “I was taking care of my 99-and-a-half-year-old grandmother at 10 years old and I knew then that is what I wanted …
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Adult Education welding student is this year’s recipient of the Evan M. Schwarz Helping Hand Memorial Scholarship. The $500 award was presented by the Schwarz family, welding teacher Don Mattoon and Career and Technical School administrators during a Dec. 18, 2019 ceremony. “Kingsley’s attendance, class participation and performance are outstanding,” said Maria Huntington, supervisor of …
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New programs to support job training, workforce development initiatives and additional educational offerings are now available for youth and adults at the Capital South Campus Center (CSCC). The expanded opportunities at the site are part of a new agreement with the Albany Housing Authority, through which Capital Region BOCES becomes the center’s lead managing partner. …
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Javier Villatoro, who completed our English as a Second Language (ESL) program this summer and is currently enrolled in the High School Equivalency (HSE) program, was recently named Student of the Year by the New York Association for Continuing and Community Education (NYACCE). Villatoro, of Delmar, was nominated for the award by teacher Octavio Lo …
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Nearly 60 adults learners were recently honored for achieving major milestones in their lives—earning their high school diplomas by completing our High School Equivalency (HSE) program and/or improving their English skills through our English As A New Language (ENL) program. The graduates hail from countries as diverse as Myanmar, Afghanistan, Yemen, Ecuador and Congo completed …
With nearly every graduate going on to careers in the health care industry or to further nursing studies, it’s easy to see why our Adult Health Careers/Adult Practical Nursing (LPN) program had its largest class ever enroll—and graduate—last year. One of the fastest growing and highest demand jobs in the nation, nursing is a career …
Nearly 150 adults—the largest of our classes for this program—earned their professional nurse accreditation at a ceremony at Proctors Theatre on June 26 and are on their way to becoming Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs). The successful completion of the 10-month, full-time class or the 18-month, part-time adult practical nursing class positions adults to take the …
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Tom Resso was so motivated to learn in our adult education program that last summer he quits his job and took a new one about an hour from home so he could more easily attend our Welding and Metal Fabrication classes. Now the Saugerties/Ulster County resident is being awarded a $1,000 American Welding Society scholarship for …
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Business-education partnership to develop local workforce pipeline A new computer science course in downtown Albany will help put local residents on the path towards a field that drives job growth and innovation. Capital Region BOCES, Albany Can Code and SUNY Schenectady County Community College are joining forces to address the demand for web developers—jobs that …
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Local education and business officials recently joined at the Center for Advanced Technology at Mohonasen for a celebration of the first cohort of students to complete Certified Production Technician training. The Certified Production Technician program is designed to “skill-up” incumbent workers who are looking to advance their careers and enhance the education of an unemployed or …
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