More than 1,300 students from at least two-dozen school districts will enter the world of welding, automotive repair, video game design, nursing, restaurant management and early childhood education—to name just a few careers—as they return to school on Thursday, Sept. 7 at the Capital Region BOCES Career & Technical Education Center. With 1,334 students enrolled …
Lynn Palmateer, a special education teacher and lead mentor at Airline Academy, has received our 2023 Extra Mile Award. This award recognizes staff who go the Extra Mile by making a significant positive contribution to our Capital Region BOCES community and exemplify all of our guiding commitments throughout their work. Recipients are nominated and awards …
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Elizabeth Miller Guthier, Executive Director of the Capital District Women’s Employment & Resource Center (WERC), shared her knowledge of resume writing and more with students in the Capital Region BOCES Adult Personal Care Aide/Home Health Aide/Nurse Assistant program summer class this week at the Career & Technical Education Center – Albany Campus. It was the …
ALBANY — The location of a new solar farm near the Capital Region BOCES Career & Technical Education (CTE) Center – Albany Campus will open a new chapter of learning for students in a pair of BOCES programs. Announced on Sept. 1, Albany County’s first major solar photovoltaic (PV) ground-mount array is located on five …
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Capital Region BOCES is partnering with the Community Loan Fund of the Capital Region to open a new education center in the heart of Albany’s South End. Located at 153 South Pearl Street, the new Capital Region BOCES Adult Education Campus will provide opportunities for residents to gain the skills and knowledge they need to …
ALBANY – An immigrant who escaped the war in Ukraine and an aspiring heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration technician are just two of the dozens of adults who were honored during the recent Capital Region BOCES Adult Education program graduation. The Aug. 22 ceremony at William S. Hackett Middle School in Albany recognized 100 …
ALBANY — Capital Region BOCES, area educators and industry leaders are digging into the mounting problem of a shortage of heavy equipment technicians and operators. There will be as many as 73,500 vacant heavy equipment technician positions by 2025 nationally, according to an AED Foundation industry research report. The current job opening rate is three …
ALBANY – Danielle Graham knew from a young age that she wanted to be in law enforcement, but it wasn’t until she enrolled in the Capital Region BOCES Criminal Justice Program that she knew she wanted to be a New York State Trooper. Graham, a 2018 graduate of BOCES and Cobleskill-Richmondville High School, graduated from …
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ALBANY – National Grid regional leadership reaffirmed their support of Capital Region BOCES during a tour Tuesday of the Career & Technical Education Center – Albany Campus. Brian Sano, Regional Director of National Grid, and Susanne Collins, Customer & Community Manager, toured the campus and met with Nancy Liddle, BOCES Managing Program Coordinator – Business …
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Just days after graduating from Guilderland High School and Capital Region BOCES, Pedro Mateo Sanchez became an entrepreneur, opening Café TEO in Albany. Though only 17, Sanchez combined the skills he learned in the BOCES Culinary Arts and Hospitality Technology program with his desire to be his own boss to open the establishment. “It’s pretty …
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