A pair of Duanesburg seniors are the 2025 Capital Region BOCES Faculty Association Schoharie Career and Technical Education Center Students of the Year.
Wyatt Moss and Jeffrey Mulhern were presented with the awards during the June 12 campus graduation ceremony at Cobleskill-Richmondville High School.
Moss and Mulhern are members of the National Technical Honor Society and shown leadership in their respective programs. Moss is a graduate of the Criminal Justice Program and Mulhern is a graduate of the Heavy Equipment Repair and Operation program.
Moss, who was active in the SkillsUSA program and competed at the state SkillsUSA competition, will attend the State University of New York at Albany pursuing a degree in information technology.
He said BOCES has given him a strong base of knowledge and skills to pursue his future.
“BOCES is allowing me to pursue my life with the strongest base I can,” he said. “I have learned from professionals from the industry.”
Mulhern, who was also active in SkillsUSA and competed at the state SkillsUSA competition, is attending the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in the fall.
An aspiring hardscape business owner, Mulhern currently operates his own landscape business Mulherns.
Like Moss, Mulhern credits BOCES with making him the student he is today.
“BOCES provides you with an environment like a work schedule. You show up on time, have a task to do every single day, and you get that task done. It’s comforting being in a setting where everyone is really driven. That encourages you to be hard-working and be a better person,” he said.