Career and Tech News

Erie 1 BOCES Career & Technical Education instructor Charles Shevlin, Jr. will be heading to a national video game tournament in early November. He was invited to attend as part of an all-expenses-paid trip.
Shevlin will be at LANFest Gaming’s first-ever national competition at the Esports Stadium in Arlington, Texas, Nov. 1-3. He will be playing a variety of games there, including “7 Days to Die,” “Golf with Your Friends” and “Farming...
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Michael DeLano, a student in Rafael Estrada’s video production and recording arts class at Harkness, will be representing WNY at the International Blues Festival in Memphis, Tenn., in January. This honor was made possible after Michael won the Blues Society of WNY’s Memphis Bound competition for solo artist at Sportsmen’s Tavern in Buffalo at the end of August. Currently, Michael is in year two of the BOCES program where his focus is on audio engineering and...
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In late July, middle school students attended a career camp provided by Erie 1 BOCES at the Harkness Career & Technical Center. This one-week camp allowed youth to choose four different hands-on courses to enjoy. This year’s selection of courses included: 7-hour movie challenge, airbrush adventures, adventures in babysitting, bakeshop boot camp, camp culinary, destination animation, flair for fashion, express yourself, junior police academy, Minecraft madness, sports...
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We’ve all seen when athletes sign with colleges or professional sports teams. What if we had similar fanfare for students being signed to work for the automotive industry? On June 25, a “signing day” event was held in celebration of 32 high school juniors joining the payrolls of some of the biggest names in the local automotive industry.
Traditionally competing automotive businesses have joined forces through Erie 1 BOCES to create a pipeline of qualified...
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Anedda Trautman has been appointed to the role of director in the Career and Technical Education (CTE) division of Erie 1 BOCES. She will be responsible for all phases of the division’s programming, including planning, general program management, personnel management, community/school relations, fiscal management and facilities management.
Trautman previously served as associate director of CTE for the past two years, working alongside Michael Capuana, who was appointed...
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