Expanding horizons

WHAT: SUNY Adirondack’s Office of Continuing Education and Workforce Development joins forces with Saratoga Springs schools to offer non-credit courses in the district.

WHERE: Classes are offered at SUNY Adirondack Saratoga and Saratoga Springs school buildings.

WHY: Saratoga Springs School

District offered enrichment courses before the COVID-19 pandemic. Partnering with SUNY Adirondack’s long-standing, successful program will bring back new and past courses and instructors to Saratoga Springs residents.

DETAILS: In addition to SUNY Adirondack’s existing robust schedule of classes and activities at its Queensbury and Glens Falls locations, courses are offered in Saratoga Springs for such varied interests as cooking, fitness, arts, languages, and trips and tours. Class prices start at $15 for single-session experiences and vary through $89 for multiple-week programs. Also offered are workforce development and upskilling courses at higher costs, with some providing funding opportunities.

An online brochure and registration request form are available at https://www.sunyacc.edu/ continuing-ed/continuingeducation-saratoga.

WHAT: SUNY Adirondack adds Electrical Maintenance Technician Bootcamp to its Workforce Development course offerings. The course includes a toolkit for each student, as well as OSHA’s Lockout Tagout (LOTO) certification training and examination.

WHERE: SUNY Adirondack Saratoga

DETAILS: The Electrical Maintenance Technician Bootcamp is a 12-week course offered by SUNY Adirondack’s WRAP Reimagine grant, under the SUNY Reimagine Workforce Preparation Training Program, fully funded by the United States Department of Education.

Career services are embedded in the course and include presentations by area job centers and recruitment opportunities with local employers.

The Electrical Maintenance Technician Bootcamp teaches participants a strong foundation in basic math applications and conversions, measurement and scientific notation skills; an introduction to AC and DC currents; safety protocol, including PPE and LOTO certification; an introduction to PLC equipment and relay communications; hand tool use; and use of continuous improvement models used in modern manufacturing environments including Lean and Six Sigma.

WHAT: A team of four SUNY Adirondack Early College Career Academy students attended SkillsUSA National Conference in June 2022 in Atlanta, Georgia.

DETAILS: The group earned first place in the state competition, then moved on to nationals, where it took seventh.

The SkillsUSA National Conference provided Kayla Livingston a lot of firsts.

“It was an amazing experience,” said Livingston, a Hartford native and Independent Studies major at SUNY Adirondack who graduated from the college’s Early College Career Academy (ECCA) program. “The energy was insane.”

After arriving in Atlanta, Georgia, a group of four SUNY Adirondack ECCA students scrambled to catch a ride to State Farm Arena to see famed rapper Flo Rida perform — Livingston’s first time using Uber and seeing a live concert.