Tag: Middlesex County Vo-Tech
-
County vo-tech expanding training program with Carpenters Union
The Middlesex County Vocational and Technical School District (MCVTS) is expanding its partnership with the Carpenters Union to offer training to high school juniors and seniors and a path to entry into an apprenticeship program upon graduation. “It’s a very big, comprehensive partnership,” said Sean McDonald, MCVTS director of career and technical education. “This gives…
-
East Brunswick Tech baseball field wins statewide award
EAST BRUNSWICK — The baseball field on the East Brunswick campus of the Middlesex County Vocational and Technical Schools (MCVTS) has been named Field of the Year in New Jersey by a field managers’ group. The field, renamed earlier this year to honor the late MCVTS Athletic Director Raymond Cipperly, was honored by the Sports…
-
Dance performance to focus on themes of trash, sustainability
EAST BRUNSWICK — “Trash” is the theme of the fall dance program of the School of the Arts on the East Brunswick campus of the Middlesex County Vocational and Technical Schools (MCVTS). The performance is in keeping with a campus effort toward sustainability that resulted in its recognition as a National Green Ribbon School, the…
-
Vo-tech students create device for wheelchair-bound man to play with dog
EAST BRUNSWICK – Advanced manufacturing majors in the Middlesex County Vocational and Technical Schools (MCVTS) are taught to identify a problem and then seek a solution. A recent problem involved a disabled man who wasn’t able to exercise his service dog with a simple game of fetch. Students on the MCVTS East Brunswick campus made…
-
Student-made doghouses to be displayed at Oct. 22 DogFest
EDISON — Students on the East Brunswick and Piscataway campuses of the Middlesex County Vocational and Technical Schools (MCVTS) are building tiny houses — for dogs and for charity. The doghouses will be auctioned off at the annual DogFest on Oct. 22 at Roosevelt Park in Edison to benefit Canine Companions for Independence, which trains…
-
Summer internships provide a world of learning for students with disabilities
Twenty three students with disabilities from the Middlesex County Vocational and Technical Schools (MCVTS) have received a taste of the world of work this summer through paid internships. The students worked at such job sites as the Raritan Bay YMCA and Raritan Bay Medical Center in Perth Amboy, E.A.R.T.H. Center in South Brunswick, and…
-
MCVTS instructor ‘shines’ during awards night
EAST BRUNSWICK — The longest serving apprentice instructor in the United States was honored as the Middlesex County Vocational and Technical Schools (MCVTS) awarded certificates of completion to 34 graduates of its apprenticeship program. The May 18 graduation ceremony at the MCVTS East Brunswick Campus was highlighted by the presentation of the Albert Hudanish Leadership Award…
-
Marines land on vo-tech campus to mark Fleet Week
EAST BRUNSWICK — The two giant Marine Corps helicopters swept in over the Brunswick Square Mall and circled to land on the soccer field on the East Brunswick Campus of the Middlesex County Vocational and Technical Schools (MCVTS). The visit by the helicopters — a 57-foot-long MV-22 Osprey, a tilt-rotor troop carrier with a range…
-
U.S. Marine Corps to land helicopters in East Brunswick
EAST BRUNSWICK – The United States Marine Corps (USMC) will hold an aviation demonstration in East Brunswick on May 27 to showcase sea service capabilities to kickoff Fleet Week. The USMC will be landing two helicopters, a CH-53E and a MV-22, on the back lower soccer field of the Middlesex County Vocational and Technical School…
