Complete List: New Jersey County Vocational-Technical Schools’ 2024 Business Partners of the Year

by Allyson Roberts | Feb 25, 2025 | Employer Engagement, Featured News

New Jersey’s county vocational-technical school districts have continued the tradition of each naming a Business Partner of the Year. The 2024 honorees represent a range of industries, from automotive to healthcare and advanced manufacturing to barbering. Celebrating...

CTE Success Story: Dedicated nurse says enrolling at Atlantic County Institute of Technology showed her a path toward career fulfillment

by Allyson Roberts | Feb 25, 2025 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Featured News, Schools

Atlantic County Institute of Technology (ACIT) has a special place in Andrea Rizzotte’s heart. A 2009 graduate of the school’s Medical Assisting program and a 2014 graduate of the Licensed Practical Nursing program, Rizzotte considers ACIT as an important...

Atlantic County Institute of Technology names Walker’s Automotive Service, owned by alumnus, as 2024 Business Partner of the Year

by Allyson Roberts | Dec 5, 2024 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Employer Engagement, Featured News, Schools

Jay Mastalski, Jr., is a proud 2002 graduate from the Atlantic County Institute of Technology’s (ACIT) Automotive Technology program. Upon his graduation, Mastalski worked as an automotive technician at Walker’s Automotive Service in Pleasantville, N.J., before...

Career Classroom: County vocational-technical schools empower students through meaningful projects for New Jersey’s marine ecosystem (ROI-NJ)

by Allyson Roberts | Jun 27, 2024 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Featured News, Schools, Student Achievements

During her junior year of high school, Katie Ackerman sometimes ran out of class to snap a few photos of seals on the nearby Sandy Hook beaches. She knew they only came to shore at low tide and sought images of them for research. Her classmate, Abby Hesterhagen,...

Career Classroom: Annual culinary competition helps inspire next generation of state’s restaurant and hospitality scene (ROI-NJ)

by Allyson Roberts | May 31, 2024 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Featured News, Schools, Student Achievements

French onion braised short rib, smoked corn and lobster chowder and ricotta gnocchi with mushroom and basil pesto are not from the menu of a high-end restaurant, but the creations of culinary students from New Jersey’s county vocational-technical schools. For 11...