Career Classroom: Partnerships, state bond funding support opening of new Union County logistics academy (ROI-NJ)

by Allyson Roberts | Sep 17, 2024 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Employer Engagement, Featured News, Schools

How do you interest the next generation in global logistics? Tell them the future is theirs. That’s a prediction Jasmin Lee shared when recruiting the inaugural class of Union County Vocational-Technical Schools’ Academy for Global Logistics. Lee is principal of the...

Career Classroom: Corporate contributions total $90K in scholarships to keep career-minded students in the Garden State (ROI-NJ)

by Allyson Roberts | Aug 6, 2024 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Employer Engagement, Featured News, Schools, Student Achievements

Funding from Amazon, AT&T, NJM Insurance Group, PKA Technologies, PSEG, SHI International Corporation, South Jersey Industries (SJI) and VMWARE totaled $90,250 to the New Jersey Association of Counties (NJAC) Foundation this year to distribute as scholarships to...

U.S. News & World Report Best Public High Schools Ranked

by Allyson Roberts | May 1, 2024 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Featured News, Schools, Student Achievements

Several public high schools in New Jersey are among the best in the country, according to a new ranking from U.S. News & World Report. You can view the full ranking here. Two of the top-ranked high schools – High Technology High School and Edison Academy...

CTE Success Story: Licensed electrician Grasheen Burns is ‘forever grateful’ for his education at Union County Vocational-Technical Schools

by Allyson Roberts | Mar 11, 2024 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Featured News, Schools

Grasheen Burns of Rahway enjoys his career as a licensed electrician working with IBEW Local 102 Electrical Union, whose members have been meeting electrical needs across New Jersey and Pennsylvania for more than 120 years. Burns said his education at Union County...

Union County Vocational-Technical Schools names Cranford Conoco and Centennial Avenue Service Center as 2023 Business Partner of the Year

by Allyson Roberts | Jan 2, 2024 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Employer Engagement, Featured News, Schools

For more than 17 years, Kurt Petschow, Jr., owner of Cranford Conoco and Centennial Avenue Service Center, has shared his passion for the automotive industry with Union County Vocational-Technical Schools (UCVTS) students. He has mentored, employed and advanced more...