SUNY Community College's President Baston has a focus on employability skills. RCC Community College's 7th President, Dr. Michael Baston, is an educator keenly aware that recent economic disruptions have occurred putting untrained Americans at risk in an economy that thrives on change In recent years there have been between four and five million open, unfilled jobs in the US Economy. Meaning, jobs that go begging. In fact, as of...
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3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing Additive manufacturing is a leading edge production technique that has been disrupting and revolutionizing the manufacturing industry for the last decade. The disruption continues. To the layperson, the terminology can be confusing, but you should know that additive manufacturing and 3D printing are mostly the same things! They both use CAD programs to create a prototype. This prototype is then printed using the material...
Read MoreNot so boring: engineering feat passes halfway mark in Hudson Valley What’s a TBM named NORA doing in Newburgh you say? Well, first of all, let's explain: TBM stands for “Tunnel Boring Machine” and in our neck of the woods (the Hudson Valley), one heck of a beaut of a TBM is working underfoot. Literally, it's moving earth 600 feet under the Hudson River city of Newburgh, N.Y., Now,...
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T-SEC starts 2019 with a look back at key accomplishments and a look forward to a bright future. T-SEC was founded over ten years ago when the Hudson Valley was hit hard by a changing regional and global economy. Spurred to respond, a handful of regional corporate leaders, helped by political friend, U.S. Representative Maurice D. Hinchey, focused on encouraging economic growth and prosperity by creating initiatives that...
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Haverstraw, N.Y. SUNY Rockland has announced several new programs identified as a part of their Middle Skills Academy. The 3D Lab at Haverstraw will host one of the programs, a new CAD and 3D Skills Course which will be taught at TSEC's 3D SMARTT Lab. The 3D SMARTT Lab features a number of printers including the Stratasys j750, a powerhouse of technology that is being used at...
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Unshattered is gaining recognition because of its success in helping addicted women overcome opioid addiction. Kelly Lyndgaard the social entrepreneur responsible for founding Unshattered describes the nonprofit as being a social enterprise that offers opportunity employment. What is a social enterprise? Unshattered is a social enterprise, which is to say it is a charity that is helping to meet and solve a social problem by using a market-driven...
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Since its inception in 2007, T-SEC has always been focused on supporting and creating manufacturing opportunities in the Hudson Valley. Now, with a new acronym and company-wide rebranding efforts, we're taking a new approach to how we promote economic development within our communities. ...
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