U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona visited the Hudson Valley Community College campus on June 27 as part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Invest in America tour which focuses on career and technical education. Cardona took office on March 2, 2021 as the 12th U.S. Secretary of Education.
Joined by U.S. Representative Paul Tonko, SUNY Chancellor John King, Jr., Roberta Reardon, NYS Commissioner of Labor and President Roger Ramsammy, Cardona toured the Lang Hall Welding Lab, STEM High School, as well as several labs in Gene F. Haas Center for Advanced Manufacturing Skills.
Cardona led a roundtable discussion with workforce partners, during which he and the college’s education and industry partners praised the HVCC’s new initiatives for workforce training.
Media coverage of the visit included:
Community College Daily
Spectrum Albany News 1
WAMC Northeast Public Radio
WENY News
WRGB CBS 6 News
WTEN ABC News 10
Social Media:
One of my favorite parts of my job is seeing how excited students are to talk about their studies.
Last week I got to meet Matt, who is studying automotives (just like I did!) in a career technical program at Hudson Valley Community College in Troy, NY. pic.twitter.com/kGid43GZDy— Secretary Miguel Cardona (@SecCardona) July 6, 2023
Additional roundtable participants were:
Phil Calderon, Albany Airport Authority
Dr. Gladys Cruz, Questar III BOCES
Chiquita D’Arbeau, Albany Housing Authority
David Davis, NSH USA Corporation
Don Fane, Callanan Industries
Colonel Alain Fisher, Watervliet Arsenal
Richard Hendrick, Port of Albany
Mike Lyons, Greater Capital District Building Trades
Steve Obermayer, BBL Construction
Brian Sano, National Grid
Pradip Singh, GlobalFoundries
Brian Williams, Capital Region Workforce Development Board