Middleburgh Senior Gets Jump Start on College at BOCES

SCHOHARIE – A Middleburgh High School senior planning for a career solving crimes is getting a head start on college thanks to Capital Region BOCES.

Ayumi Shaw is enrolled in the Criminal Justice program at the Career and Technical Education Center – Albany Campus where she is learning about the history, theory, practices, and recent developments in the field of criminal justice, as well as practicing the skills necessary for those careers.

Thanks to a partnership between BOCES and Bryant & Stratton College, Shaw is also taking a class at U Albany through the Jump Start program.

“I want to pursue a career in the behavioral analysis unit of the FBI and maybe go into the special victim’s unit,” said Shaw. “I like that through BOCES and Bryant and Stratton, I am earning credits toward college.”

Shaw said she is pursuing a career in criminal justice because she has always enjoyed helping people and wants to expand on that for her professional future.

“I want to be able to help people in their time of need. I want to help them change some things for the better,” she said.

The Middleburgh teenager said she also enjoys the fact that BOCES is giving her a solid foundation for her future.

“I love that we are doing things in the program that are preparing me for a career that I am interested in,” she said. 

There are approximately 90 students enrolled in the two-year Criminal Justice program this school year. The program is offered on the Albany and Schoharie Career & Technical Education centers campuses for those students who are preparing for careers in law enforcement, the military, law or security. 

For more information on the Criminal Justice program, visit https://www.capitalregionboces.org/career-technical-education/courses-programs/criminal-justice/

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