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Happy Thursday all! Have you every looked at our feed and thought "I'd love to be apart of that team!" or "I know someone who'd be a great asset to them!" If so, we have exciting news. We are #hiring a new member for our adult workforce development team led by the wonderful Najwa Webster. Use the link below to review the details and apply or share it with someone who'd be a great fit! As always reach out with any questions. #WeRiseTogether #centralnewyork #workforcedevelopment https://lnkd.in/e7v4WVEW

Congrats Amanda Delaney, M.A.! The ERIE21 team could not be more proud of you. We watch day in and day out as you embody this award. Well deserved recognition.

Happy Wednesday All, we hope you are staying warm out there (especially if you're in and around CNY). What warms us at ERIE21 is seeing our learners succeed so we were thrilled to see two of our Young Adult (Lock 3) learners be featured in Le Moyne's Career Advising and Development office post. Ella Nixon and Vincent Arlequin are a few of our exceptional students and we can't wait to continue to see them grow. And a shout out to the Career Advising and Development team for serving our students and posting highlights of their journeys. Aaliyah Ford, LMSW, Meredith Tornabene, RJ Rapoza, Leslie Bailey Streissguth, Christine Fahey https://lnkd.in/gX3Et-VW

Happy Friday All! Today is November 8th which is National STEM Day! Be sure to explore all of your Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math curiosities today. Here is some STEM humor to kick off your weekend: Q: Why did the computer take its shoes off and put them back on? A: Because it needed to re-boot! -An Excel expert walks into a bar... -and joins two tables! -Two 5G towers got married... -the ceremony was okay, but the reception was amazing. #WeRiseTogether

We have made it to the middle of the week but ERIE21's momentum cannot be stopped! Yesterday our friends at Equitable and United Way held a community service event, Care Package Packing! Members of the ERIE21 team were thrilled to help out and give back to the community. We will never get tired of seeing the community come together like this and appreciate the opportunity to join in! #WeRiseTogether Amanda Delaney, M.A., Shuave Jackson, M.S.Ed., Nauj brady, Jeannine Baker, Najwa Webster

We have made it to the middle of the week but ERIE21's momentum cannot be stopped! Yesterday our friends at Equitable and United Way held a community service event, Care Package Packing! Members of the ERIE21 team were thrilled to help out and give back to the community. We will never get tired of seeing the community come together like this and appreciate the opportunity to join in! #WeRiseTogether Amanda Delaney, M.A., Shuave Jackson, M.S.Ed., Nauj brady, Jeannine Baker, Najwa Webster

Happy Election Day ERIE21 friends. Last night our Young Adult program spent some time with our Equitable partners, Toastmaster Nanci Jacobs. She spent time talking to our students about the importance of practiced public speaking for talking to large groups, small groups, and individuals. Following that up with some table talk topics focused on tech and innovation topics. Students like Kyle Creighton, Thomas Kapinus, Elisa Hoffmann, Vincent Arlequin, Krishan Badrie, Emilia Muradova, Luciano Guarino, Peter Gallagher, Julie D., Belal Aly, and all of the others who took the leap and made an impromptu speech to present to your peers. A special thank you to Stephanie Joncas from Equitable who helped make the connection with Nanci. #WeRiseTogether

Happy Monday All, This Sunday ERIE21's Young Adult (Lock 3) program was able to meet and greet potential incoming students at Le Moyne College's final Open House for the fall semester. Iggy was out in full force and donned an ERIE21 sticker to represent us for the day. If you weren't able to brave the crisp fall air or know someone who couldn't make it but are still interested in what ERIE21 has to offer please contact us at [email protected] or visit our website (linked below). Just because the Open Houses have passed doesn't mean we're done talking about our great program! https://lnkd.in/gh-bssh2 #WeRiseTogether

Happy Friday all. Yesterday we highlighted some the exciting things ERIE21s Adult (Lock 4) Program has been up to. Today we are all about our Youth Program kicking off their Tech Saturday series last week. This past Saturday, our Youth Programs hosted the first?Tech Saturday of the?school year in collaboration with Le Moyne's STEP program. Special thank you to the?The Keenan Center for Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Creativity?for leading a fun, hands-on?session?introducing high school students to the Arduino microcontroller board, sensors, LEDs, and switches. Students were able to bring home their?multifaceted electronic project, which includes a selection?of games and the option to have a sound activated LED light strip. Our middle school students participated in interactive?and social STEM activities?like building their own catapults, creating a human coding?maze, and exploring their favorite STEM websites during free play in the ERIE21 computer lab. Some of the websites include Scratch, Python, etc. We had a wonderful experience planning and collaborating with?Mu Lah H.?and the STEP students and look forward to collaborating again in the near future. Special shout out to?Jemima Bobelabi '26?(ERIE21) &?Sara Fnu '28?(CSTEP) for giving our high school students insight about life as Le Moyne College student and for providing students with honest feedback?about transition from high school to college. Our Youth Program Tech Saturday's run monthly through May, so stayed tuned for more exciting updates! Shuave Jackson, M.S.Ed., Nauj brady #TechSaturday #WeRiseTogether

Good Afternoon All, ERIE21's Adult program has been busy with the ERIE21 Google IT Support Professional Certificate program lately and, we wanted to share a highlight and our gratitude for the partners helping on this journey. Many thanks to our partner Excellus BCBS Jason Helsdon, for connecting our ERIE21 Google IT Support Professional Certificate program to Marie Donaldson, Manager of ERP Support Center at Excellus BCBS. Marie manages a team who regularly exercise active listening, compassion and a high degree of self-care in a fast-paced, technical environment serving thousands of Excellus employees. Marie's leadership of self and focus on how to best relate to others and be smart, kind and yet insightful is inspirational.?Her personal work toolkit includes technical skills, "soft" or power skills and a large plan for self-care. Self-awareness, assuming the best intent, setting boundaries and more were just some of the incredible messages she shared. Thank you, Marie! Najwa Webster, Yahkeef Davis, Lisa Melara #WeRiseTogether