Alumni spotlight
Graduate to help promote non-traditional careers
April 27, 2010—Congratulations to 2007 Duanesburg High School
graduate Brook Rowley, who was selected as a 2009-10 Vanguard Award finalist. As
a result, Brook's photo will be featured on a Vanguard poster to be distributed
throughout the state.
The award is sponsored by the Nontraditional Employment and Training (NET)
Project. It recognizes outstanding students enrolled in career and technical
education programs that are not traditional for their gender.
Rowley has been a volunteer firefighter with the Duanesburg Volunteer Fire
Company, where she is currently lieutenant. Brook completed her Fire Protection
Technology degree this past fall at Schenectady County Community College. She is
currently a student in the Community and Human Services bachelor's degree
program with a concentration in Fire Investigation at Empire State College. She
is also an EMT-basic, interning with the Schenectady County Fire Investigation
Team.
"Brook is pursuing her passion and will hopefully inspire other students to do
so as well," said her mother, Brenda Rowley.