Fall 2026 Peekskill Newsletter

www.sunywcc.edu/p www.sunywcc.edu/peekskill . peekskill@sunywcc.edu 18 NEW! Coding with AI: VIBE Coding & Creative AI for the Workforce This concentrated workforce bundle introduces adult learners and professionals to emerging methods of coding and creative production using artificial intelligence. As AI rapidly reshapes digital industries, participants learn to work with AI as a collaborator in coding, design, media production, and creative technology. The course emphasizes VIBE coding—an intuitive, exploratory approach in which participants direct AI systems to generate and refine code, build prototypes, and develop interactive media. Students gain practical experience using AI-assisted coding tools while developing portfolio-ready projects aligned with contemporary workforce needs. The program integrates creative practice, emerging technology, and workforce readiness. CE-DGART 2154PE, $500. REMOTE 8 Sat., Sept. 12-Nov. 7 (skip 10/31), 9:00 am to 12:00 noon. ELECTIVES Historic Preservation Woodworking & Building Techniques Through a combination of site visits to buildings of various periods, shop demonstrations, lecture and hands on work with tools, this course will explore the changes in technology, and the corresponding development of building design. Starting with timber framing participants will explore basic assembly techniques, and how assembly methods developed over time. Methods for conservation of historic windows will be explored. Participants will use tools from as far back as the eighteenth century. We will explore the marks these tools leave and how they can be used to help us read the history of a building. These class sessions will be over 10 weeks for a total of 28 hours. Instructor-Bruce MacDonald. CE-HIST 2158PE, $527. 10 Sat., Sept. 19-Nov. 21, 9:00 am-12:00 noon, (9/19 & 11/21, 9:00-11:00 am). Independent option. Non-Credit Certificates Historical Archaeology The course is an introduction to historical archaeology which encompasses artifact identification, laboratory processing and field techniques. Students will conduct onsite field work including digging for artifacts as well as artifact identification at the Voris-Gedney Archaeological Site adjacent to the Bird Homestead and Rye Meeting House at 624 Milton Road, Rye, NY 10580, and lab work in the classroom. Documentation of historic sites will also be explored. Instructor-Sara Mascia At SUNY Westchester Peekskill: CE-HIST 2168PE, $527. 6 Thurs., Jan. 28-Apr. 1, 2026 (skip 2/4, 2/18, 3/4 & 3/18), 6:30-8:30 pm. Offsite Field Work: 4 Sat., Apr. 3-April 24, 2027 (rain date 5/1), 8:00 am-12:00 noon. Independent option. NEW! Green Screen Production & Podcast Studio Launching Fall 2026, the SUNY Peekskill Center for the Digital Arts now offers a fully green, chroma-key production studio designed for both small- and large-screen shoots. The studio includes a sound-dampened recording room for clean dialogue and voiceover capture. Highlights include full green-screen environment for professional chroma key workflows, sound-dampened recording room for VO, ADR, and interviews, day-rate reservations available with departmental approval, and production equipment available for checkout. To inquire or reserve, contact Lab Manager Myron Mock Yen at myron.mockyen@sunywcc.edu CE-DGART 2153PE, $50 per day. Daily Access Fee. New Offerings at the Center for Digital Arts!

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