JOB CORPS Last week, the Youth 2 Youth Partners 4 Peace student organization led the way as Alaska Job Corps’ entire student body partnered with local organizations to advocate for and learn about the importance of healthy relationships. The activities coordinated by the Y2Y...
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Alaska Job Corps Security and Protective Services students help Iditarod dog mushers and spectators
It was a long, rewarding weekend for several Alaska Job Corps Center Security and Protective Services students who dedicated their time and effort to helping Iditarod mushers, participants, supporters and spectators at last weekend’s ceremonial start in Anchorage, as...
Alaska Job Corps students read to school children to celebrate Read Across America Day
On Friday, March 3, schools all over the country celebrated Dr. Seuss’s birthday with Read Across America Day. Alaska Job Corps students also commemorated the day, and the importance of literacy, by reading to elementary-aged school children at three area schools....
Alaska Job Corps Center honors 46 graduates at graduation ceremony
When Peng Sue Chang, the graduating class speaker and an Alaska Job Corps Center Security and Protective Services graduate, spoke about how he overcame the challenges he faced during his journey to—and through—Job Corps, the audience erupted into cheers. While he gave...
Students at Alaska Job Corps demonstrate their commitment to safety at Safety Fair
The Alaska Job Corps Center held a Safety Fair on Friday, Feb. 16, to showcase the Center’s dedication to safety. All nine trades—Accounting Services, Building Construction Technology, Carpentry, Culinary Arts, Electrical, Nurse Assistant, Office Administration,...
Alaska Job Corps students take the plunge for Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month
Youth 2 Youth Partners 4 Peace students jump into icy waters at the Mat-Su Plunge On Saturday, Feb. 17, students from the Alaska Job Corps Youth 2 Youth Partners 4 Peace (Y2Y) group made quite a splash when they braved frigid temperatures to jump into Wasilla Lake for...
Alaska Job Corps Center students gain on-the-job knowledge as part of Groundhog Shadow initiative
They conducted laboratory work in a water treatment plant. They learned about the special emergency equipment used by paramedics and firefighters. They toured a truss construction plant and learned what it takes to become quality employees. They gathered information...
You are all beautiful: Inspirational speaker encourages students at the Alaska Job Corps Center
The audience listened with rapt attention as Bill Pagaran, inspirational speaker and president of the non-profit organization, Carry the Cure, spoke to an assembly of Alaska Job Corps Center students on Friday, Feb. 9. The dynamic speaker walked back and forth in...
Alaska Job Corps students embody spirit of volunteerism and service to the community
During the last two weeks, Alaska Job Corps Center students have worked hard to serve their communities by donating their time and diligent efforts by helping homeless and impoverished people in both the Mat-Su Valley and Anchorage. While engaged in these community...
Working hard: Lucky Keodoungdy’s path to success
Lucky Keodoungdy, a recent graduate of the Alaska Job Corps Center’s Culinary Arts program, always has something positive to say to those around him. He not only inspires with his words, but he encourages others by modeling the attitude, work ethic and motivation...
Alaska Job Corps Water/Wastewater Treatment students and alumni prove their skills at lab competition
When the City of Palmer’s Water/Wastewater Treatment Division held their first annual laboratory testing competition on Nov. 9, Alaska Job Corps Center students and alumni competed against each other—and all excelled. The competition included three Alaska Job Corps...
Alaska Job Corps ‘hard hat’ students team up to construct new Center building
Over the last year, a team of Alaska Job Corps students from the carpentry, building construction technology and electrical trades united to build a new Security/Transportation Office at the entrance to the Center. The new building serves as a welcome center and...
Employers partner with Alaska Job Corps at Workforce Summit Council meeting
Employers gathered at the Alaska Job Corps Center on Thursday, Oct. 26, for the semi-annual Workforce Summit Council luncheon. Several dozen partners attended the meeting, where they provided input and feedback on how Alaska Job Corps can offer the best possible...
Alaska Job Corps Center students gain “financial reality”
Thanks to the Financial Reality Foundation, Alaska Job Corps Center students got real with all the aspects of personal finance during the Get Real! Financial Reality Fair held on the Center on Thursday, Sept. 28. Students learned how to make budgets, how best to...
Alaska Job Corps Center students gain “financial reality”
Thanks to the Financial Reality Foundation, Alaska Job Corps Center students got real with all the aspects of personal finance during the Get Real! Financial Reality Fair held on the Center on Thursday, Sept. 28. Students learned how to make budgets, how best to...
Alaska Job Corps students gain hands-on experience in Oregon
Some of them cooked meals for firefighters battling wildfires. Others provided security for a major solar eclipse event by working side-by-side with local law enforcement. During the last couple of weeks, 15 Alaska Job Corps students traveled to the Timber Lake Job...
Alaska Job Corps celebrates graduation of 77 students
The seats in the Alaska Job Corps Center gym were filled with students and family members from all over Alaska and even the world, many of them holding roses, carnations and other flowers, as they celebrated the graduation of 77 students on Friday, Aug. 25....
Alaska Job Corps spearheads apprenticeships program with employers
In a concerted effort to increase the number of highly skilled and qualified employees moving into Alaska’s workforce, the Alaska Job Corps Center is working with its many employer partners to lead the way in enhancing apprenticeship opportunities for its graduates....
Alaska Job Corps celebrates culture and diversity with “Culture Con” month
Throughout the month of July, students at the Alaska Job Corps Center rallied around the importance of different cultures at both the Center and from around the world. They celebrated diversity and culture through multiple events, held every Thursday during July,...
Alaska Job Corps students teach Native Youth Olympics activities to school children and Seattle Seahawks football stars at community service event
As part of the United Way of Mat-Su’s “Play 60” event held on July 12 at the Curtis Menard Sports Center, eight talented students from Alaska Job Corps demonstrated important aspects of Alaska Native culture to more than 100 children and even to two Seattle Seahawks...