JOB CORPS One is a sous chef at Google headquarters in Cupertino, California. One teaches at Harvard. One owns and operates one of the major roofing company in the state. One is an IT manager for largest school district. One is plant operator at largest water plant in state....
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Alaska Job Corps graduates receive personal high praise from Senator and Governor
Alaska Job Corps graduates have a large community support group backing them. As they walked across the graduation stage last week, they shook hands with the Governor of the State of Alaska, Bill Walker; U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan; and President of Chugach Alaska...
Alaska Job Corps helps with Alaska State Fair Parade
The Palmer Police and Alaska State Troopers were assisted by the Protective Services students on Saturday, August 29. Thousands of visitors and fair goers flocked to town to see the official State Fair Parade wind itself through downtown Palmer Alaska. Standing neatly...
Alaska Job Corps Student Interns with Senator Begich’s office
When Danielle James started the Alaska Job Corps program last January, she had hoped to become employable. She has done far more than that in less than one year. Dani James, from Kenai, has earned and excelled in her academic and vocational training. She has held...
Cheering Our Veterans at the Alaska Job Corps Center
Veterans Day at the Alaska Job Corps Center began with an appreciation breakfast serving homemade pancakes and custom omelets to all Veterans. This was followed by a well-organized all center assembly where 15 student and staff veterans were recognized. In addition...
Job Corps Healing Hands Make A Difference
Usually it takes months or years to make a difference in another person’s life. But for Alaska Job Corps students, the connection was nearly instant and the distinction was clear. Stella and Kameri are both Health Occupation students...
JOB CORPS WORKS FOR COMMUNITY
Fourteen Alaska Job Corps students arrived at the Birchtree Charter School on a misty Friday morning. Each student was geared up with hard hats and safety boots. As they filed off the bus, they were uncomfortable. This was a busy and unfamiliar place. The...
Alaska Job Corps students help with Emergency Flooding
It was 3:50 on a late Friday afternoon and everyone was looking forward to the start of the weekend. But that’s also when the Alaska Job Corps Center received the call from the local police. Was there anyway students or staff could help with the frightening storm...
ALASKA JOB CORPS STUDENTS WALK THE CONSTITUTION ON CONSTITUTION DAY
Amendments to the United States Constitution were scattered all over the Job Corps Campus on Monday, September 17. Two hundred and fifty four students walked the lengthy circuit to get their Constitution passport stamped at each station. In addition to learning...
Alaska Job Corps Students Help Needy Children
Alaska Job Corps students were ready. Target employees were ready. The Salvation Army was ready. At nine AM, fifty young children arrived at the Wasilla department store. And the shopping started. This event paired school aged, needy children with an adult...
Generation station groundbreaking includes Job Corps
At the base of an Alaskan mountain and surrounded by forest, is the new site for the Eklutna Generation Station groundbreaking. Dignitaries, contractors, partners, and community leaders joined in the groundbreaking for ten dual fuel generation sets to provide power...
Alaska Job Corps Student’s Story Goes Viral
It was about two months ago when Megan Dauphinee reluctantly decided to enter the Alaska Job Corps Center Oratory Competition. It wasn't that she didn't want to do it; the problem was she was so busy. She was finishing her high school diploma; she was doing work...
Representative Young Supports Job Corps Student
An Alaskan Job Corps student, Megan Dauphinee, won the National Job Corps Oratory Competition two weeks ago in Washington DC. She met Alaska's Representative Young in his office and told him about the Job Corps program. "He was very supportive," Megan said. "It...
Senator Begich Honors Gold Medal Job Corps Winner
Two weeks ago, Megan Dauphinee participated in the National Job Corps Oratory Competition. Her speech focused on the dramatic changes in her life, thanks to Job Corps' assistance and training. After the speech she traveled up to Capital Hill to meet with Senator...
Senator Murkowski’s Personal Congratulations Affect Alaska Job Corps Gold Medal Winner
Alaska Job Corps student Megan Dauphinee returned from the Nation's capital with a gold medal, after a stellar performance in the National Job Corps Oratory Competition. One of the finest moments was when U. S. Senator Lisa Murkowski came to the competition to...
Alaska Job Corps Students Job Shadow Professionals
There is no more valuable nor effective "hands-on" training than job shadowing. And that is why, on February 2, National Groundhog Job Shadow Day, sixty-four Alaska Job Corps students participated as "job shadows" at a number of professional sites in South Central...
ALASKA GRADUATES ENVISION POSSIBILITIES
As Glenn Evans looked out over the crowd of anxioux students, he remembered sitting nervously in that same audience, eighteen years earlier. Dressed well, in a nice suit, he nodded knowingly to the Palmer Job Corps students, “I know it’s hard. But you have to...
Alaska Job Corps Student Tells Story on Front Page
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Alaska Job Corps Student Success Story
Tyler Barnes is 19 years old and an Alaska Job Corps Graduate in the Computer Technician trade. He is also now the Director of I.T. Services and working directly for the CEO of Coming Attractions Theatres, Inc. This wasn’t an accidental or lucky placement. He...
Community Appreciation Certificate for Alaska Job Corps
The Alaska Job Corps is an active member and supporter of the local Chamber of Commerce in Palmer Alaska. Assisting with local businesses and sharing with benevolent services is an important part of being in a community. The Alaska Job Corps Center provides...