JOB CORPS Albuquerque Job Corps staff and students have been busy getting the word out about Job Corps during this time of budget cuts which could affect the program. Besides meeting with Governor Suzanna Martinez a few months ago, they had the opportunity again, to tout the...
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Albuquerque Job Corp Students Nurture ARCA through Volunteer Service at Scanlon Farm
ARCA provides services for over 600 individuals with developmental disabilities in the greater Albuquerque area. Founded in 1957 by four families who wanted their children to have opportunities to lead rich, full lives, ARCA services include community based living,...
Albuquerque Job Corps chosen for video about employers, and then they brag!
Several Employers who employ students from the Albuquerque Job Corps were interviewed for an upcoming video that McNeely, Piggott and Fox, are producing. The MP&F staff traveled to other centers but spent time in Albuquerque with CLP, Joy of Advertising, Image...
Albuquerque Job Corps Hosts Albuquerque Kings and get media attention
The Albuquerque Kings are a wheelchair basketball team who have been around for many years promoting physical exercise and comraderyto these disabled athletes. Last year, they lost their home at the University of New Mexico. With no place to practice or host games,...
Albuquerque Job Corps Student Featured at Local Art Gallery
David Lomaintewa (Hopi-Navajo) started at Albuquerque Job Corps in February, 2010 and earned his GED in March. He graduated from SIATech, the center's charter school in July, 2010. David, who is 21, has been painting for only the past 18 months. Previously he did...
Albuquerque Job Corps Manager wins Job Corps Top Chefs
In response to First Lady Obama’s “Let’s Move Campaign”, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) “Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food Program”, and the Department of Labor’s efforts to improve the health of Job Corps students, the National Job Corps Association...
AJCC students help with crown jewel of the National Hispanic Cultural Center
Albuquerque Job Corps Center students have been helping artist New Mexico fresco painter Frederico Vigil over the past several years as he has created a fresco of contradictions defining the Hispanic world. The inner walls of a torreon, or watchtower, stands vigil at...
Saudi Arabia visitors to the Albuquerque Job Corps Center.
The Albuquerque Council for International Visitors (ACIV) is a non profit all volunteer organization that works under the auspices of the U.S. State Department and the sending agencies they contract with. The ACIV arranged appointments for a group of 14 visitors from...
Albuquerque Job Corps Student Rides with Pride
Harrison Bahe, 19, came to the Albuquerque Job Corps Center from Nashchitti, NM. He received his HSD from Wingate High and came to the center to learn a trade. He didn’t have money or a scholarship since he came from a very poor family, so when his HS counselor told...
Faces of Job Corps: Mark Smith
Mark Smith came to the Albuquerque Job Corps Center as an Advanced Welding student after completing basic welding at the Woodstock Center in Baltimore, Maryland. He already had his High School Diploma and was an exemplary student back home. He claims that his Mom...