Atterbury made a Big Media Splash in 2015 with articles in the Business Connection and South Magazines, articles in the Daily Journal and Columbus Republic Newspapers, as well as plenty of coverage on Social Media and Facebook pages of the Community Organizations that...
Atterbury & IndyPendence Job Corps – 2015 Year in Review! Business Partners
Our Business Partners help us find employment opportunities for our Grads. In 2015, we made some great partnerships that resulted in a strong internship program. Those Internships resulted in well paying jobs for students at Aisin USA Manufacturing, Toyota Industrial,...
ATTERBURY THANKFUL FOR THE ACADEMIC ADVISORY COUNCIL
Atterbury Job Corps held our annual Academic Advisory Council that establishes an ongoing dialogue with experts in the arena of Education, and to work together to establish open lines of communication. This collaboration allows the Job Corps program to better serve...
ATTERBURY THANKFUL FOR COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL PARTNERS
The purpose of this Community Relations Council Luncheon was to celebrate our Work Based Learning site Internship Partners for providing students the opportunity to go through a 6 week internship at their place of business in order to develop real-life hands-on...
HORIZON HOUSE THANKFUL FOR ATTERBURY CAREER PREP STUDENTS
Career Preparation students helped make a home for two families a reality while volunteering for Horizon House this week. They cleaned two, three bedroom apartments which will be transitional homes for two families who are currently living in the emergency shelter....
ATTERBURY EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES; STATE SECURITY CAREERS
The Indiana Department of Corrections Training Manager, Edward Garcia and Officer Thomas Petro presented information in regards to working for the Department of Corrections to the security trade students. Mr. Garcia spoke about the 4 levels of different correctional...
THE JOB CORPS WAY MEANS EMPLOYMENT AT SALLIE MAE
Hello, my name is Alexis Rollins and this is my classmate, DoriAnn Glenn. We are Office Administration completers. In Office Administration, we learned many things such as proofreading, editing text, filing, record-keeping, and we also became certified in Microsoft...
ATTERBURY JOB CORPS STUDENTS INTO ATTERBURY STAFF
“All for one and one for all” is a most appropriate quote from Alexandre Dumas (The Three Musketeers), when describing the heroic trio of former AJCC students Bryant Williams, Jay Gullens, and Darnell Rubin who have come back to give back! Having successfully...
National Apprenticeship Week Recap:CEMENT MASONS
This week our Union Pre-Apprentice Program spotlight is on the Atterbury Cement Masonry Trade! The crew had all hands on deck, or should I say all hands helped build a cement slab deck right outside our "Student Store", connected to our Café. It will be a new location...
Victory Lap: Woolston Finishes a 50 Year Job Corps Career
Atterbury Job Corps Executive Administrative Assistant, Donna Woolston, is a great lover of Nascar, so we will use some race terminology and state that she decided it was time to take her Victory Lap. Mrs. Woolston crossed the Finish Line of a 50 year career dedicated...
ATTERBURY ALL-STAR CULINARY INTERNS COOK UP SKILLS FOR SUCCESS
Chef Rosie Neal (Executive Chef at Sodexo Food Service at Franklin College in Indiana) has just one word for Mathew, “Awesome”. Mathew has been an exemplary employee in his 6 week internship with Sodexo at Franklin College. She stated the “Mathew has been one of the...
INDYPENDENCE JOB CORPS GOES PINK-4-EVER
Indypendence Job Corps would like to thank Nadia E. Miller & Pink-4-Ever for coming to our center to provide our young women with a phenomenal Breast Cancer Awareness presentation. It was an honor being able to hear about the organization and how to get involved...
ATTERBURY STUDENT GOVERNMENT QUARTERLY RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE
SGA hosted another great Quarterly blood drive here at Atterbury Job Corps in partnership with our local Red Cross office. The blood drive is an regular event here on center and we are proud of our partnership that helps assist those in medical need. Both students...
ATTERBURY HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR ADVANCES ON!
Atterbury Job Corps Heavy Equipment Operation student Benjamin Howard has been accepted into Advanced Training at the Turner Job Corps Center into their Advanced Asphalt program. Congratulations to Ben for making the choice of investing more time into his training to...
ATTERBURY JOB CORPS SUPPORTS THE COLUMBUS ETHNIC EXPO
Ethnic Expo is a celebration of Columbus Indiana's ethnic diversity, featuring international food, music, children's activities, parade, and fireworks. Ethnic Expo was founded in 1984 as a celebration of Columbus Indiana's varied ethnic heritage as well as its...
ATTERBURY JOB CORPS JOINS MANUFACTURING EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP
Atterbury Job Corps is a new member of MEP! The Manufacturing Education Partnership. What do we manufacture? Careers! Atterbury has made great strides with finding our students employment and internship opportunities in Manufacturing. It is becoming our states largest...
ATTERBURY CAREER PREP CLASS TAKES ON AN OLYMPIC SIZED COMMUNITY PROJECT
Non-profit, USA gymnastics, is located in Indianapolis & supports our Olympic Gymnast's. This week they received support from our CPP students, who assisted them in cleaning out their warehouse space and consolidated materials. USA gymnastics is the national...
ATTERBURY JOB CORPS: DISCUSSIONS WITH INDIANA REP. JOHN PRICE
One of the Benefits of being a member of the Franklin Chamber of Commerce, in Franklin Indiana, is the opportunity to take part in their Round Table talks with our Elected Officials. BCL Director, Mr. Byrd, along with other Chamber Board members, had the opportunity...
IndyPendence – Tiffany Lindsey: The Triumph of Advanced Training
“Really think about what you want to do. What do you want out of life? Where are you going, and how are you going to get there?
Shining Diamond: IndyPendence Job Corps
IndyPendence Job Corps, (Atterbury Job Corps satellite center), in Indianapolis Indiana is home to an all-female non-residential Job Corps training center whose students are known as "Diamonds". One of those Diamonds recently was shining so bright, that it led to an...