JOB CORPS Perkins SGA and Y2Y Student Ambassadors are Frank Rivera, Jamon Ritter, Jean Beaulier, and Judeler Noel Petit after the project was complete. Judeler Noel Petit serving hot chocolate to students during Monday Morning Assembly for kindness day November 13, 2017....
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Carl D. Perkins Job Corps learns about employment opportunities at Fayette County Detenion Center
Discuss career opportunities with Security students Correction Officers Boone and Music from the Fayette County Detention Center in Lexington, KY, recently met with Security & Protective Services students at Carl D. Perkins Job Corps to inform them about the...
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps host training on Ky apprenticeship programs
Tracy Osborne Clay, registered apprenticeship program coordinator from the Kentucky Labor Cabinet, recently visited Carl D. Perkins Job Corps to train several staff from the Perkins Job Corps and other Job Corps centers in Kentucky, Kentucky Outreach/Career Transition...
Carl D. Perkins host College/Career Day
Carl D. Perkins holds Fall College/Career Fair on Thursday November 2, 2017. The Center had over thirty vendors set up at the fair. Employers and Colleges had the opportunity to talk with Perkins Job Corps Students, over 300 local high school students and several in...
Carl D. Perkins students meet with EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell
Carl D. Perkins Student Government Association and Business Community Liaison(BCL) had the opportunity to meet Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt and U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell during an event in Hazard, KY. The Perkins...
Carl D. Perkins Y2Y student ambassadors have antibullying puppet show during community festival
Perkins Y2Y student ambassadors , Princess Gentry, Jarmon Ritter, Alex Carvelk, and Frank Rivera put on anti bullying puppet show for youngsters at the Jenny Wiley Festival. Students practiced for weeks , rehearsing their scripts and making sure they were ready for...
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Center honors Amanda Ousley Employee of the Month
Center honors CTR Coordinator Amanda Ousley,Carl D. Perkins Job Corps congratulates Amanda Ousley, who is the center's Employee of the Month for September. Ousley has been an employee with Perkins Job Corps for the last six years as a career counselor. She recently...
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Students hired by KY Dept. of Corrections
Students from the Carl D. Perkins Job Corps walked the walk and talked the talk during their recent job interviews with the Kentucky Department of Corrections - and, as a result, were all hired! Students Anthony Brown, Tre'Shawn Dillard, Jarvis Mattox, Marvin Lockett,...
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Center have several Y2Y Activities
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps celebrated its Youth2Youth/Partners4Peace Week Sept. 18-22 with guest speakers, including one from NASA, art activities, classroom presentations in the local schools, an anti-violence message themed contest for decorating classrooms and...
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Center assist with Hurricane Harvey Relief
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps students assisted with the Eastern Kentucky Cares: Hope from the Mountains Radiothon held on Thursday September 7, 2017 at the Mountain Arts Center in Prestonsburg, KY. Several Office Administration students spent hours answering phones and...
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Culinary students recently had the opportunity to practice their trade while also learning about Kentucky government.
Students plan, prepare and serve food for legislative event Perkins Job Corps Culinary students prepared and served the food for the Floyd County Chamber's Legislative Round Table Luncheon, held at the Mountain Arts Center on Aug. 31. Kentucky State Representatives...
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Center joins other Job Corps centers for outreach at State Fair
The Carl D. Perkins Job Corps joined other Kentucky Job Corps centers on Aug. 23 to do outreach and recruiting at the Kentucky State Fair in Louisville, KY. Perkins Job Corps staff shared with fair visitors information about the many programs the Perkins Job Corps has...
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Student Robert Lopez adds college, leadership to list of accomplishments
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps student Robert Lopez has one more accomplishment to add to his growing list. He recently was elected president of the Student Government Association at Big Sandy Community & Technical College in Prestonsburg, KY. Lopez, who is from...
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps honors 39 graduates during National Commencement Day
The Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Center honored the accomplishments of 39 new graduates during its National Commencement Day ceremony Aug. 25 at the center. Keynote speaker for the Perkins Job Corps commencement was Prestonsburg Mayor Les Stapleton, a Job Corps graduate...
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Facilities Maintenance student hired by First Commonwealth Bank
Facilities Maintenance student Jaron Woods gets hired by First Commonwealth Bank in Prestonsburg, KY while on six week Work Based Learning internship. Jaron showed such work ethic, that the bank hired him in their summer position working with the Building and grounds...
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps new WBL partnership offers new opportunities for students
Perkins office administration student Tiffany Linder gained knowledge on eClinical software, during her work based learning interview at Dr. Jody Johnsons office on Tuesday August 8, 2017. eClinical is an integrated suite of electronic health records (EHR), practice...
Carl D. Perkins assisted with Tug Valley Job Fair cohosted by Congressmen Hal Rogers and Evan Jenkins
August 3, 2017, over 100 job seekers attended the Tug Valley Job & Resource fair in Belfry, KY. the event was cohosted by Congressmen Hal Rogers(R-KY) and Evan Jenkins (R-WV). Employers and educators form more than 40 business and schools offered jobs, education...
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Culinary students shows off talent at Evening at Tiffany’s fundraiser event.
Perkins Culinary students showed the community, the art of fine cuisine. The students prepared food for the "Evening at Tiffany's" fundraiser event held at the Mountain Arts Center in Prestonsburg, KY on July 27, 2017.The event was sponsored by Mountain Comprehensive...
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps observes Safe and Sound Week
The Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Center held various activities throughout the week of June 12-16 in observance of Safe and Sound Week. The nationwide event is designed to raise awareness and understanding of the value of safety and health programs that include...
Carl D. Perkins Employee of the Month for June
Congratulations to Electrical Instructor Shawn Miller, who is the Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Employee of the Month for June. Miller has worked at the center three years, and brings more than 15 years of telephone and electrical experience to the class. He earned an...