JOB CORPS Eight members of Collbran Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center's SGA heard President Obama speak August 8th at Grand Junction, Colorado High School. Jeff Thompson, Mattisha Mercado, Dalaun Shields, Anthony Lambiase, Alexis Oquinn, Jeromie Garoutte, Michael...
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Students attend Peace Academy
Grand Junction's Peace Officers Academy, normally a class adults take, was turned into a one week camp for 15 youth recently, with two Collbran Job Corps students participating. Kayla Barrett and Joshua Swetnam spent a week of their Job Corps summer break at the...
JA Business Week Opportunity for Collbran Job Corps Student
Collbran Job Corps student, Jeromie Garoutte, was selected to be a Residential Advisor at Junior Achievement’s Business Week, at the Johnson & Wales University campus in Denver this summer. The apprenticeship-style program is designed to teach high school...
Editor Writes About Collbran Job Corps Student
Matthew Lopez was the Valley Courier Editor's pick for a front page article. The article described Lopez's career at Collbran Job Corps and how his training has prepared him for the local economy as he returns to his hometown of Alamosa. Lopez graduated from...
Collbran Job Corps Student to Sing National Anthem
Collbran Job Corps student, Michael Brown, has been selected to sing the National Anthem at the National Junior College World Series (JUCO) this month to open the game in Grand Junction, Colorado. Recently Brown sang at the opening ceremonies for the Denver Regional...
Collbran Job Corps Students Read to Kindergarten Class
Thirty Collbran Job Corps students traveled to Plateau Valley Elementary School to read to the kindergarten class in a collaboration with the local Lions Club. Each kindergarten student received their own copy of All About Me from members of the Lions Club, with the child’s name and classmates’ names in the books. Collbran Job Corps students read to […]
Kids Voting
Grand Mesa High School Principal, Gary Winkleblack; Gove Aker, Collbran Job Corps Center Director; Rachel Nelson, GMHS Social Studies; Collbran Job Corps students; and Susan Nichols, Principal Teacher; paused for a photo at the Kids Voting Mesa County annual banquet....
Collbran Job Corps Students Supporting Troops
Collbran Job Corps students unloaded 20,000 pounds of food items, personal care products and more for Operation Interdependence (OI). OI is a nationwide 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization that provides a means for community members to support troops serving on the...
Students Caring – Giving to Light Gives Heat
Students and staff were mesmerized by a 71 minute video when Light Gives Heat presented at Collbran Job Corps this month. The non-profit organization, based in Grand Junction, Colorado works to create economic sustainability and creative endeavors to the citizens...
Construction Wages Remain Attractive – Conversation at Distant Industry Advisory Council Meeting
Speaking with leaders in the construction industry at Collbran Job Corps' Distant Industry Advisory Council meeting, Dee Funkhouser, State of Colorado, Department of Labor & Employment, Labor Market Information, included in her presentation the Colorado...
Make a Difference Day – All Hands on Deck
Collbran Job Corps students and staff participated in the annual Make A Difference Day, sweeping streets and cleaning gutters in the town of Collbran. They were joined by Public Works officials, who provided a backhoe and dump truck. Job Corps cleaned and cleared...
Collbran Job Corps Competes at Culinary Expo
Mario Longmore, Desirae Mcloid, Roger Styes, and Anastasia Young, Culinary Arts students at Collbran Job Corps, traveled to Little Rock, Arkansas to compete in the Dallas Region Culinary Expo recently. Seventeen teams faced a panel of judges who awarded points based...
Youth Council Membership Pays Dividends
Traditionally youth councils struggle to find and keep youth as members because youth are typically attending school when meetings are scheduled; have no transportation to the meetings; or aren't motivated to consistently attend the meetings. For several...
League of Women’s Voters Voting Forum
Collbran Job Corps students assisted at Grand Junction's Voting Forum. Annually the League of Women's Voters and Kids Voting sponsors the non-partisan event to inform voters of the issues. The forum, run by students, is broadcast live on PBS Channel 12. The...
Honoring WWII Veterans
Collbran Job Corps students have been honoring World War II veterans along with members of surrounding communities. Grand Junction's (Colorado) Daily Sentinel reported that "in just 2-1/2 years, amidst an economic recession that reduced many people's charitable...
National Job Corps Commencement Day at Collbran Job Corps
Collbran Job Corps welcomed Jerry Otero, from Senator Mark Udall's Grand Junction office, as its National Job Corps Commencement Day speaker. For the first time in Job Corps' successful 47-year history of serving America's out-of-school, out-of-work youth, Collbran...
Know Your Candidate – Collbran Job Corps Students
Students at Collbran Job Corps are interested in local politics. Via on and off campus opportunities through their Government class students are active participants in their community. Recently six students attended a Meet and Greet with County Commissioner hopeful...
Collbran Job Corps Students Use GPS Units at Work
Two Collbran Job Corps students, Nathan Smithgall and Ron Vester, are employed by the Grand Valley Ranger District, Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, Gunnison National Forest, on its weeds crew. The students inventory, track and treat current weed infestations. The species are...
Governor’s Office Presents Award to Collbran Job Corps
The Governor's Summer Job Hunt will present Collbran Job Corps with an award at its 2011 Appreciation Ceremony. “Collbran Job Corps is recognized because of the work the center does to assist young people with marketable skills needed in today’s workforce,” said Julie...
Take Me Out to the Ballgame with Collbran Job Corps
Mike Carter, District Commercial Accounts Specialist, Lowes (Denver), along with executives from the Homebuilders Association of America and DeWalt Tools (Black & Decker), hosted Collbran Job Corps student Victor York to a Colorado Rockies baseball game in Denver....