JOB CORPS Malika Jackson began at Gadsden Job Corps Center on July 28, 2015. He completed the Gadsden Job Corps Center on March 17, 2016 and shortly afterwards joined the Army Active Duty and is stationed in Fort Jackson, South Carolina. He is doing such an outstanding job and...
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Gadsden Culinary Arts Department Caters WTJP-60 30th Anniversary
Ms. Lishala Thomas, Public Affairs Director for Trinity Broadcasting Network, WTJP-60 asked Chef Crystal Dent and our Culinary Art students to cater a brunch for the 30th Anniversary for Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) in Gadsden, AL. Our Culinary Arts students...
Executive Director of Darden Rehab Visits Gadsden Job Corps
6.8.16 Ms. Lynn Curry, Executive Director and Mr. Derek Coburn, Operation Manager of Darden Rehabilitation Foundation were invited to take a tour of the Gadsden Job Corps Center. Student Ambassadors, LeAndra Cruzado, Kenneth Russell, Jenny Wright and Diego Francisco...
Lolitha Tiako: From Student To Staff
6.10.16 Lolitha Ntonmeu Messa Tiako is a 25 year old former Human Service Worker (HSW) student who applied to the program from Grafton Job Corps. During her time in HSW, Lolitha demonstrated great leadership skills and shared an empathic nature with all of the staff...
Office Administration Class Host Career Exploration Workshop
On Wednesday, May 25, 2016 the Office Administration class hosted a Career Exploration Workshop on Center. Ms. Muriel Foster, IT Audit Director for University of Alabama Systems, along with several of her colleagues and career professionals, conducted the Career...
Gadsden Culinary Arts Students Cater RSVP Event
5.25.16 The Gadsden Job Corps Center’s Culinary Arts Program showcased their skills by catering and serving at the Retired & Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP). RSVP is a national program, sponsored locally by the Etowah County Commission and have approximately 450...
Job Corps Students Empower The Gadsden Community
On May 21, 2016 Mr. Harold Carpenter, BCL Manager and Ms. Ceandra James, CTR/Grad-90 Instructor took 13 Student Ambassadors to Carver Community Center to the Empowering Gadsden Conference. The Empowering Gadsden Conference has a mission in the City of Gadsden, “To...
Gadsden Holds Inspirational Y2Y Event
On May 19, 2016 our Y2Y Committee members wanted to send the essential message of how damaging and hurtful violence and bullying can be. The committee members used their talent and what amazing talent they displayed with skits and poetry they all wrote themselves with...
Gadsden Job Corps Student, Ashley Whiteside Is Focus On Her Goal
5.18.16 Ashley Whiteside began at Gadsden Job Corps Center on September 22, 2014. While enrolled in our program, she completed the Office Assistant and Home Health Aide trades. On April 22, 2016 she completed the Gadsden Job Corps program and started working for...
JSU Students Teachers Working With Gadsden Job Corps Students
5.16.16 Ms. Sherry Hixon, Academic Manager, met with Dr. Linda Mitchell, Associate Professor of Secondary Education of Jacksonville State University (JSU) to begin the scheduling process of JSU Student Teachers. In addition, the Center conducted Orientation for our...
The Beginning of a NEW WALK of Women of Empowerment
On Friday, May 6, 2016, approximately 62 female staff and female students from the Gadsden Job Corps Center walked to the Carver Community Center wearing pink shirts, to release balloons that represented their past, and to begin a NEW WALK of Women of Empowerment. The...
Center Director and Student Ambassadors Interviewed at TBN
5.13.16 Mr. Juvenel Levros, Center Director, and two Student Ambassadors, Lance Eason and Rachael Norfleet were invited to do a television interview with Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN). Mr. Ty Dillon, Host of "Joy In Our Town Broadcast” interviewed Mr. Levros and...
New WBL Site For Hotel and Lodging Department
5.3.16 The Gadsden Job Corps Center welcomes our first Hotel and Lodging Work-Base Learning (WBL) site into the “GJCC WBL Family”. A newly renovated motel in our area, Garden Inn, has become our newest off-Center WBL site. The motel is located on Grand Avenue (U.S....
Rainbow City Mayor Visits Gadsden Job Corps
On Tuesday, April 26, 2016, Rainbow City Mayor Terry John Calhoun and his Secretary, Beth Lee, toured the Gadsden Job Corps campus. Mayor Calhoun and Mrs. Lee toured various areas on campus, i.e., administration, classrooms and career technical training areas. This...
Gadsden Job Corps Celebrate “Earth Day”
4.22.16 Mr. David Barrett, Peer Leadership Coordinator, coordinated several groups of Gadsden Job Corps students to celebrate “Earth Day” in the Gadsden Community. There were 68 students from the Gadsden Job Corps Center that observed “Earth Day” by going all across...
Tabitha Royal Shares With Job Corps Students
4.13.16 Ms. Servetrius Booker, CTS Specialist for the American Business Corporation Career Education Services invited Mrs. Tabitha Royal, Service Coordinator for the Alabama Institute for Deaf & Blind (AIDB) Senior Services in Talladega, AL to speak to the...
Gadsden Security/MILCAP Student Loves Gadsden Job Corps
4.7.16 Latasha J Davis came to Gadsden Job Corps in 2014 and completed Security on November 1, 2014. Latasha enlisted in the Army as an engineer. She has been stationed in Fort Knox, Kentucky for four years. She said she loved the fact that Job Corps was so diverse....
Gadsden Job Corps Center Signs MOU With Jacksonville State University
4.6.16 Mr. Juvenel Levros, Center Director; Sherry Hixon, Academic Manager; and Harold Carpenter, BCL Manager met with Dr. Emily Sims, Dean of Secondary Education and Dr. Linda Mitchell, Associate Professor of Secondary Education for Jacksonville State University...
Gadsden’s Student Government Association (SGA) Hosted a Blood Drive
On Thursday, March 31, 2016, Gadsden’s Student Government Association (SGA) hosted a blood drive for Life South. There were over 43 students who donated blood. The Center collected a number of pints of blood. Life South said that Gadsden Job Corps helps provide the...
Applebee’s Meets With Culinary Arts and Hotel and Lodging Departments
On March 29, 2016 Mr. Juvenel Levros, Center Director of Gadsden Job Corps, received the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) from Mr. Kurt Guttshall, CEO of Applebee's, Franchisee Quality Restaurant Concepts, Birmingham, AL. Ms. Cherri Lee, HR Director for Quality...