JOB CORPS NEWS

County Commissioner and passionate supporter of the Gainesville Job Corps Center, Alena Lawson, sent the below "Letter to the Editor" to the Guardian and Gainesville Sun. The letter was printed in both newspapers:...

  The below article was printed in the Guardian Newspaper. Job Corps Students are showcased for their commitment and dedication to serving the community.  Students are quoted in the article and are captured in the article's photo......

Graduate Brian Simmons at the Gainesville Job Corps Center says he received the best gift of all this holiday season while enrolled at Job Corps----he received his High School Diploma and he has a job! “I passed the FCAT and ACT and now I am a High School graduate,”...

Dozens of students from 5 of the Alachua County High Schools poured into the Gainesville Job Corps Center earlier this month to learn about the center’s career technical opportunities . November 1st, the Center hosted it's 4th annual Career Expo. Job Corps trains and...

Pre Law Graduate Sam Reese is proud of his accomplishments. Reese said he enrolled in the Job Corps program in July of 2011. Now, just a little over a year later, Reese is a certified security officer with his first job! Reese was hired at PCI Security, which is a...

The below article was printed in the Gainesville Sun newspaper: http://www.gainesville.com/article/20120824/ARTICLES/120829735?template=printpicart Quenesa Sams said she realized she should have taken school more seriously about two months before graduating from high...

The below article was printed in the Guardian newspaper: http://www.gainesville.com/article/20120912/GUARDIAN/120919812?template=printpicart The Delta Room and the Omega Room at the Wilhelmina Johnson Center is sporting a new look after students in the painting...

The below Letter to the Editor was posted in the Gainesville Sun: http://www.gainesville.com/article/20120604/OPINION02/120609923?p=2&tc=pg Support Job Corps I am writing to express my firm belief that Job Corps works. The Gainesville Job Corps Center has been a...

Ronesha Butler, a recent graduate of the Gainesville Job Corps Center, successfully secured employment on June 15th, with Home BY Choice. Ronesha’s trade of choice was CN A  and she received her Home Health Aid Certification. Some of  Ronesha’s  responsibilities...

Culinary Arts Instructor Mr. Aaron Pringle and his students stay busy making a difference in the lives of Gainesville's community and business partners. Already this year, the Chef and his students have served at over 8 local community service events. Just recently,...

Gainesville Job Corps Center’s scholarship recipient, Zana Green, was elated when she received the news that she’d been chosen above all the other applicants at the Center to receive Fluor’s $5,000 Job Corps Scholarship. “I’ve applied for scholarships before but never...

Job Corps Works for Employers! Securitas is an international security contractor and one of our sites is the SiVance LLC plant in Gainesville, Florida. Securitas and SiVance are both thankful to the Job Corps Center for training highly skilled, dedicated and committed...

Life after graduating high school was hard. I was homeless for 5 months before I started to get my life together. I heard about Job Corps through a friend that completed the program in Kentucky. At first, it seemed too good to be true so I decided to attend Florida...

Gainesville Job Corps Instructor Discusses the New Solar Advanced Training Program. To view the video click on: http://arrareport.jobcorps.gov/Green_Training/Renewable_Resources.aspx

Center Director Sam Kolapo shook hands with the National Job Corps Director, Edna Primrose, on February 8, 2012, at the National Job Corps Policy Forum. Primrose was a keynote speaker at the annual forum held in Washington, DC, February 5th-8th. Primrose addressed a...

Reichert students get lesson in HIV/AIDS By AIDA MALLARD Special to the Guardian Published: Thursday, February 16, 2012 at 6:01 a.m. AIDA MALLARD/Special to the Guardian Calvin Washington, a 20-year-old student at Job Corps, talked about losing his mother to HIV/AIDS...

Five students at GJCC had the opportunity to participate in Gainesville’s largest community event on Saturday, January 28th, 2012. More than 1,000 volunteers came together for the 13th Annual Great Air Potato Roundup, which is modeled after a litter clean up, to...

Students at the Gainesville Job Corps Center know how to protect themselves against HIV/AIDS. February 7th is nationally recognized as Black Aids Awareness Day. Students held an educational assembly about the dangers of unprotected sex. Student Kenneth White rapped...

Committed Community Business Partner Nkwanda Jah shared a letter with the editor explaining how the Job Corps Program Works in Gainesville. Below is a copy of the editorial: The Job Corps works One of the most important keys to Gainesville's economic recovery is the...

GJCC students continue to make a difference within the community. The below article was featured in the local newspaper. To see it online with pictures click on :   http://www.gainesville.com/article/20111208/GUARDIAN/111209656 Armed with the facts that one in every...