JOB CORPS The Gainesville Job Corps Center's participation in the HIV/AIDS Performing Arts Contest was featured in the local newspaper, The Guardian. Below is the article or you can view it online at www.gainesville.com/article/20111201/GUARDIAN/111139938/1103 Black AIDS...
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Students Design Float for the Homecoming Parade!
GJCC Trade students used their creativity and skills to design a float for one of the nation’s largest homecoming parades. The University of Florida in Gainesville, FL hosted its’ 88th Annual Homecoming Parade. The theme was “Life in the Swamp”. Students from the...
GJCC Salutes its’ Veterans!
Students and Staff at the Gainesville Job Corps Center paused to salute their Veterans. November 11, 2011 fourteen Veterans filled the center’s small cafeteria as students and staff expressed gratitude for their service, commitment and dedication to a life of liberty....
GJCC Continues its “Spirit of Giving”
Students and Staff at the Gainesville Job Corps Center helped put thanksgiving dinner on the table of 15 families this holiday season. Staff donated non perishable items and gave generously, while students used their creativity to decorate boxes. Monday, November...
GJCC Students Win BIG at HIV/Aids Contest!
Students at GJCC used their talents and skills to educate their peers about the dangers of HIV/AIDS. Friday, November 18, 2011, B.A.S.E, Black Aids Services and Education, Inc. hosted a HIV/AIDS Arts and Performing Arts Contest at the center. To participate, students...
GJCC Gives Generously!
Staff and students boldly wore their pink attire in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The month of October the Center halls were adorned with staff and students sporting their pink ribbons and wearing their pink shirts, pink socks, pink jewelry and even pink...
GJCC Advanced Solar Graduate Instrumental in Encouraging Youth to Go Green!
GJCC Advanced Solar Graduate, Gabrielle Barber’s voice was heard twice in the local newspaper as she encouraged her peers to become good stewards of the environment and promote conservation. The first of two articles quoting Barber was published, October 6, 2011, in...
GJCC Advanced Solar Graduate Makes News!
GJCC Advanced Solar Graduate, Gabrielle Barber, made news in Gainesville. Local newspaper, The Guardian, published an article about Ms. Barber participating in the community’s Environmental Youth Summit. Below is an excerpt from the article: The keynote speaker,...
GJCC Students Continue to Make a Difference in the Community!
As long as the Gainesville Job Corps Center exists, the community doesn’t have to worry about support. Students and staff are committed to meeting the needs of the community. Last month, the Carpentry students got a chance to put their skills to use. Several of the...
Student Success Stories are Created Daily at GJCC!
Dozens of students secured jobs or advanced their training through College, Universities or Advanced Job Corps Programs. Below are just a few student highlights: • Mark Young employed at Solantic as a Certified Nursing Assistant • Jerimiah Sampson employed at Shands...
GJCC is the 12th Highest Supporter of MDA!
Gainesville Job Corps Center was among the top 20 highest supporters of the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA). August 29, 2011, the Gainesville Job Corps Center donated $630 to help children battling muscle disease. GJCC’s support helped MDA raise over $68, 000....
GJCC Graduates its’ First Advanced Solar Class
February of 2011, twelve eager students arrived from all corners of the world to attend the Gainesville Job Corps Center’s first Advanced Training Solar Program. About 6 months later, all twelve students successfully graduated and have secured jobs! Student James...
Dozens Graduate on National Job Corps Commencement Day!
Dozens of aspiring Job Corps students graduated from the Gainesville Job Corps Center on Tuesday, August 30, 2011. Tuesday’s event marks the first time ever that the majority of the nation’s 124 Job Corps centers have held commencement celebrations on the same day....
Gainesville Job Corps Staff Donates a Car to an Aspiring Student
One Gainesville Job Corps Center graduate doesn’t have to worry about catching a ride to work-- he can ride in style in the car that was donated and repaired just for him at the Gainesville Job Corps Center. GJCC graduate Vince Clements was given a 1992 Chrysler...
Congresswoman Corrine Brown says Job Corps Needs to Expand
“Instead of budget cuts, the Job Corps Centers need to expand,” said Congresswoman Corrine Brown during a luncheon with the Center’s Leadership Team. Saturday, July 2, 2011, the Congresswoman visited the center to express her continued support for the Job Corps...
Gainesville Job Corps Gives the Gift of Life!
When it comes to giving blood, the Gainesville Job Corps students stand in line. Tuesday, June 7, 2011, dozens of students volunteered to “give the gift of life” at the Center’s quarterly blood drive. 52 pints of blood was collected. Donor Recruiter, Laura Bialeck was...
Gainesville Job Corps Students Land a Job in Alaska
Last month, Danny Mauldin wasn’t sure where he’d be once he finished his Culinary Training at the Gainesville Job Corps Center…now he knows it’s the last place her ever thought he would go…Alaska. ‘Honestly, I’m scared but in a good way. I can’t wait to get out there”...
GJCC Partners with Alachua County School Board
GJCC Career Development Services Department hosted over 20 Gainesville High School juniors and seniors on Monday, May 16, 2011. The aspiring youths toured the center and learned about the Job Corps Program and eligibility requirements. Now the students can add the...
GJCC Students attend Leadership Conference
April 19-22- Seven GJCC Student Government Association Students had the opportunity to attend the SGA leadership conference at Camp Horizons in Harrisonburg, West Virginia. The action-packed, four-day conference was focused on leadership development and teambuilding....
GJCC says “Thank You!”
The Gainesville Job Corps students and staff emphatically “thanked” their administrative assistants, teachers and nurses the weeks of April 27th through May 13- April 27 was Administrative Assistant day. The Center Director, Sam Kolapo, showed his appreciation by...