JOB CORPS About 300 students from the Inland Empire Job Corps Center fanned out across the region to volunteer their time and energy where they were needed. 17 students from the Business and Finance class were happy to work hands-on with the dogs and cats at the city’s animal...
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Inland Empire Job Corps students lend hand to Salvation Army
Delivering pies to The Salvation Army is a holiday tradition for the Inland Empire Job Corps. Every year before Thanksgiving, they bring enough to feed at least 800 people. This year, seven students from the Job Corps culinary arts program went a step further. After...
Inland Empire Job Corps College Graduate Moves To a Four-Year University
Karina Solorio graduated from high school and didn’t feel she had much direction. She decided to join the Inland Empire Job Corps Center in 2007. Karina’s number one goal was to better herself. She chose Business and Finance as her Career Technical Training pathway....
Job Corps Trainee Now Serves Her Country
Tainisha Okuwoga fought through many obstacles in life before coming to the Inland Empire Job Corps Center in 2007. She had a difficult home life which did not smooth out upon her entry into the program. Tai- as she was nicknamed; fought through low self-esteem and...
Inland Empire Job Corps Hosted National Night Out
The Inland Empire Job Corps Center hosted National Night Out on August 3, 2010 for several hundred community members. The event was sponsored by Fifth District San Bernardino County Supervisor Josie Gonzales and is the only event for the community surrounding the...
A Story of Student Success
Faces of Job Corps: Guadalupe Guadalupe was sure that her parents were not going to be able to afford her college education but going to school was incredibly important to her. After struggling for a few years trying to get financial aid for school, she learned about...