JOB CORPS New Lenox Mayor Tim Baldermann talked recently about new projects for the village with Michael Nolan, a student at the Joliet Job Corps Center. Michael is a New Lenox resident who is a earning his high school diploma at the center while studying to become a pharmacy...
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Students Volunteer at Aurora’s Feed My Starving Children
The Recreation Department took 12 students to volunteer at Feed My Starving Children on June 22. The non-profit organization and its volunteers pack boxes of meals that are distributed to hungry children in 70 countries. Before the students were able to begin their...
Center Industrial Council Meeting Puts the Spotlight on Tile and Cement Trades
During the Center Industrial Council meeting held on June 30, the focus was on the Cement and Tile Setting Trades. Among the guests were William Breheny and Gavin Collier represented the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers, and Jayne Vellinga of...
Soul Searching During Social Development’s Annual Men’s Conference
This year’s Social Development Men’s Conference was about finding inner strength and moving beyond stagnating situations. Although the topics were serious, the June 23 conference was packed with fun-filled activities that most students remembered from growing up....
The Culinary Arts Students Cook for the Department of Labor
The Culinary Arts students catered an event on July 11 hosted by the Department of Labor. Culinary Arts Students Ivan Garcia, Deandre Reyez, Markeyta Bowen, Sherman Williams III and Tiffani Chambliss traveled to the Federal Office Building in Chicago to prepare the...
Maque McMullen: Job Corps Volunteer
Maque McMullen knows her way around a kitchen. Like many people, the Joliet Job Corps Center student likes to cook. She makes a mean pot roast, and spaghetti is a specialty. She also likes the other parts of the process – the prep work and cleaning up. And she’s done...
Volunteering for Special Olympics Illinois
Karissa Bearce likes to volunteer. “It makes me feel good about myself,” she said. So she went to the Homewood-Flossmoor Racquet club on June 17 with Social Development Director Alicia Grangent to lend a hand at the Special Olympics Illinois Tennis Tournament. Four...
The Center Salutes Asian-Pacific Heritage Month During Awards Assembly
Asian-Pacific Heritage month was the theme for May’s Awards Assembly. May is Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month, a celebration of people who live in the United States but are from those parts of the world. Students enjoyed music, a hula dance performance and a...
Father’s Day Luncheon
The Social Development Department sponsored “Mini Me,” a Father’s Day luncheon June 13 in the Jag Café. As part of the program, members of the Joliet Unity Movement attended the event and shared their stories of what it was like to become a father at a young age. The...
Narcotics Anonymous Visits the Center
A group of guest speakers from Narcotics Anonymous came to the Center on Wednesday to share their experiences, strengths and hopes with students. They had been invited by TEAP Counselor Patricia Alberty to talk about their battles with drugs and alcohol. In the end,...
Donating Dog Toys To Cache Creek Animal Rescue
The students have gone to the dogs. And they had so much fun doing it. On Wednesday, students Jade Jones, Nijah Bonner, Jason Roberts and Jaekwon Collier went to Cache Creek Animal Rescue of New Lenox to deliver more than 200 home-made and environmentally friendly dog...
Positive Normative Culture Training
Positive Normative Culture is about making an investment in people. On Monday and Tuesday, a group of 35 students and 21 staff members spent two days working together to learn how to truly become more involved in each other’s lives. “Investing means giving a portion...
Remodeling the Gazebo
As a Career Technical Skills Training project, the Building Construction Technology and Cement Trades are updating a gazebo at the Center. The work began the last week of May, said Joe Ryan, BCT Instructor. The projected completion date is June 30. About 20 students...
Accommodating Disabilities at Joliet Junior College
Although many people don’t realize it, Joliet Junior College has a program to help students with disabilities succeed in school. The Student Accommodations and Resources, or StAR, office arranges accommodations for students and makes sure that the administration,...
New CNA Class Begins
The Joliet Cob Corps Center recently signed a new certified nursing assistant training contract with the Healthcare Training Institute of Joliet. The five-week session of classes began on May 16, and the CNA students are excited about the training and eager to learn....
Culinary Arts Students Visit Trade Show
Five Culinary Arts students traveled with Career Technical Training Manager Elba Roca to the National Restaurant Association trade show in Chicago. Students Deandre Reyez, Daniel Contre-ras, Laterrie Miller, Markeyta Bowen and Jaekwon Collier were hungry when they...
Green Team Recycles Books
The Joliet Job Corps Center’s Green Team recently collected dozens of gently used text books from their classrooms and donated them to a book depository. “That’s what the Green Team does,” student Keith Roberts said. “We handle the recycling at the Center.” SCARCE, or...
Learning English as a Second Language
Van Iang and Liberata Muhawenimana want to become more fluent in English. So they are going to attend English as a Second Language classes at Joliet Junior College. The twice-weekly sessions are developed for people who have language barriers and test at the beginner,...
Security Students Learn How to Extinguish a Fire with the help of Safety Officer Morgan McFarland
There are several things to remember when using a fire extinguisher, Safety Officer Morgan McFarland told a group of Security Students on May 18. To make that easier, she asked each of them to explain the acronym “PASS.” Student Juwan Hazle knew the answer. “Pull,...
Student Government Association Inaugeration
The Joliet Job Corps Center’s Student Government Association held an inauguration ceremony on May 18. To celebrate the occasion, the Center’s staff sponsored an inauguration dinner for the new SGA officers. The event began with the posting of the colors. Then Security...