JOB CORPS It was time to vote this week. Joliet Job Corps Center students began campaigning for positions in the Student Government Association during the second week of February. On April 5, the candidates delivered their election speeches before the entire student body. The...
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Community Relations Council at the Joliet Job Corps Center
Representatives from local businesses, neighborhood groups and Congressman Bill Foster’s office attended the Community Relations Council meeting on March 31 at the Joliet Job Corps Center. They all support the program and the Center’s students. After sampling a...
Grad 90 Visits Workforce Services
The Grad 90 students at the Joliet Job Corps Center are working diligently to obtain employment before separating from the pro-gram. So seven of them visited the Workforce Services Division of Will County this week. The Workforce Center is commonly a “One-Stop,” and...
Y2Y: Holla Back at the Joliet Job Corps Center
The Y2Y Team hosted the first talk show-style panel discussion, “Holla Back,” for the Center’s male students on March 24. The event focused on the question, “If violence is ‘the fruit,’ what is ‘the root?’” The purpose was to challenge the Center’s male students to...
Joliet Job Corps Center’s Annual Women’s Conference Focuses on Preventing Domestic Violence
Nothing Is Sweeter Than A Love Affair With Myself! The annual Social Development Department’s Women's Conference was a great success on March 24. The female students on Center often struggle with their personal relationships. So the speakers at the conference focused...
Joliet Job Corps Center Students Prepare for College
Mondays are constructive, creative days for the Collegiates, a group of Joliet Job Corps Center students who are preparing to enroll in college. On that day of the week, they typically are in the computer lab working on their latest set of goals. Students Carolyn...
Joliet Job Corps Center Students Volunteer at Cache Creek Animal Rescue
Joliet Job Corps Center student know what makes a dog’s tail wag. All it takes is a little love and attention. Led by Business Community Liaison Stewart Warren, a group of students went on March 19 to Cache Creek Animal Rescue in New Lenox, Illinois, to volunteer....
Joliet Job Corps Center Students Enroll in Advanced Training
Office Administration completer Carmelita Simms and Culinary Arts completer Dewayne Starks have ended their journey as students at the Joliet Job Corps Center. They now are moving forward to conquer the task of Advanced Training. Carmelita and Dewayne will be...
Pharmacy Tech’s Health Fair
The Pharmacy Technician Trade hosted its annual Health Fair on March 12. The students worked extremely hard to prepare and did months of research, studying and practicing to make sure they would do their best and provide accurate information. The fair included a brand...
Y2Y: All Eyes on Me
The Joliet Job Corps Center’s female students gathered in the gym on March 10 to participate in an event focusing on healthy relationships. The main question of the event was, “Can anyone identify the different types of abuse?” Research shows that people who have...
Awards Assembly
The Career Transition Department was excited to host the March Awards Assembly at the Joliet Job Corps Center. Coming right out of Black History Month, the March awards assembly focused on “Celebrating History as We Know It.” The Awards Assembly began with a warm...
National Breakfast Week at the Joliet Job Corps Center
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day for many reasons. It’s one of the keys to good nutrition, of course. And from an academic perspective, eating breakfast has positive implications for student behavior, academic achievement and the school learning...
Drug Abuse Awareness Symposium at the Joliet Job Corps Center
The Social Development Department sponsored a drug awareness symposium on March 3 to tackle the current mindset of the Center’s male students. The presenters explained that some students make poor life choices because of their feelings of negative self-worth, the...
Joliet Job Corps Center Safety Committee Meets Monthly
The goal of the Safety Committee at the Joliet Job Corps Center is to ensure a safe and healthful working and living environment for students, staff and visitors. The main topics for this month’s meeting were the timetable of safety drills, the completion of the...
Joliet Job Corps Center’s Student Government Elections
Training began Tuesday for the Student Government Association elections. Led by Peer Leadership Coordinator Thanesha Sorrells, the students learned about the expectations of leadership and the process of applying for positions. They also received poster board to use...
FDR Dorm Activities at the Joliet Job Corps Center
The residents of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Dorm enjoyed a variety of activities in February. There is an hour-long, student-led Bible study every Thursday night beginning at 7 p.m. Students Tim Erhardt and Eric Henning lead the group in Bible-related discussions that...
Joliet Job Corps Students Visit the DuSable Museum of African-American History
The Career Transition Period Department took a group of Grad 90 students to visit the DuSable Museum of African-American History this week in Chicago’s historic Hyde Park neighborhood. The DuSable Museum was founded in 1961 by Dr. Margaret Burroughs and a host of...
Black History Month: “All, Here, and Now!”
As part of the Joliet Job Corps Center’s February celebration of Black History Month, staff member Wendell Martin delivered on Monday morning a speech written by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. “All, Here, and Now!” originally was given on June 17, 1966, at a rally in...
Y2Y: All EYES on Me
The Joliet Y2Y team presented a new activity on Thursday called “All EYES on Me.” The students were brought together to acknowledge their loved ones who might have been lost to violence. The first “All EYES on Me” event was organized for the young men of the Joliet...
Winter Graduation
Leianna Sullivan was ready to be a leader when she arrived at the Joliet Job Corps Center. As she trained in the Security/MILCAP program and prepared to enlist in the U.S. Army, she also guided her classmates. She served as Chief Justice of the Student Government...