JOB CORPS “Chocolate milk would be just as healthy as Gatorade after a fitness work out,” said Judy Dodd, MS, RD, LDN, Corporate Nutritionist at Giant Eagle and keynote speaker for the Healthy Eating Active Lifestyles (HEALS) assembly at the Pittsburgh Job Corps Center. She...
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Pittsburgh Understands The Irish Heritage
If you are not of Irish descent, you soon want to be when the Irish Festival is held in Pittsburgh. This was the 21st. year for the event which occurred Sept. 9-11, 2011. It was the fourth year that PJCC students were involved behind the scenes. Ten culinary arts...
WBL Employer Happy with Pittsburgh Job Corps Students
[This is a letter from a WBL site supervisor to our WBL Coordinator, Karen Bobick. It concerns three EHelp students who have been working on the solar panel project at the Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens in Pittsburgh.] Dear Karen: The students (Italia M.,...
Pittsburgh Student Poets Define Success
Pittsburgh Job Corps Center celebrated Student Success on August 30, 2011. The following poems were written and read by students during the ceremony. I Shall Succeed By Tanisha Jean Succeeding is my only option I will not let any situation stop me from reaching...
Pittsburgh Students, Staff, Supporters Celebrate National Job Corps Commencement Day
Local officials, business leaders, and Job Corps staff joined the student body in celebrating student success during Tuesday’s assembly dedicated to National Job Corps Commencement Day. Job Corps is a unique national program that provides a safe environment for...
3 Projects in Pittsburgh Help Students Learn by Doing
Conservation Consultants Inc. has received a grant to expose youth between the ages of 16-24 to the Green Job industry. Forty students from the Pittsburgh Job Corps Center have been identified to participate in this endeavor. Scheduled for both July 27 and August...
VA Wheelchair Games Inspire Pittsburgh Job Corps Youth to Volunteer
The dog days of August brought the 31st. annual Veterans Wheelchair Games to Pittsburgh, PA. The Job Corps students quickly volunteered to be there at the games to show support for our United States military, the fighting men and women who have returned from...
Pittsburgh is Leveling the Playing Field Through WBL/Pittsburgh Enjoys Working Partnership
Work Based Learning is preparing Pittsburgh Job Corps youth for the real world of work. Recent projects coordinated by Karen Bobick and Kenneth Vaughan focus on green initiatives. Under the instruction of Cliff Nabuda, Electrician Helper students at the Pittsburgh...
Pittsburgh Celebrated Earth Day in April
April has been designated Earth Day Every Day across all Job Corps. Pittsburgh contributed to this initiative by holding the second annual GO GREEN Fair. The day before the Fair, the celebration of GO GREEN started with an introduction assembly called Don’t Waste...
Pittsburgh Job Corps is Following in Harvard’s Footsteps in Breaking the Disease Triangle
“Within two years our goal is to be fully organic and advance to sustainability with our gardens and grounds keeping at the Pittsburgh Job Corps Center”, said Keith McNeish, Groundskeeper. The Pittsburgh Job Corps covers over 98 acres and is located at 7175 Highland...
Pittsburgh Job Corps Mentors/Mentees Work Together on Service
The Pittsburgh Mentoring Program, under the coordination of Toni Bauer, worked on a community service project in April. Mentors and their mentees put together Easter baskets for the Children of Turtle Creek Valley Mental Health/Mental Retardation organization. On...
Pittsburgh Job Corps Helps the Homeless
In April, in participation of Global Youth Service Day, the Pittsburgh Job Corps Center collected 140 bars of soap for the Rainbow Kitchen's Homeless Shelter, located in Homestead, PA.
Pittsburgh Job Corps Has Artists In Its Midst
Five students from the Pittsburgh Job Corps Center received top cash awards at the Regional Level in the 2011 Fine Arts Contest Competition. In addition, this is the first year that PJCC has ever had a student win the Best of Show Award, valued at $250. Celine Nista,...
Pittsburgh Job Corps Students Attend Senator Jim Brewster’s Student Government Day
State Senator Jim Brewster hosted Student Government Day at the Community College of Allegheny County at the Boyce campus in Monroeville, PA in May. Seven students from the Pittsburgh Job Corps Center joined students from Auberle, Burrell, Gateway, McKeesport, Plum,...
Pittsburgh Job Corps Student Shadows Congressman’s Staff
On June 9, 2011 House State Government Committee and the Senate State Government Committee held a Joint Legislative Hearing at a Congressional Redistricting meeting in Cranberry, PA. Student Calvin M. and the Pittsburgh Business and Community Liaison were invited to...
Ice Carving Certification at Pittsburgh Job Corps
Recently, Jeff Lee, a Culinary Arts Instructors at Pittsburgh Job Corps Center, spent 100 hours in training at the Academy of Ice Carving and Design in Fresno, CA. “All the art and clay sculptures are done upside down before putting them into a block of ice weighing...
Walk the Talk in Pittsburgh
Keeping in line with Michelle Obama's Let's Move campaign, The Pittsburgh Job Corps Center spent a week walking for fitness. The students logged 600.25 miles and staff logged 551 miles for a grand total of 1,151.25 miles. The SGA sponsored the event which falls...
Pittsburgh Student Gets a Job and Keeps a Job
John J. completed the Health Occupations cohort in October 2009. Being enrolled in this cohort requires diligence, dedication to your studies, and the ability to keep up with all the requirements this vacation requires to graduate. In the end, these students can...
Pittsburgh Job Corps Lays Wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
It was a bitter cold day in Washington, DC in February, but that did not curtail the decision to visit the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington Cemetery. Andy Pope, Military Preparation instructor at the Pittsburgh Job Corps Center, and Army Staff Sergeant Chris...
Pittsburgh Job Corps Becomes a “Fit Corps”
The Pittsburgh Job Corps Center has been inspired to make changes to their center. Through many suggestions from the SO FINE (Student Opportunities for Fitness, Information, Nutrition and Exercise) committee, they are providing nutritional choices for students and...