JOB CORPS Shantel Begay was selected as the Roswell Job Corps Character Counts recipient. Shantel displays the six pillars of Character-Trustworthiness, Respect, Responsibility, Fairness, Caring and Citizenship Shantel Begay is 21 years old, she is the oldest of three siblings,...
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Roswell Job Corps – Former Student, Isaac Chaparro addresses graduating class of 2015
Isaac Chaparro is 20 years old, born and raised in Las Cruces, NM. My family includes my parents, Eunice Delgado and Gonzalo Chaparro, 3 brothers and 2 sisters. I attended Alameda Elementary School, Picacho Middle School. During middle school I began playing football...
Roswell Job Corps – Faces of Job Corps
Promoting Solar
In June, Representative Steve Pearce was at the Roswell Job Corps Center for a tour and to meet with the students. He was very impressed with the integration the center has taken for energy savings through solar lighting and photo voltaic generation, and solar water...
A perfect employer fit
With an auto pool, a small city, a small ranch, self contained housing, and a need for confidentiality MISTIC has been a great fit to the Roswell Job Corps Center's career transition and work based learning goals for several years. They have recently hired full...
Roswell Highlights Job Corps Graduation
For years, Roswell has had great pride in have the Roswell Job Corps Center as part of its fabric. The talents of the students and commitment from local business and organizations have created a positive image, if Job Corps is involved it is going to be a good...
A Mentor for Every Class
Roswell Job Corps Center students invaded the gym of Sunset Elementary during their opening assembly. Teachers and students were excited, with memories from last year's successful running of the mentor and tutoring program. The Job Corps students always have a good...
Congressman Pearce Holds Career Fair
65 employers, one Job Corps Center and Congressman Pearce, were all at the civic center showing the community of Roswell that we are all wanting to improve the unemployment rate in Roswell. Congressman Pearce commented during his town hall style speech to kick off...
More Than Just a Fresh Coat of Paint
A crown of over 200 gathered in front of the new entrance of Roswell Independent School District's Sunset Elementary to christen and tour the 5.1 million dollar renovation and expansion. Master of ceremonies and principal Mireya Trujillo was very proud of all the...
A New Shop, A New Start at Roswell Job Corps
Krumland Auto Group and the Roswell Job Corps Center have worked together on many projects over the years. Tom Krumland has always supported the goals and efforts of the Job Corps program and with the assistance of Marketing Director Stacy Vanderwart, the Roswell...
Earth Camp at Roswell Job Corps
Keep Roswell Beautiful, with board member John Merchant, BCL for the Roswell Job Corps Center, held its first Earth Camp. The week long event had 15 student participants with activities focusing on sustainable environmental practices. Southeastern New Mexico has...
Congressional Visit at Roswell Job Corps
On June 17th, Representative Steve Pearce of the 2nd district in New Mexico visited the Roswell Job Corps Center. After a tour conducted by staff and students the congressman hosted an assembly for the whole campus. Congressman Pearce stated that he was pleased with...
Recreation Club Replants the Community Garden
Herbs, corn, potatoes, squash, and onions are once again growing on center to become future food for both the cafeteria and the culinary arts trade. This is the third annual garden club community garden. People form all over the city of Roswell get to enjoy the...
Powering Acoustic Performances
S.O.Y. (Save Our Youth) Mariachi, has been a not-for-profit benefiting young musicians for close to 8 years. As the organization has grown, it has come to be recognized by the established mariachi groups around New Mexico and west Texas. With such a stellar...
Groundhog Job Shadow Day
For the ninth year, the members of Roswell Job Corps Center Student Government traveled to Santa Fe to shadow their Representatives and Senators for the day. For the past 6 years, the event has been a three day long adventure where the students are shown the vast...
Providing Inspiration from Experience
Jessica has now spoken at two graduations as an alumni speaker, always emphasizing that everyone can graduate and everyone can be successful, and most importantly they are all in a program that supports those efforts better than any where else she has been.
55 Graduate in December
35 out of 55 students who were eligible to graduate from the Roswell Job Corps Center walked the stage on December 3rd. There was a lot of fanfare and enthusiasm for the graduates, with some traveling up to eight hours to attend the commencement ceremony. Graduate...
Roswell Job Corps Mentors Sunset Elementary
Make a difference day 2010 occured on Friday for 13 of the students at the Roswell Job Corps Center. Participating in a pilot mentor program with Sunset Elementary the Roswell Job Corps Center students spent the day in the classrooms mentoring and tutoring students. ...
Mayor Visits Roswell Job Corps
Roswell Mayor Del Jurney came to the Roswell Job Corps Center to meet with the veterans that work on center and to commemorate November 11th as Job Corps' Venters' Day during a special assembly marking the holiday.
Solar energy in Roswell
Students from the HBI trades were recognized at the grand opening and ribbon cutting of the outdoor solar classroom located at Eastern New Mexico University Roswell. This demonstration platform showcases stationary, single axis and double axis solar farm designs and...