JOB CORPS Career Transition Staff, Dominique Vinas and Caitlin Ursini had the pleasure of stopping by Fresh Start Café in Newburgh, NY. Not only did the food smell delicious, the environment was so vibrant it could brighten up anyone’s day. There is some irony in the name of...
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STUDENT GOVERNMENT BLOOD DRIVE & ATTERBURY WELLNESS FAIR
This week the Wellness Dept. held a Health Fair in conjunction with the SGA Quarterly Blood Drive. During the Health Fair speakers from the community came and spoke to students about various topics from healthy eating choices, to smoking cessation. Then in the...
AMERICA’S NEXT TOP CHEF – ATTERBURY’S LEO CLARK
A native of Hammond, Indiana, AJCCs Leo Clark has been accepted into the elite Advanced Training program for Culinary Arts at the Treasure Island Job Corps Center in San Francisco, CA. While enrolled at AJCC, Leo successfully completed his culinary trade under the...
INDYPENDENCE JOB CORPS ANNUAL EMPLOYER CAREER FAIR
Wednesday July 27, 2016 from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Indypendence had their first annual job fair. The job fair was hosted and organized by Office Administration Instructor Mrs. Reynolds. The Fair offers HHA, CNA, and OA students a variety of local employers to speak...
Springdale JCC Workforce Council Meeting Discusses Trends in State’s Economy
Staff at Springdale Job Corps Center met with employer partners, congressional staff, and state economists to discuss the trends in the local economy and how the training provided by SJCC is meeting workforce needs. "We invited an economist from WorkSource to discuss...
Gadsden Job Corps: A Student Success Story
7.29.16 On April 29, 2016 DaTerrius Knight completed the Gadsden Job Corps Center program and shortly afterwards began working at Kronospan in Lincoln, Al. as a Bander/ Lift Truck. DaTerrius is doing such an outstanding job that he was shortly promoted to Finisher...
“Without a doubt, I’m 100% proof of Job Corps’ Success”
Twenty-two years ago Glenn Evans was a student at the Alaska Job Corps. This afternoon he was a mentor at the Alaska Job Corps for 75 students in the hard hat trades. Glenn is a successful business man, working for Columbia Hydronics Company. He started his career in...
New Students Welcome Breakfast – July 20, 2016
On July 20, 2016 Kittrell Job Corps Center held its New Students Welcome Breakfast prepared by the Culinary Arts students. New students were introduced to the Senior Management Team members. Staff provided information on their positions and how they can contribute to...
Gadsden HSW Student IS Working At AmeriCorps
7.22.16 Gloria Taylor is an Advanced Training transfer from Joliet Job Corps Center where she obtained a trade completion in Culinary Arts. Since being at the Gadsden Job Corps Center, Gloria demonstrated sheer drive and dedication towards helping others. Gloria is...
Gadsden Students Assists Local Mission Center
7.13.16 Mrs. Mrs. Ayana Williams, CPP Instructor and four CPP students went to the Etowah Baptist Mission Center to help the Mission Center with the stocking of canned goods. The CPP students and Mrs. Williams went through all the cans of food that were donated to...
Gadsden CD Meet Mr. Mark Holden, Executive Vice President of Koch Industries
7.20.16 Mr. Juvenel Levros, Center Director, and Mr. Harold Carpenter, BCL Manager, attended the Alabama Fair Chance Employment Summit in Birmingham, AL. The Summit was hosted by the City of Birmingham and leaders from public and private sectors came from all over the...
ATTERBURY GRADS HAVE COLLEGIATE HOOP DREAMS
Who: Indiana Tech University - Fort Wayne, Indiana When: June/July What: College Basketball Try-Outs and Scholarship tour Residential Advisor Mr. Haymon, (submitted 3 articles this week), and took 6 students up to Fort Wayne Indiana to try out for the Indiana Tech...
BRICK MASONRY TRADE PROVIDING A PATHWAY
This week Mr. Flowers and his Brick masons began prep work to install a brick decking and walk way under a shelter house that sits between the male dorms in Watkins Plaza. As you can see there is quite a bit of planning and detail work that goes into these projects....
ATTERBURY HBI FACILITY MAINTENANCE ARE TITANS OF TILE
This week the HBI Facility Maintenance Trade took on the task of transforming a worn out dingy carpeted TV Lounge, into a treasure trove of tile. The two tone tile combination that they expertly laid down gives the lounge a refreshed and clean look. Unlike the old...
WRTV 6 ASHLEY BROWN TALKS POSITIVE CHOICES TO ATTERBURY FEMALES
Who: WRTV 6 Meteorologist, Ashley Brown When: July 6 2016 Why: Ladies Night Residential Advisor, Mr. Haymon, asked a connection, meteorologist from WRTV channel 6 News, Ashley Brown, to come and speak to the Atterbury female population on the centers “Ladies Night”....
Glenmont JCC and Albany County Residential Health Care form New Partnership
Glenmont Job Corps Center is pleased to announce a newly formed partnership with Albany County Residential Health Care Facility. This partnership began with communication between Mary Rosak of County Executive Dan McCoy’s office and Ann Marie Morin, GJCC Business...
Careers Begin Here: Alaska Job Corps Center teaches Students to See Future Opportunities
Sometimes it is just ‘a way of looking at things’, which will actually expand and change one’s perspective. At the Alaska Job Corps, students are taught to look beyond the immediate horizon. They’re encouraged to investigate various options and side pathways....
Kentucky Job Corps Coalition Meets for Y2Y
The Kentucky Job Corps Coalition met on Wednesday, July 20, 2016 at the Earle C. Clements Job Corps Center to begin planning events for the Youth 2 Youth: Partners 4 Peace Y2Y Week. Y2Y Advisors, Center Directors, and Business Community Liaisons and support staff...
Turner Job Corps students participate in airport disaster simulation
65 TJC students participated as volunteer victims in an airport disaster simulation training. No actual blood was spilled, but students were in makeup to make the event more realistic for all emergency responders. Students portayed a variety of...
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...