JOB CORPS TSgt Jordan Gunterman of Powderly, KY came to visit the health trade students at Muhlenberg Job Corps on Wednesday January 29th. Jordan is the son of Monica Gunterman, health cluster manager. Jordan was also a student at Muhlenberg Job Corps where he studied...
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Muhlenberg Job Corps Celebrates MLK Day
The Student Government Association and the Youth2Youth organization at Muhlenberg Job Corps didn’t let the frigid weather stop them from enjoying Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The SGA and Y2Y hosted a center-wide celebration to honor Dr. King and his accomplishments....
Muhlenberg Job Corps Students Shadow Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Clinical Medical Assistant program at Muhlenberg Job Corps works hard at preparing their students for the most accurate display of anything they might face when they work in the field of their study. Therefore, when a student gets to a certain point in their training...
North Texas Job Corps Student Changes His Life through Job Corps
North Texas Job Corps student Dariondrick "Wes" Moore is a prime example of what Job Corps can do for a young man looking for direction in his life. "I was trapped in poverty and living in a low-income apartment helping to support my family," Moore recalls. "I was...
Whitney Young Job Corps Host Women in Construction
Whitney Young Job Corps Operated by Horizon Youth Service held a Women in Construction training session on Thursday, January 10. Hope Harp, Career Connection Specialist / Instructor with Indiana/Kentucky/Ohio Regional Council of Carpenters was the guest speaker to...
Whitney Young Construction Trades Obtains Safety Training
Whitney Young Job Corps construction students received a special safety training course offered by 3M - Minnesota, Mining and Manufacturing. Approximately 60 students were trained on how to use various safety equipment and how to carry tools in the air using a special...
Charleston Job Corps Center and CASCI Partnership may yield more job placement opportunities
Charleston Job Corps and CASCI Partnership may yield more job placement opportunities Angela Rackley, Center Director, Nancy Shepherd, BCL and Chelsea Taylor, WBL for Charleston Job Corps Center had a meeting on January 15, with one of our Community Relations Council...
Charleston Job Corps’ Center Director Meets Mayor of Huntington
Center Director, Angela Rackley Meets with the Mayor of Huntington Angela Rackley, Center Director for the Charleston Job Corps Center had a meeting with Mayor Williams of Huntington to discuss a partnership in order to tap into the untapped recruiting area of Cabell...
West Kentucky Workforce Annual Board Meeting
By: Brian Hancock GILBERTSVILLE, Ky - The West Kentucky Workforce had their annual board meeting on January 15 at the Kentucky Dam Village Convention Center located in Gilbertsville, KY. Peter LaFleur, MJC Center Director, Gavin Gorham, MJC Director of Career...
MJCC Welcomes New Business Community Liaison, Brian Hancock
GREENVILLE, KY - Muhlenberg Job Corps Center recently promoted Brian Hancock, formally a heavy equipment operator instructor for MJCC, to the position of the business community liaison. Hancock, a Muhlenberg county native, spent four years working for the Muhlenberg...
Whitney Young Pharmacy grad heads to Advance Training
Whitney Young Job Corps operated by Horizon Youth Services is excited to see Pharmacy tech grad, Casey Speck, jump start his career by enrolling for advance training. Casey, 21 years of age is a solid student who began on April 30, 2018 and has been accepted to TCU/...
Whitney Young partners with American Red Cross
Whitney Young Job Corps operated by Horizon Youth Services is proud to be partners with the American Red Cross to help save lives. On January 22, over 56 students registered to participate in the quarterly blood drive. For some students it was their second time giving...
Whitney Young and Elected Officials Support the Mission of MKL
Whitney Young Job Corps operated by Horizon Youth Services is glad to see the SGA (Student Government Association) and Y2Y (Youth to Youth) female students attending the National Council of Negro Women Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Breakfast Celebration. The young ladies...
Charleston Job Corps Center Prepares Breakfast for Families at Ronald McDonald House
Charleston Job Center students and staff prepared breakfast for the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southern West Virginia on December 16. Three Students, Isaiah Smith Owens, Kiera Waters and Nadaysha Osborne and Two Staff, Nancy Shepherd, BCL and Tierah Williams,...
Faces of Job Corps
Julia Gibson started Job corps as a Career Transition Instructor in September 2016 where she quickly began to understand the needs of the Job Corps Trainees and jumped enthusiastically into her roll of helping each and every person successfully transition into the...
Charleston Job Corps Center Caroling at Hubbard Hospice House
Charleston Job Corps Center Caroling at Hubbard Hospice House Charleston Job Corps Center Students and staff volunteered by caroling at the Hubbard Hospice House on December 14, 2018. 5 students and 3 staff members caroled to share Christmas cheer throughout the...
Learning & Getting Paid: WIN WIN!
CONGRATULATION CARLOS LOPEZ, BRICK MASONRY ...for your paid WORK BASED LEARNING ROLE AT D&D MASONRY & CHIMNEY, CHICOPEE MA. Says Carlos: “I’m happy to have the experience out in the field. It’s a great opportunity. I give credit to Mr. Marion for preparing me...
Welcome Center Gets a Face Lift
Shown here HBI Building Construction Tech instructor Mark Aubin and student Hector Ramos display the handcrafted table they built for the sitting area in our newly re-furbished Welcome Center. First impressions are important, and the new management team at Westover...
Welcome and Happy Holidays!
New Students are treated to a hot, homemade breakfast every week. This holiday season the food presentation and the decor in Oscar's Cafe were really outstanding. Thanks Culinary Arts for contributing so much to our campus culture. There is nothing more like "home"...
Westover Student Named Massachusetts Champion!
"Congratulations! Because of the exceptionally high score you received on your Microsoft Office Specialist MOS Word 2013 exam, you have been named Massachusetts’s Champion and selected to compete in Certiport’s 2019 Microsoft Office Specialist U.S. National...