JOB CORPS The Kittrell Job Corps Center held its Monthly Awards Program on July 13, 2016. Students were recognized for exhibiting positive behavior and performance. Awards presented included: Center Director Choice, Deputy Center Director, BCL Community Service, CPPStick and...
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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”....
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...
Muhlenberg Job Corps assists local Library
During a couple weeks in July, several students and staff of the Muhlenberg Job Corps Center have moved out the Greenville library so the library can begin their remodel. These guys have put in numerous hours of manual labor and has been a very positive reflection in...
Going Home to Visit Mayor Tim Baldermann
New Lenox Mayor Tim Baldermann talked recently about new projects for the village with Michael Nolan, a student at the Joliet Job Corps Center. Michael is a New Lenox resident who is a earning his high school diploma at the center while studying to become a pharmacy...
Soul Searching During Social Development’s Annual Men’s Conference
This year’s Social Development Men’s Conference was about finding inner strength and moving beyond stagnating situations. Although the topics were serious, the June 23 conference was packed with fun-filled activities that most students remembered from growing up....
Job Corps Advanced Human Service Worker Training
Malcolm Benns, 21 years of age, met all requirements to become a Kittrell JCC graduate on June 30, 2016. While enrolled he completed the Advance Human Service Worker Program. He will begin a four week internship at Red Rock Job Corps Center on July 2, 2016. Upon...
Kittrell JCC’s Non Residential Students Visit The Museum of Natural Science
On June 23, 2016 Kittrell Job Corps Center Non Residential students Jasmyne Garner, Quanique Dunn-Hill, Claude Nzitonda, Emmanuel Ndagijimana and Anthony Bivins visited the Museum of Natural Science located in Raleigh NC. The students were accompanied by the Non...
Kittrell Job Corps Center Saved My Life
On June 29, 2016 Kittrell Job Corps Center held its new student welcome breakfast. Milton Kennedy, WEN Outreach Counselor, attended and took the opportunity to talk with students that he recruited. Culinary Arts students Dwayne Washburn and Hailey Marsh both are from...
Big Dawg / Bulldog Ice Cream Social
The Kittrell Job Corps Center Student Government Association sponsored a Top Dawg/Big Dawg Ice Cream Social for the students and staff on Friday, June 24. Mr. David Berg Owner of King of Ice Cream served students and staff their favorite favor Ice Cream from his...
ATTERBURY CNA GRAD JEFF GORDON RACES UP LADDER OF SUCCESS
He shares a Racing name, but our Jeffrey Gordon serves as a stellar model of how hard work, dedication, and focus can create achievement. Mr. Gordon is a native of Benton Harbor, Michigan. Upon AJCC enrollment, Jeffrey clearly knew that the Certified Nursing Assistant...
ATTERBURY IUPAT JOB CORPS GRAD BECOMES UNION APPRENTICE
Proud instructor and IUPAT Local 47 President, Kelly West, initiated Domonique Parker this month at the Local 47 Union meeting. He is working for a Union contractor, called Gibson Lewis, as a Drywall finisher. He starts his Apprenticeship schooling on August 8th....
ATTERBURY STUDENTS OLYMPIC VOLUNTEER EFFORTS
Atterbury Vocational Instructor Ms. Baker took a crew of students to the Olympic TEAM USA “Road to Rio” Kick-off event that took place in downtown Indianapolis. Students spent the day volunteering at the rock climbing wall, zip lines, registration tables, helped kids...
ATTERBURY & INDYPENDENCE MEDIA OUTREACH TAKEOVER
Atterbury and Indypendence have been masters of Media the last few weeks. Atterbury was featured in the Daily Journal Newspaper and online, in an article about Johnson County looking at ways to address the homeless population; the article then referred to the work our...
Gadsden C.N.A. Student Is Thankful For Job Corps
7.15.16 Derrickus Spencer is from Birmingham, AL. He came to Gadsden Job Corps on February 24, 2015, while here he was able to obtain his Certified Nursing Assistant (C.N.A) Certification. In addition, he completed the Hotel and Lodging trade. Derrickus completed our...