JOB CORPS Honoring the area's outstanding graduates Sacramento Job Corps Center student Azhana Littlejohn sang the national anthem as part of the ceremonies honoring 100 outstanding middle and high school graduates from throughout the 6thSenate District. The event was State...
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Faces of Job Corps- Ronald
Ronald Whitley graduated from the Facilities Maintenance trade at the Excelsior Springs Job Corps Center in late 2012. Ronald then found employment with the Caryle Apartments in Shawnee, Kansas. Making over $13 an hour, Ronald serves as a member of the Maintenance...
Welcome Mr. Willie Brown!-May 20, 2013
The Charleston Job Corps Center welcomes Acting Center Director, Mr. Willie Brown. Mr. Brown assumed the position of Acting Center Director, Monday, May 20, 2013. Mr. Brown was center director at the Miami Job Corps Center. He has tremendous experience and knowledge...
SJCC Earth Day event on center
April 25th, 2013 SJCC held there annual Earth Day event today, staff and students participated in planting trees, flowers and put down bart in flower beds through out the center. All staff and students had Earth Day everyday T-shirts on as everyone participated in a...
BEING “BARRERE” – A Closer Look
[Question] Where did you grow up? [Sean] Livingston, Montana [Question] What was your childhood like? [Sean] I had an amazing childhood in one of the most beautiful places on the planet. My mother raised me and my three older brothers in a very loving and healthy...
Trapper Creek Job Corps named No. 1 center in nation
13 minutes ago • By PERRY BACKUS Ravalli Republic DARBY – Sean Barrere will tell you that his life is like night and day. “Sometimes I can’t hardly believe how much I’ve changed in a year,” said the 20-year-old from Livingston. “It’s like we’re talking about two...
Congressional Art Competition 2013
On April 19, 2013 U.S. Congressman Ed Pastor presents awards to five Phx JCC students for their art entries in the congressman's art competition.
San Diego Job Corps Graduate to Intern at Cornell University
San Diego Job Corps graduate David Martinez, who will soon be graduating from Southwestern College, has been selected to attend a 10-week summer internship starting in June with the Plant Genome Research Program (PGRP) at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. David...
Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Student Receives a Congressional Medal of Merit!
Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Center Office Administration student, Christian Dickinson was nominated by Center staff to receive the 2013 Congressional Medal of Merit Award from United States Congressman Justin Amash. The medal is granted to students in the Congressman’s...
CJCC plans Global Youth Service week projects.
CJCC would like to thank those that have planned events for National Global Youth Service Week! Here are the projects our students and staff will be involved in next week: Monday-April 22 · American Red Cross Blood Drive-Safety, anyone eligible to give blood...
LEARNING TO BE SUPERMAN
LEARNING TO BE SUPERMAN Kevin Levy was an inner-city kid with an out-of-doors dream, “I really wanted to continue to be a role model for my brothers like when we were kids. The best way for me to do that was to follow my dream of being a Fire Fighter. In order to do...
NOLA Job Corps’ Medical Students Serve as Ambassadors at NCAA Women’s Final Four
Serving as an NCAA Women’s Final Four Ambassador in New Orleans held a special meaning for Lameisha McCrary. The Health Occupation Technology student played basketball for McDonough 35 High School before entering Job Corps. And, Lameisha says she was so uplifted by...
San Diego Job Corps Student to Compete in National Competition
San Diego Job Corps’ gold medal winning student Edwin Rodriguez will compete in the Skills USA National Contest in Kansas City, Missouri in June. The 24 year old from Chula Vista is enrolled in Job Corps’ Electrical Career Technical Training Program and will be...
Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Center Student Success Story-Tiara Smith!
Tiara Smith, age 22 from Saginaw, MI chose to come to the Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Center after deciding to further her education. She had already obtained her high school diploma, and was working two jobs before making this decision. Tiara enrolled on November, 13th...
Anaconda Community Foundation Awards Anaconda Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center Grant to Serve
Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Center Student Success Story -Vernell Birks!
Vernell Birks, from Saginaw, MI felt that he had not yet accomplished anything and really had nothing to show for the first 23 years of his life. Vernell struggles with ADHD and was always distracted and getting off task, making school very difficult for him. Vernell...
Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Center Student Shares Success Story With The Community Relations Council
“Hi, my name is Eboni Johnson. I am from Detroit, MI. I'm 23 years old, and I am a parent of three beautiful children. My oldest daughter Ariana is 7 years old, she is smart and will talk for hours. My second oldest daughter Ja'Mya is 4 years old, she is smart and...
NOLA MEDICAL STUDENT INTERVIEWED ON WDSU-TV
New Orleans Job Corps Medical Office Support student Lequana Shaw told WDSU-TV's (NBC) LaTonya Norton that, "Job Corps really helped me out a lot. It gave me the opportunity to get my diploma and a trade. It's just a wonderful program and I would recommend it to a lot...
San Diego Job Corps Hosts February American Red Cross Blood Drive
“I’m very familiar with the Red Cross as I was a lifeguard for them before entering Job Corps,” advised San Diego Job Corps student Ashley Brown. Brown is enrolled in the center’s Medical Administrative Assistant Career Technical Training program and volunteered at...
Faces of Job Corps- Jeffrey
Jeff completed the Culinary Arts trade at the Excelsior Springs Job Corps Center in 1988. Following graduation. he moved to New Mexico. Later he enlisted in the United States Navy. Retiring from the Navy after more than 20 years he is now a student at the University...