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Pittsburgh Job Corps Student Testimonial of Training and Employment Success
By Daniel Grubbs (former PJCC student) When I got into to job corps it was different for me. I came in at age 25. I saw job corps as an opportunity to go to college and find out what my true strengths were. My first semester at CCAC north was awesome. My counselor was...
Job Corps celebrates smoke-free living
Story in Nov. 16 Herald News talks about the Kickers program at Joliet Job Corps, a successful anti-smoking program, and the teacher who started the program. Story was pitched as a Great American Smokeout story. Staff photographer and staff reporter were very...
San Diego Job Corps, San Diego Housing Commission, and Sherwin-Williams Company Continuing Partnership
San Diego Job Corps, San Diego Housing Commission, and Sherwin-Williams Company Continuing Partnership “I’m looking forward to a career as a painter,” advised San Diego Job Corps student Omar Luera. Luera, from Fresno, CA is enrolled in Job Corps’ Painting Career...
Phoenix Job Corps Center Basketball Team
On November 21, 2012 The PJCC Basketball team were acknowledged for their great team performance on the basketball court. The team made their way into this year's playoffs. [In Photo from L-R: Nancy Lee Stanford [CSIO], Team players include Anthony R. Walker, John...
A Thanksgiving tradition continues at Penobscot…pt.2
Whitney M. Young Job Corps honors America’s Veterans
Recently on Nov. 12 Whitney M. Young Jr. Job Corps Center held an assembly that honored our veterans that were staff, students or community members at large. The Martha L. Collins High School provided the presentation of colors. We were privileged to have two guest...
Faces of Job Corps; Antonieo and Donte
Graduates from the Excelsior Springs Job Corps Welding Program Antonieo and Donte, upon completion, they were accepted into the TCU/IAM Advanced Training Program at the Excelsior Springs location. Each student worked very hard to complete the Carmen program and...
San Diego Job Corps’ Newest Graduate Employees
“We have more than 250 people working on our center,” advised San Diego Job Corps Human Resources Manager David Kopfer, “and we encourage our graduates to apply for positions here. Norma Morado and Vanessa Flores are our newest employees as they both completed the Job...
Zheng He Guo came to the United States 15 years ago from Fu Jian, China. He came to the United States to live with his father. His father came to the United States to escape crimes against humanity taking place within the government. Zheng He , his sister and mother...
Culinary Arts students win award for the second year by providing lunch, laughs, and aiding those with special needs
The annual Laughs at Lunch at the Ogden Marriott Hotel in support of EnableUtah was held Thursday, October 25. Members of the community had an opportunity to help people with disabilities get jobs, while at the same time enjoy an entertaining lunch. The event featured...
JOB CORPS WORKS AT UDOT
Job Corps students that have reached the end of their training program need real-world work experience before they begin their careers. Two young mechanics are getting that opportunity at UDOT’s Central Heavy Duty Shop where they serve as interns. For those interns...
Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Student Success Story!
Nagee Hakim, a 2009 graduate of Sexton High School, was homeless and living on the streets of Lansing for almost two years. He was struggling to survive, and with the sudden news of a baby on the way, he knew he needed to make a change in his life. "I wanted to become...
NEW HAVEN JOB CORPS STUDENTS “MAKE A DIFFERENCE”
The New Haven Job Corps Center joined millions across the country participating on “Make A Difference Day”, the national day of doing good. Students worked with “Operation Gratitude” to ensure that a soldier, sailor, airman, or marine knows that his or her sacrifices...
Job Corps Healing Hands Make A Difference
Usually it takes months or years to make a difference in another person’s life. But for Alaska Job Corps students, the connection was nearly instant and the distinction was clear. Stella and Kameri are both Health Occupation students...
Veteran and Sacramento Job Corps Graduate
Sacramento Job Corps graduate and U S Veteran, Victoria (Tori) Ewing knows first-hand the opportunities available to young people through our program the United States Military. Tori committed to the Army in June 2008 and began preparing academically and physically...
Halloween Edition: Blood and Vampires!
“…better than 15 percent of bites from human beings lead to infection, and in some cases, the spread of blood-borne diseases like hepatitis, syphilis and HIV??? Ewwwwww!!!”
San Diego Job Corps Students Intern at Imperial Beach Chamber of Commerce
“This was a great opportunity to build on my knowledge of an office environment”, advised San Diego Job Corps student Jorge Gomez. Gomez, age 20, recently completed Job Corps’ Office Administration Career Technical Training program and a month long Work-Based Learning...
Clearfield’s new dorms in the news.
BY TOM BUSSELBERG Islander Editor CLEARFIELD – About one-third of Clearfield Job Corps’ students come from Utah, including representation from Davis County. In fact, more than three dozen students living within 30 miles of the center commute from South Davis each day....
Olmos speaks to Clearfield students
Thirty Students from Clearfield Job Corps were invited to attend a speech by Emmy and Golden Globe winning actor, Edward James Olmos sponsored by University of Utah. In Mr. Olmos’s hour and forty minute speech he welcomed “Job Corps students” to an applause by the...