JOB CORPS Third time’s a charm. That’s what students who make up the Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Academic Team will tell you. They just won their third straight district championship during a competition held at the Eastern Kentucky Exposition Center in Pikeville on Aug. 23....
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Sheldon Clark-A Job Corps Success Story
Sheldon Clark came to Jacksonville Job Corps over 2 years ago with a 9th grade education. This young man arrived from the Island of the Bahamas because he wanted a better life for himself and his family. "I came to Job Corps because I couldn't believe someone would...
“The Best Is Yet To Come” Jacksonville Job Corps Celebrate Graduation
Jacksonville Job Corps Center held their Summer graduation Tuesday, August 30, 2011. The graduation was held at Edward Waters College in Adams Jenkins Gymnasium at 2:00p.m. Excitement flowed through the air as students and parents anticipated the climatic moment of...
Success Celebrated at Northlands Job Corps Academy’s Graduation
From the opening Pledge of Allegiance to the climatic moment when 40 graduates tossed their caps into the air, Northlands Job Corps Academy’s graduation ceremony was a non-stop story of success…
Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Center Graduation Featured in Local Newspaper
The Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Center's National Commencement Ceremony was featured in the local Grand Rapids Press newspaper, both on-line and in print. Multiple pictures were published of students attending the significant ceremony. The full article can be viewed by...
Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Center Celebrates National Commencement Day!
The Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Center was happy to join with most of the 124 other Job Corps Centers across the nation, Tuesday, August 30th for a National Commencement Ceremony to honor the 47th Anniversary of the Job Corps Program. Job Corps was created on August 30,...
National Commencement Day is Celebrated by Alaska Job Corps
National Commencement Day is Tuesday August 30 and thousands of graduates will walk down the aisle at Job Corps Centers all across the United States. Palmer, Alaska is the local location of these special ceremonies because it is the home of the Alaska Job Corps...
Northlands Job Corps Student Government Committed to Action
Logan Barbosa believes that the more active the Student Government Association is, the better. And that’s not just talk…
Young Men to Bring Their ‘A’ Game to Joliet Job Corps
William Little, 21, grew up the hard way due to his own bad choices. "I come from a good family," he said. The first 11 years, he was pretty much a good kid with a normal life. But that changed when his parents divorced after moving to Savannah, Ga. His mother kept...
Event at Joliet Job Corps Encourages Youth to Succeed
JOLIET — “We can be more than our environment,” said James Hill, of Suda Mixed Martial Arts Academy in Joliet. “My brother and I grew up on the southeast side and there were a lot of drugs and gangs, but we didn’t want to go that way.” James and his brother Ron will...
DJCC trainee Lynette Davis wins 3rd place in Fine Arts Competition
On July 21,2011, Detroit Job Corps Center’s Business and Community Liaison, Ms. Joan Scales and trainee Ms. Lynette Davis attended the Region 1 Fine Arts Festival Ceremony hosted by the Red Rock Job Corps Center. Ms. Davis won third place in the Pencil/Charcoal/Ink...
San Diego Job Corps Student Graduates With Psychology Degree From San Diego State University
Carlos Sotolongo, a 2005 San Diego Job Corps graduate, recently returned to the center to visit with former instructors and speak with current students. “I was 19 years old when I enrolled at Job Corps,” Mr. Sotolongo stated. “When I arrived I was pretty independent...
Perkins teams with the Kentucky Blood Center for quarterly blood drive
Just two short months after a blood drive that saw 70 students at Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Center turn out to donate blood to the Kentucky Blood Center, an August 9 blood drive held in the gymnasium on center at Perkins again saw students come out to save lives....
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps academic team rises to the challenge
Students with the Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Center’s academic team finished well ahead of teams from Muhlenberg Job Corps Center and Charleston Job Corps Center this past week to bring home an impressive win. The students, coached by Susie Grossl and Brandon Conley,...
Harnessing Wind Energy with Alaska Job Corps
Jonathan Austin is a 20 year old Electrical student at the Alaska Job Corps Center. He has been enrolled for 60 days and is nearly full-time in the trade. He hails from Anchorage, where he attended Bartlett High School. His hobbies are reading, writing, exercising,...
San Diego Job Corps Student Graduates With A Psychology Degree from San Diego State University
Carlos Sotolongo, a 2005 San Diego Job Corps graduate, recently returned to the center to visit with former instructors and speak with current students. “I was 19 years old when I enrolled at Job Corps,” Mr. Sotolongo stated. “When I arrived I was pretty independent...
Congratulations to the Students who Received Their GED at Bamberg Job Corps
The General Educational Development Test (GED) is given monthly here at the Bamberg Job Corps Center. The center has slots for 20 students/individuals to take the GED Test. Citizens from the community are welcome to join our students on center to take the GED Test....
A True Lady of Success Leaves Northlands for Advanced Training
“I’m so excited,” Melissa said before leaving. “I’m proud of myself for making it this far…”
Bhutanese Refugees Find Success at Job Corps
Jhari Mishra and Meena Siwakoti are no strangers to adversity, but have worked hard and are excelling as they achieve the goals they have set for themselves. They were among the thousands of Bhutanese people displaced into refugee camps throughout Nepal when they...
Congressman Clyburn Hosts Health Fair Another Year
The Health Fair hosted by Congressman Jim Clyburn and the Rudolph Canzater Memorial Classic has been helping citizens of all ages for over 20 years. This year, the Health Fair was held in Santee at the Santee Conference Center on August 5, 2011 from 10:00 a.m., to...