JOB CORPS Center directors from Oregon’s five Job Corps centers met with staff from Governor Kate Brown’s office to discuss the importance of the Job Corps program on the state’s economy.
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Alaska Job Corps Students Welcome Senators’ Donated Books from Library of Congress
Thanks to Senator Murkowski, Alaska Job Corps is now enjoying a lot more reading material. There is no well stocked library at the Alaska Job Corps Center. But there are little collections of books in classrooms, dorm atriums, and in offices. Books are a precious...
Red Rock Job Corps Center Speak with US Rep. Barletta
Staff and students had a chance to speak with US Rep. Lou Barletta on Wednesday, August 17 during a breakfast held by the Columbia-Montour Chamber of Commerce and the Columbia-Montour Visitors Bureau at Bloomsburg University’s Greenley Center in Bloomsburg. The former...
Joliet Job Corps Students Meet Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner
When Tremaine McKnight heard that Social Development Director Alicia Grangent was taking students to the Illinois State Fair, he decided to make the trip. After all, he’d never been to Springfield, Ill., the capital of the state, or to the fair. “I wanted to go...
Congressman Bill Foster’s Job Fair at Joliet Junior College
On Aug. 2, Human Resources Manager Charrice Miller and Human Resources Co-ordinator Filieshia Wilson participated in a job fair at Joliet Junior College that was sponsored by 11th District Congressman Bill Foster. The event was well attended by the college’s students...
Woodland Job Corps meets with Councilmember Valerie Nicholas
Councilwoman Valerie Nicholas of Laurel MD meets with Maryland's BCLs BCL's Jobina Brown, of Woodland Job Corps and Rashein Gibbs, of Woodstock Job Corps met with Councilwoman Valerie Nicholas to discuss how they can continue to move their centers forward by...
STUDENT GOVERNMENT BLOOD DRIVE & ATTERBURY WELLNESS FAIR
This week the Wellness Dept. held a Health Fair in conjunction with the SGA Quarterly Blood Drive. During the Health Fair speakers from the community came and spoke to students about various topics from healthy eating choices, to smoking cessation. Then in the...
AMERICA’S NEXT TOP CHEF – ATTERBURY’S LEO CLARK
A native of Hammond, Indiana, AJCCs Leo Clark has been accepted into the elite Advanced Training program for Culinary Arts at the Treasure Island Job Corps Center in San Francisco, CA. While enrolled at AJCC, Leo successfully completed his culinary trade under the...
INDYPENDENCE JOB CORPS ANNUAL EMPLOYER CAREER FAIR
Wednesday July 27, 2016 from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Indypendence had their first annual job fair. The job fair was hosted and organized by Office Administration Instructor Mrs. Reynolds. The Fair offers HHA, CNA, and OA students a variety of local employers to speak...
Building Community Relationships- Glenmont CRC Breakfast
pict 7-27-16 snape morin student speaker 7-27-18Wednesday, July 27th, BCL, Ms. Morin reports that the combined Community Relations Council and Security Industry Council breakfast meeting drew 46 guests to the Red Brick Café at Glenmont Job Corps Center. SFC Scott...
Meeting Congressman Dan Lipinski
The Joliet Job Corps Center’s Student Ambassadors traveled to Palos Hills, Ill., on July 25 to meet congressman Dan Lipinski and his staff. The Ambassadors wanted to talk to the Congressman about the Job Corps program and their studies, so they stopped by the...
“Without a doubt, I’m 100% proof of Job Corps’ Success”
Twenty-two years ago Glenn Evans was a student at the Alaska Job Corps. This afternoon he was a mentor at the Alaska Job Corps for 75 students in the hard hat trades. Glenn is a successful business man, working for Columbia Hydronics Company. He started his career in...
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....
GPGBR Meeting
The Greater Prince George’s Business Roundtable Meeting pictured M.H. Jim Estepp President & CEO, GPGBR “One thing I have learned about seizing an opportunity with major players of Prince George’s County is if you have them all in one room the time to hit them is...
Kittrell JCC Students Visit Congressman George Holding’s District Office
On June 28, 2016, Kittrell Job Corps Center students Christian Peyton-Fisher, Sylvia Birdsong and Christina Graham along with Joan Robinson, Business Community Liaison Director, visited Congressman George Holding’s Raleigh, NC District Office. Students met with Alice...
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...