JOB CORPS Alaska Job Corps students are always looking for the helpful tips for employment. In the above picture, guest speaker Barbara Green, EEO Manager of the National Park Service offered advice on federal employment and USA Jobs hiring portal. The employer meeting...
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Blue Ridge Job Corps students receive Presidential Award for Community Service.
On Thursday September 22, 2016 38 students from Blue Ridge Job Corps received the Presidential Volunteer service Award. The award recognizes students that have earned over 100 hours of community service. Blue Ridge is fused into almost every aspect of making the world...
Alaska Job Corps Promotes Non-Violence in Life, Home, Work and on Street Corners
It was the International Day of Peace of September 21. On the evening news you saw violence escalate in Charlotte, killings in Texas, assaults in Paris, weekend explosions in New York City; an air raid in Greece and hundreds of migrants, dying at sea while trying...
Alaska Job Corps Students Work and Learn on Real Job Site
The BLM Alaska State Facilities/Property Manager says it best: “Job Corps students strive to do the very best they can.” And Manager Alan Lorimer he should know because has been overseeing and encouraging Job Corps students’ work at BLM work sites for a very long...
Work-Based Learning Takes a Comic Turn
Sometimes comic book conventions can provide more than just entertainment.
CLEVELAND JOB CORPS CJCC 2016 COMMENCEMENT
The Cleveland Job Corps Center joined 126 Job Corps centers across the country in celebrating the 6th Annual “National Job Corps Commencement Day” ceremony on August 19, 2016. Approxi-mately 98 Cleveland Job Corps students showed that “Job Corps Works!” as they...
Etowah County Commissioner Support Y2Y Peace March
9.6.16 The Gadsden Job Corps Center would like to thank Ms. Carolyn Parker for the support and encouragement she is to the students and staff of Gadsden Job Corps. Ms. Parker is the Etowah County Commissioner, District 5 Representative for Gadsden Job Corps and she...
CLEVELAND JOBCORPS SUCCESS LASTS A LIFETIME…
Name: Heath “Alex” Burr Age: 21 Center: Cleveland Job Corps Region: Chicago Hometown: Akron, OH Career Area: Carpentry JC Dates: September 2014 – June 2015 On August 19, 2016, Heath Burr, who likes to be known as Alex, celebrated a different kind of graduation on the...
CLEVELAND JOBCORPS STUDENT SUCCESS
Name: Brian Gaston Age: 24 Center: Cleveland Job Corps Region: Chicago Hometown: Cleveland, OH Career Area: Building Construction Technology JC Dates: August 2015 – August 2016 After the closing of East High School on June 10, 2010, seventeen-year-old Bri-an Gaston...
Blue Ridge Student making the world a better place for family member
Jasmine Randolph was driven by the need to succeed in the medical field and return home to Petersburg, VA to help her autistic brother, and with that goal in mind, Randolph joined the Blue Ridge Job Corps “Village” on June 9, 2015. Although she had a High School...
Blue Ridge Job Corps holds graduation
At 2 p.m. On Friday August 26, 2016 the 2016 Fall Commencement class entered the gymnasium to the tune of “Pomp and Circumstance” as classmates, staff and guests stood out of respect. As the graduates made it to their places, everyone remained standing for the playing...
Job Corps Students learn Coping Skills at College Event
Suicide is a critical issue in Alaska. On September 7, during Suicide Awareness Week, Alaska Job Corps students attended a powerful forum—the Journey— “Don’t Go It Alone”at the Mat Su College branch of the University of Alaska. The main speaker was the Executive...
Blue Ridge students help with Smyth County Chamber of Commerce Cookout
On August 25, 2016, eight Blue Ridge Job Corps Center students, along with Community Liaison Mike Steele, assisted with the 45th Annual Smyth County Chamber of Commerce “Town & Country BBQ.” Chamber of Commerce Sarah Beth stated “the event celebrates the...