JOB CORPS When Peng Sue Chang, the graduating class speaker and an Alaska Job Corps Center Security and Protective Services graduate, spoke about how he overcame the challenges he faced during his journey to—and through—Job Corps, the audience erupted into cheers. While he gave...
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Alaska Job Corps ‘hard hat’ students team up to construct new Center building
Over the last year, a team of Alaska Job Corps students from the carpentry, building construction technology and electrical trades united to build a new Security/Transportation Office at the entrance to the Center. The new building serves as a welcome center and...
Employers partner with Alaska Job Corps at Workforce Summit Council meeting
Employers gathered at the Alaska Job Corps Center on Thursday, Oct. 26, for the semi-annual Workforce Summit Council luncheon. Several dozen partners attended the meeting, where they provided input and feedback on how Alaska Job Corps can offer the best possible...
Alaska Job Corps students teach Native Youth Olympics activities to school children and Seattle Seahawks football stars at community service event
As part of the United Way of Mat-Su’s “Play 60” event held on July 12 at the Curtis Menard Sports Center, eight talented students from Alaska Job Corps demonstrated important aspects of Alaska Native culture to more than 100 children and even to two Seattle Seahawks...
Alaska Job Corps Center’s dedication to safety highlighted at Safety Fair
As part of National Safety Month in June, the Alaska Job Corps Center held a Safety Fair on campus on Friday, June 30, to emphasize the importance of practicing safety every single day. Students in each of the nine trades taught at the Center—Carpentry, Building...
ALASKA JOB CORPS ADDS “RED CARD” SUPPLEMENTAL CERTIFICATION
There are now many new Red Card holders in the State of Alaska and they received their certification at the Alaska Job Corps. This is a supplemental tool in the Alaska Job Corps students’ toolbox. The primary goal of Alaska Job Corps is to train and place students...
Alaska Job Corps Adds Value to Training
For weeks students have been building and creating products for sale for an economic lesson at the Alaska Job Corps Center. As part of their training and academics, they planned, designed, and penciled out projects which they could afford (using training...
First Workforce Summit brings Crowd to Alaska Job Corps
Amazing Workforce Summit at Alaska Job Corps Center “How did you get so many employers to this function?” was the frequently asked question at the Alaska Job Corps Workforce Summit on November 17. The full size basketball court was packed with CEO’s, managing...
Keeping Energy High at the Alaska Job Corps Center
Winter darkness is pervasive in the higher latitudes and along with the darkness comes feelings of sadness and often depression. Recognizing this fact is a part of ongoing counseling and concern at the Alaska Job Corps Center. We know that employment training and...
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...
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...
Careers and Mountains are Lifetime Climbs.
The Alaska Job Corps program is more than a daily eight hour training program, five days a week. Both after class and on weekends, students continue to participate in leisure time activities with a purpose. Last weekend several students joined AKJCC Career Prep...
Alaska Job Corps Accounting Students Value Accuracy in Public Service Event
Alaska Job Corps Accounting Services students practice precision and responsibility in their book and trade training. But they also practiced these exact same skills in a Public Service event, in conjunction with the United Way of Mat Su. 1027 backpacks were filled...
“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...
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....
Alaska Job Corps students show that public service isn’t always a Flashy Selfie; sometimes you just have to put your boots on.
Alaska Job Corps students were doing public service, after the training day, for an elder with a goat farm. The students learned from the elder, helped with the goats and helped fix the fences. Public service isn’t always a flashy public effort. Sometimes it is just...
Water Safety is part of Safety Culture at Alaska Job Corps
Alaska Job Corps students have many waterside opportunities in their off-time, after training hours. A full fleet of canoes, nicely berthed in a "canoe dorm", stand ready for the evening lake paddle. Swimming in lakes is common and fishing too is an abundant activity...
Alaska Job Corps Celebrates Cultural Diversity with Community
All the mayors were there, along with the Governor and the First Lady. It was the great Bridge Builders kick-off event in the Matanuska-Susitna Valley in Alaska and Job Corps students were there, performing and sharing food with all the community. "World Flavors"...
Alaska Job Corps Center Embraces Challenges of Last Great Race
On March 6th, the Alaska Job Corps Center did not stand passively by as the 85 dog teams raced to Nome, during the 2016 Iditarod’s running of the Last Great Race. Instead, they were at the starting line in Willow Alaska. Students and recreation staff cheered,...