JOB CORPS Jeremiah Chaparro has spent the last eight months working full time under a contractor in southern Vermont. He never imagined when he started at Job Corps over two years ago that his goal to become a welder would be sidetracked by a pandemic and he would be learning...
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Alaska Job Corps Center earns Alaskans for Litter Prevention and Recycling Outstanding Community Recycling Program Award for 2016
Being green is a way of life at the Alaska Job Corps Center, and that commitment to sustainability was recognized on Thursday when the Alaskans for Litter Prevention and Recycling program presented Alaska Job Corps with the 2016 Outstanding Community Recycling Program...
The Culinary Arts Students Cook for the Department of Labor
The Culinary Arts students catered an event on July 11 hosted by the Department of Labor. Culinary Arts Students Ivan Garcia, Deandre Reyez, Markeyta Bowen, Sherman Williams III and Tiffani Chambliss traveled to the Federal Office Building in Chicago to prepare the...
Awards Assembly Recognizes Women’s History Month
The Finance and Administration Department hosted the monthly awards assembly on April 6. "Live From the Red Carpet,” was an Academy Awards-style event that celebrated Women’s History Month. Student Zharia Finley paid tribute to two women who have made a significant...
Awards Assembly
The Career Transition Department was excited to host the March Awards Assembly at the Joliet Job Corps Center. Coming right out of Black History Month, the March awards assembly focused on “Celebrating History as We Know It.” The Awards Assembly began with a warm...
October Awards Assembly
The CSIO department honored Disability Awareness Month by hosting an October Awards Assembly that recognized well-known celebrities who have disabilities. The celebrity honorees were actors: Orlando Bloom, who has dyslexia, and Will Smith who has attention deficit...
Loring Job Corps Center receives award on behalf of Secretary of Defense.
On May 19, 2012 - Loring Job Corps Center received the “Above and Beyond” Award from the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Committee on behalf of the Secretary of Defense. This presentation to Loring Job Corps Center/Career Systems Development with the “Above...
Sierra Nevada Students Recognized for Help During National Championship Air Races Tragedy
Sierra Nevada Job Corps Center (SNJCC) students were recognized for their part in helping during the September 16 tragedy at the National Championship Air Races. Martin-Ross Investigations and Security held a recognition ceremony for the 46 students on Wednesday,...
Finch-Henry Graduates Participate in First-Ever
Contact: Roger Givens, Business and Community Liaison 662-609-9424 August 31, 2011 Students from the Finch-Henry Job Corps Center participated in National Job Corps Commencement Day on August 30. For the first time ever, graduation celebrations...
National Commencement Day At Finch-Henry Job Corps Center
State Representative Chuck Espy of Clarksdale shook hands with graduates of the Finch-Henry Job Corps Center during their summer commencement Tuesday. Center Director Cordella Smith (left) presented diplomas to each graduate as they walked...
Job Corps Supporter Honored at Clearfield Job Corps
By Jamie Lampros Standard-Examiner Mon, 07/04/2011 - 11:25am SOUTH OGDEN -- Sherri Freston has a strong belief in Job Corps and its education and job training programs. "I have an honest interest in the promotion of youth, specifically the teenage and young adult age...
Celebrating Excellence at Clearfield Job Corps
Every year MTC celebrates excellence by asking each Job Corps Center to make nominations in specific categories. The community supporter of the year for Clearfield Job Corps is Sherri Freston. She was also selected as MTC’s top community supporter of the year for all...
Paw Law Eh Graduates from Pine Ridge Job Corps with Honors
Paw Law Eh came to Pine Ridge Job Corps two years ago. She graduated in January to begin work as a Certified Nursing Assistant/Medical Aide. Paw Law entered the program speaking virtually no English and recently obtained her High School Diploma. She was selected as...
HYS and Perkins Receive Recognition
Horizons Youth Services and the Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Center were recently recognized by the National Job Corps Association in Washington, DC. HYS was named the National Job Corps Association Operator of the Year for 2010. Carl D. Perkins was awarded a 12 STAR...
Penobscot Job Corps Students Take Part in CIANBRO Skills Competition
Penobscot Job Corps’ Advanced Manufacturing students got a unique opportunity this fall to test their skills while learning about career opportunities in their field. The students and their instructor, Grant Furman, were invited to attend the Cianbro job fair and...
Sierra Nevada Job Corps’ Got Talent!
Sierra Nevada Job Corps students and staff recently gathered to cheer on participants in the first annual Sierra Nevada Job Corps' Got Talent competition. The event featured the singing, rapping, and dancing talents of 11 students. Each of the performing acts made...
Loring Job Corps honored at Compact for Higher Education Symposium
In Augusta on October 1, 2010, Twenty-four Maine Employers were Honored at Compact for Higher Education Symposium. Loring Job Corps was one of the selected honored, accepting on behalf of our Center Director and our center was our own Dr. Dottie Martin,Phd.,...
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