JOB CORPS As Rashawn Watkins (Culinary) was getting ready to celebrate his graduation, he was dancing and singing along to some music he was listening to. Now, having graduated, Watkins is going to dance right into a bright future. He’s going on to serve as a cook at a local...
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Whitney M. Young graduate values leadership skills, work ethic
Torran Cox is on his way to a strong career in refractory bricklaying, where just as a journeyman he could make $5,000 a week. He couldn’t have built that future without the foundation Whitney M. Young Job Corps helped him lay. Cox is an apprentice bricklayer entering...
Ring that bell: Jordyn Trowel leaves Whitney M. Young Job Corps as natural leader, driven student
After Jordyn Trowel rang the bell signifying she’d graduated from Whitney M. Young Job Corps Center, her friends immediately rushed to take photos together. Though most students do get photos with friends and instructors as they graduate, with Trowel, they were even...
Whitney M. Young student builds custom shelf for staff
There are benefits to working somewhere that teaches students crafts – just ask Sabra Shields. Shields, who serves as Whitney M. Young Job Corps Center’s Property Supervisor, needed a shelf. She asked the carpentry instructor if it was possible for the students to...
Whitney M. Young graduate returns, hopes to inspire new generation
Orlando Kershaw’s career has taken him from Whitney M. Young Job Corps…to Whitney M. Young Job Corps. Kershaw graduated from the cement program in 2019. “I heard from a friend of mine. He went to a Job Corps over in Indiana,” he said. “For a while I wasn’t too sure....
Across the country, Whitney M. Young graduate Burdine has helped out
You may have seen Jay Burdine all around the country. During his interview, he was in Mississippi. Before that, he was in Kentucky, helping clean up damage from the recent tornado disaster. And even before that, he was in Hawaii. As an Americorps member, he’s seen a...
Mark Sneed: the man with the golden arm
When Welding Instructor Mark Sneed started at Whitney M. Young, he entered into a D-Grade program. The plaques on the wall in the welding classroom, which celebrate welding as one of the strongest trades on-center, indicate that’s no longer the case. Sneed has been at...
A Unique Path To Choosing a Career Technical Trade
u·nique /yo͞oˈnēk/ adjective Being the only one of its kind; unlike anything else. Every student we speak with has a different reason why they have chosen to study the trade they do. Many times there isn’t just a singular reason that people choose their professional...
Little Rock JCC Student Begins Career at Arrow Plumbing
The Little Rock Job Corps Center is proud of Plumbing student Jason Adair’s achievements. Jason graduated from the program Dec. 18 after earning his high school diploma and completing Career Technical Training. He recently began working at Arrow Plumbing in Little...
Oneonta Job Corps Academy’s Underground Residential Distribution Instructor shares his knowledge with elementary school children
On April 24th, Mike Blair, Underground Residential Distribution (URD) Instructor at Oneonta Job Corps Academy shared his knowledge with his daughter’s 4th grade class at Greater Plains Elementary School in Oneonta, NY. Mike went to the elementary school and set up a...
Job Corps Training Leads to Job Corps Job for FM Grad
The New Haven Job Corps trained Tyshawn Beckford so well in the Facilities Maintenance trade that two years later he landed a job on the Center maintenance team. “I love being here on campus again,” said 27-year-old Tyshawn, Class of 2009. “I wouldn’t trade this job...
Faces of Job Corps: Jacqueline H.
Jacqueline H. went from being an unemployed single parent to becoming a confident, self-sufficent role model for her child. Jacqueline entered Long Beach Job Corps Center in March 2010 and has accomplished the following: Completed Business Technology Career Technical...