JOB CORPS Devonte Crisp currently is employed as a machine operator at Birmingham Fastener in Birmingham, AL. In that position, which he has held for 20 months, Crips works on machines and computers. While attending Charleston Job Corps, Crisp completed the Network Cable...
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Charleston Job Corps Welcomes WV Chapter of the Buffalo Soldiers
In honor of African American Heritage month, Training Manager Theodore Dues welcomed the Charleston, WV, Chapter of the Buffalo Soldiers Motorcycle Club to Charleston Job Corps Feb. 25th. The Buffalo Soldiers shared a video presentation about the history of the...
Student Excels at BridgeValley Community and Technical College
A former Charleston Job Corp Student Tyla Wise was honored as the Student of the Month for February at BridgeValley Community and Technical College. Tyla is continuing to pursue an Associate Degree through BridgeValley’s 2+2 program for Elementary Education while...
Charleston Job Corps Students Join Bullseye Program
Students Tytianna Burns and Seauna Jones completed the OA Trade and entered into the Bullseye Program to work with the Hilton Hotel Resort after completing the necessary 5-week training. After completing the training, the students will become full-time employees of...
Youth Case Managers from Career Connections tour Charleston Job Corps
Three Youth Case Managers from Career Connections toured Charleston Job Corps center to see what Job Corps has to offer our youth. Sheri Bond, Kari Lowe and Alisa Nichols have been working with at risks youth in the area of Parkersburg, WV and surrounding cities. The...
Charleston Job Corps volunteers within the community
Charleston Job Corps students enjoyed the experience of working in the community by serving a hot meal to the homeless population on Sunday, January 26. Students were excited to help in the community. Demetrius Owens shared in the experience. He says, he felt good and...
Charleston Job Corps students volunteer and participate in City of Charleston MLK Celebration
Charleston Job Corps students were participants and volunteers during the City of Charleston’s historical event of naming a prominent street in the downtown historical Triangle District after the civil right leader, the late, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Senators,...
Charleston Job Corps Student Success!
Charleston Job Corps graduate John Fleming is being featured as the Alumni/Graduate of the Quarter for the month of December, 2019. John Fleming graduated from the Charleston Job Corps Center, operating under Horizons Youth Services, in August, 2015. Fleming completed...
Charleston Job Corps students on assignment for Work Based Learning
Charleston Job Corps students on assignment for Work Based Learning as a part of the career and technical training provided through the Job Corps program. Students are able to gain on the job training and experience through working with community organizations through...
Charleston Job Corps Honors Veterans
Staff and students watch the safety cadets perform the colors drill during the Monday Morning Meeting on Veterans Day. All veterans both staff and students were honored during the meeting. A reception was also held later in the afternoon for our Veterans.
Foodie Fest a Great Success with Volunteer Efforts of Charleston Job Corps Student
Twelve Charleston Job Corps students accompanied by the BCL, Nancy Shepherd volunteer during the annual Foodie Fest fundraising event hosted by the YWCA of Charleston at the Beni Kedem Temple. Though, not your Mother’s Thanksgiving! Charleston’s appetite for fun,...
Charleston Job Corps Centers Youth 2 Youth hosts Domestic Violence Awareness Assembly
The Charleston Job Corps Center recognized Domestic Violence Awareness Month with a guest speaker on Oct. 10 during the Monday business meeting. Students and staff heard from Kenyatta Grant, community organizing coordinator with the West Virginia Coalition Against...
Charleston Job Corps visits Lincoln County High School
Charleston's BCL, Nancy Shepherd, presented to parents and students during an evening training session at Lincoln County High School on October 1, 2019. Charleston Job Corps partnered with the Workforce Investment Board of Region 2, in an endeavor to enlighten...
Congratulations to newly weds who married July 26th
Yubitza Araujo-Avila and Justin Chambers married by Frances Shearin Congratulations to Charleston Job Corps students and newly weds Yubitza Araujo-Avila and Justin Chambers, who were married July 26th at Riverside Baptist Church. The ceremony was performed by...
Charleston Job Corps Y2Y Hosts’ “Stop the Violence” Event
Charleston Job Corps Center Youth2Youth Ambassador’s hosts’ the Stop the Violence Event to help with the center culture by promoting peace amongst students. As part of the event, we were honored to have our guest speaker, The Honorable Chief Circuit Judge of Kanawha...
Charleston Job Corps Center gets competitive with campus beautification
Senior Residential Advisor, Anita Dunnigan, assists students with the Planting for Peace competition. Dorms vie for top honors in courtyard flowerbed planting, designs. Y2Y Ambassadors and SGA sponsored a competition May 18 to encourage students to participate in the...
Charleston Mayor tours center, discusses partnership options
Charleston Job Corps, City consider work-based learning opportunities Charleston Mayor Amy Goodwin visited Charleston Job Corps May 9 to discuss the economic impact of the center on the city and a potential work-based learning partnership with the city to provide...
Charleston Job Corps student Pinned
Ashley Peele received her pin for completing Medical Assistance at WV Junior College. Ashely completed CNA before attending WV Junior College to further her education. Ashley says she really underestimated herself and her abilities prior to enrolling in the job corps...
Charleston Job Corps Joins City of Charleton’s Spring Clean-Up Initiative
Spring cleaning is right around the corner for many, including some communities in our region. Every Saturday in April, the city of Charleston took part in the “Capital City Team Up to Clean Up” event. The projects consisted of litter collection, landscaping, fence...
Charleston Job Corps’ Robert Greene Meets Senator Manchin
Charleston was among the more than 250 vendors available to Job seekers looking for employment opportunities. While manning the Job Corps booth, Robert Greene, Human Resources manager was honored to meet WV Senator Manchin and further discuss the benefits of the Job...