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“Let’s Move Event”stopped by Slow Moving Moose
There were fast sweaty races. There were complicated obstacle courses. There were colorful hoola hoops. There were loud and active training games. And then there was this moose. And everything shut down--fast. At the Alaska Job Corps Center, moose are frequent...
Harnessing Wind Energy with Alaska Job Corps
Jonathan Austin is a 20 year old Electrical student at the Alaska Job Corps Center. He has been enrolled for 60 days and is nearly full-time in the trade. He hails from Anchorage, where he attended Bartlett High School. His hobbies are reading, writing, exercising,...
Springdale Job Corps is Number 1
They’re No. 1 Springdale Job Corps Center earns top marks for 2010-11 By Rob Cullivan The Gresham Outlook, Aug 6, 2011 Jim Clark / The Outlook Shayne Sellers makes fruit pastries as part of the culinary program at the Springdale Job Corps. In the auto shop, Patrick...
Loring Job Corps Center student passes State of Maine’s Electrical exam & enrolled at University of Maine for Electrical Engineering
Casimiro Fernandes from Rhode Island and student at the Loring Job Corps Center has had multitude of success from his hard work and dedication towards his career path. Casimiro completed his Home Builders Institute(HBI) Electrical vocation in August of 2009 an then...
New Director Takes Over Top Performing Clearfield Job Corps
(CLEARFIELD, Utah) – Clearfield Job Corps applauds former Center Director Gary Vesta’s leadership and celebrates the arrival of new Director, Jessica Joiner. The Management & Training Corporation (MTC)-operated facility is a federal residential job-training...
Curlew Job Corps CCC Completes RMEF Project
February 2011 brought a close to the Curlew Job Corps CCC’s Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation project. The project was completed by Job Corps students from not only Curlew, but Welding, painting, and carpentry students from the Anaconda, Cass, Centennial, Columbia Basin,...
Life Changes Thanks to Curlew Job Corps
Only attending school through the ninth grade, Salvador had few marketable skills and little work experience, except for helping his family with fruit picking and vegetable harvest. New students to Curlew Job Corps are able to try out eight different vocational...
Loring Job Corps employee MSgt. Ryan Cote returns from active duty in Iraq.
MSgt. Ryan Cote returns back home to family and friends in Caribou, Maine and to his position at Loring Job Corps Center(LJCC). At LJCC, Sergeant Major Roger Felix and his Honor Guard Cadets presented an incredible program to welcome back one of our own staff members...
Homestead Job Corps Graduate Encourages Others to “Be Your Own Person”
Charles M. recently completed the U.S. Dept. of Labor’s Homestead Job Corps Center program. At age 24, Charles is mature beyond his years. “From what I’ve been through, I’ve learned it’s better to be different and your own person than to follow others.” He speaks...
Successful Alaska Student Completes Job Corps Program
Successful student completes Alaska Job Corps Center program “This is the first book I’ve ever read,” says Chao Her, a student at the Alaska Job Corps Center. Chao holds a book entitled, “Mentor—The Kid and the CEO,” by Tom Pace. It’s not a costly book but Chao...
Congressman Mentors Clearfield Job Corps Student
By Ruth Malan Standard-Examiner correspondent Wed, 06/22/2011 - 5:50pm CLEARFIELD — Job Corps student Jeff Wilde recently spent an entire day with U.S. Rep. Jim Matheson, D-Utah and his staff, learning the day-to-day aspects of a congressmen’s job. Wilde, a Kaysville...
Faces of Job Corps, Bryan of Excelsior Springs Job Corps
Bryan completed the Culinary Arts trade at the Excelsior Springs Job Corps Center in April of 2011. Following completion he applied to CRST Trucking in Kansas City, Missouri. This trucking company assisted Bryan in obtaining his Class A Commercial Driving License...
Cassadaga Job Corps’ Alumna returns and shares her story
Cassadaga Job Corps Academy graduate Tamika Sherin recently returned to share her story with staff and students at the center. She was very well received and an inspiration to all who met her! The full story can be found on the website of one of our local...
Clearfield Student Shares Story About Job Corps
Terrence’s Story About the Jobs Corps This material [article] was published by the Half in Ten Campaign Originally Posted March 10, 2011 at Half in Ten By Terrence of New Castle, DE I am a product of federally funded programs. Born in 1957 in New Jersey, I was in and...
Boxelder Job Corps congratulates our May Graduates!
The staff and students of Boxelder Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center would like to congratulate the following graduates for recently completing their training: Office Administration: Nichole Lee, Donna Yankton, Machelle Berglund Electrical: Martin Montreal...
Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Students Testify at the State Capitol Building
On Wednesday, May 11th, a small group of Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Center students traveled to the State Capitol Building in Lansing, Michigan to participate in the 2011 Michigan Children’s event KidSpeak, Youth Speak Out: Achieving Success from Cradle to Career. ...
Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Student Receives Congressional Medal of Merit Nomination
Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Center Carpentry student, Johathon Bradley, was nominated by Center staff to receive the 2011 Congressional Medal of Merit Award from United States Congressman Justin Amash. The medal is granted to students in the Congressman’s district who...
The Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Center Participates in Global Youth Service Day!
Every year, the Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Center joins with Job Corps centers across the nation to celebrate Global Youth Service Day. This year the Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Center sent out roughly 100 students on Friday, April 15th to participate in community...
Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Graduate to Begin Treasure Island Advance Training Program
Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Center graduate, Antoinette Wellons was recently accepted to the Treasure Island Advance Training Program for Culinary Arts located in San Francisco, California. She will be the first student from the Gerald R. Ford center to embark on this...