JOB CORPS Students, staff, and guest stood in admiration as the U.S. Marines League made Presentation of Colors to begin the graduation ceremony at the Flint/Genesee Job Corps Center held at 1:30 Tuesday, August 30th in recognition of National Job Corps Commencement Day. After...
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Letter of Congratulations to Graduates Received from Senator Stabenow
Various Letters of Congratulations to Flint Genesee Job Corps Centers graduates were presented during the graduation commencement held today at the Center. Senator Stabenow remarked "Congratulations on your graduation as part of the first National Job Corps...
Mayor Presents Flint/Genesee Proclamation for National Job Corps Commencement Day
The City of Flint Office of Mayor Dayne Walling presented a Proclamation to the Flint/Genesee Job Corps Center in recognition of National Job Corps Commencement Day during the graduation ceremony held on today. Greg Easton, City Administrator for the Mayor,...
Secretary Hilda Solis visits Flint/Genesee Job Corps Center!
On today, the Flint Genesee Job Corps Center staff was notified by National Director, Edna Primrose and Regional Director Dr. Francis Cole that Secretary Hilda Solis was in the area and wanted to make an impromptu visit to the Flint Genesee Job Corps Center. We were...
Speedway LLC Hires Flint/Genesee Job Corps Student After WBL Experience
Speedway's LLC Centralized Recruiter takes much pride in the WBL intership program established for students from the Flint/Genesee Job Corps program. After four students completed their Work Based Learning experience, one was immediatly hired as a Full-Time Customer...
Flint/Genesee Job Corps Celebrates Cinco De Mayo
Mr. Armando Hernandez, originally from the city of Guadalajara, Mexico, gave a wonderful presentation including the history of Cinco De Mayo at the Flint/Genesee Job Corps Center. Mr. Hernandez serves on various boards and committees to include the Institute for...
Flint/Genesee partners with Michigan State University for Biometric Program
Students from the Flint/Genesee Job Corps Center began a 10 week nutritional based program, "Biometrics - Know Your Numbers " which identifies healthy eating and exercise life styles, tracking those patterns for the length of the program. Staff from Michigan State...
Newly Elected SGA members visit US Senators District Office
Chris Hennessy, Regional Manager for the Office of U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow allowed newly elected Student Government Association (SGA) members to meet and tour the District Office located in Flint, Michigan. While visiting, Mr. Hennessy explained his...
Flint Genesee Job Corps Student Wins NJCA Oratory Contest
Twenty two year old Danielle Baldwin, from the Flint Genesee Job Corps, won first place at the NJCA Oratory Competition, held in Washington D.C. Danille, who was once homeless and taking care of her younger brother, shared her lifes story to various government...
FLINT/GENESEE JOB CORPS HAS 3RD CONGRESSIONAL VISIT
On Wednesday, October 20th, Senator Carl Levin met and toured the Flint/Genesee Job Corps Center. ABC News reporters were on hand when Senator arrived and his visit was aired on the news later that day - as well as prior to his arrival. Senator Carl Levin was...
Loosing Dad at age 7 – Job Corps Helps Student Become a Man
I believe we all have a story to tell. Unheard voices are life’s great inspiring stories that will never be heard, everyone must be heard, so this is my story, I am speaking out. The changes I’ve made in life, to better myself and to achieve the unreachable, to...
Job Corps Becomes Home after 7 years of Homelessness
I had believed that success was a fallacy. That it was something society tells you to strive for in order to keep you compliant and in a state of perpetual debt. I wasn’t the most patriotic or outgoing student when I was younger. I didn’t have the common desire for...
Flint/Genesee Job Corps Host Community Open Forum With Local Judges
On September 10, the Flint Genesee Job Corps Center hosted an "Community Open Forum", which Judges Kathy Dowd and Nathan Perry spoke openly and candidly with Job Corps students and staff as well as guest from the community, regarding the processes of the court system...
FLINT GENESEE JOB CORPS SUCCESS STORY
Homeless Single Parent Trainee and Her Brother, Whom She Had Custody, Take Advantage of the Job Corps Program
Job Corps Student Success Story
Student Success Story: Jeffrey P. Jeffrey P. had just about decided to give up. He had a tough home life, dropped out of school, never held a consistent job, was moving from home to home and had no real prospects for anything. That was when his brother asked him if...