JOB CORPS 5.3.16 The Gadsden Job Corps Center welcomes our first Hotel and Lodging Work-Base Learning (WBL) site into the “GJCC WBL Family”. A newly renovated motel in our area, Garden Inn, has become our newest off-Center WBL site. The motel is located on Grand Avenue (U.S....
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Rainbow City Mayor Visits Gadsden Job Corps
On Tuesday, April 26, 2016, Rainbow City Mayor Terry John Calhoun and his Secretary, Beth Lee, toured the Gadsden Job Corps campus. Mayor Calhoun and Mrs. Lee toured various areas on campus, i.e., administration, classrooms and career technical training areas. This...
Gadsden Job Corps Celebrate “Earth Day”
4.22.16 Mr. David Barrett, Peer Leadership Coordinator, coordinated several groups of Gadsden Job Corps students to celebrate “Earth Day” in the Gadsden Community. There were 68 students from the Gadsden Job Corps Center that observed “Earth Day” by going all across...
Tabitha Royal Shares With Job Corps Students
4.13.16 Ms. Servetrius Booker, CTS Specialist for the American Business Corporation Career Education Services invited Mrs. Tabitha Royal, Service Coordinator for the Alabama Institute for Deaf & Blind (AIDB) Senior Services in Talladega, AL to speak to the...
Gadsden Security/MILCAP Student Loves Gadsden Job Corps
4.7.16 Latasha J Davis came to Gadsden Job Corps in 2014 and completed Security on November 1, 2014. Latasha enlisted in the Army as an engineer. She has been stationed in Fort Knox, Kentucky for four years. She said she loved the fact that Job Corps was so diverse....
Gadsden Job Corps Center Signs MOU With Jacksonville State University
4.6.16 Mr. Juvenel Levros, Center Director; Sherry Hixon, Academic Manager; and Harold Carpenter, BCL Manager met with Dr. Emily Sims, Dean of Secondary Education and Dr. Linda Mitchell, Associate Professor of Secondary Education for Jacksonville State University...
Applebee’s Meets With Culinary Arts and Hotel and Lodging Departments
On March 29, 2016 Mr. Juvenel Levros, Center Director of Gadsden Job Corps, received the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) from Mr. Kurt Guttshall, CEO of Applebee's, Franchisee Quality Restaurant Concepts, Birmingham, AL. Ms. Cherri Lee, HR Director for Quality...
CTS and Grad 90 Students Meet With JCWIA
3.24.16 CTS Instructor, Ceandra James and The CTS and Grad 90 students of Gadsden Job Corps went to The Jefferson County Workforce Investment Board (JCWIA) in Birmingham, AL. to meet with Deborah Oliver, Administrative Clerk. Mrs. Oliver gave the students an...
Gadsden HSW-AT Student Hired AT Atterbury Job Corps
3.25.16 Darnell Rubin is 23 years old from Cleveland, Ohio. He went to Atterbury Job Corps on September 30, 2014, where he completed Office Administration May 2015. Darnell then came to Gadsden Job Corps Center on May 18, 2015 for the Human Service Worker (HSW-AT)...
SGA Sponsored The Annual Easter Egg Hunt
On March 24, 2016, the Gadsden Job Corps Center’s Student Government Association (SGA) sponsored the Annual Easter Egg Hunt for the J.W. Stewart Head Start Program. Several of our students and staff assisted with hiding eggs, distributing Easter baskets, and assisting...
Student Ambassadors Make Impression at Health Fair
Three Student Ambassadors, Leandra Cruzado, Saraly Rodriquez and Kenneth Russell of the Gadsden Job Corps Center went to the Jacksonville Senior Adult Health Fair to work with Ms. Servetrius Booker, CTS Specialist for American Business Corporation Career Education...
Advance Training Student Leave Gadsden For Internship at Grafton
Lolitha Tiako came to the Gadsden Job Corps Center in September 2015 from the Grafton Job Corps Center in North Grafton, MA. While at the Grafton Job Corps Center, she obtained several certifications. At Gadsden Job Corps Center she has been active in the Student...
OA Student Goes to TCU-Advanced Training in St. Louis
Kendal Underwood is from Oxford, AL. He graduated from Oxford High School in 2014. He enrolled at the Gadsden Job Corps on July 28, 2015 and completed the Office Administration trade on December 11, 2015. Kendal has been accepted into Transportation Communication...
OA Students Visit Etowah County Revenue Commissioner
On March 15, 2016, BCL Manager, Harold Carpenter took two Office Administration students, Daniel Heard and Rachael Norfleet, to job shadow the Revenue Commissioner of Etowah County, Mrs. Linda Barrett Vaughn. Daniel and Rachael received first-hand experience of what...
CTR Students Attend Career Fair At Lawson State Community College
CTR/Grad 90 Instructor, Ceandra James and The CTR/Grad 90 Students attended the 2nd Annual Career and Wellness Fair, hosted by the Lawson State Community College. This was a collaboration for the C.N.A., CTR and Security 1 classes to better improve on students...
Gadsden Job Corps Students Work In Soup Kitchen
As a way of continuing with our monthly Community Outreach and community service, students from the CTR/Grad-90 Student Council, volunteered at The Way of the Cross Soup Kitchen in Gadsden, AL, which feeds anywhere from 250 to 700 people per day and have been doing so...
Gadsden’s Security Students: Job Shadowing The Probate Judge
Gadsden Job Corps Security I Students, Shakendria Blackmon and Justin Russell visited Probate Judge Bobby Junkins of Etowah County. Probate Judge Bobby Junkins is a great supporter of the Gadsden Job Corps and he serve on the Community Relations Council. Ms. Blackmon...
Gadsden Job Corps Security Student Join The U.S. Army To Serve His Country
Recent graduate, Jerbey East came to Job Corps on April 7, 2015 from Atmore, Alabama. During his time at Gadsden Job Corps he obtained his High School Diploma and was a completer of our Security I MILCAP trade. Jerbey enlisted in the United States Army while at Job...
Gadsden’s Security Students Visit Courtroom
2.25.16 The Security/MILCAP Students, Jordan Johnson and Deainera Etheridge were selected to participate in the Job Shadowing opportunity at the Etowah County Courthouse with Etowah County Circuit Judge Billy Olgetree. Judge Olgetree is a great supporter of Gadsden...
Gadsden Job Corps Students Assist With Meals on Wheels
On Tuesday, February 16, 2016, our Career Transition Readiness and Grad-90 Council students, partnered with the Manna Meals on Wheels program and Riverview Regional Medical Center in performing community service at several locations throughout the city of Gadsden. Our...