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Profile of Success: Sharay Salters

Behind the winning, “I got this” smile of Sharay Salters, Culinary Arts graduate is a fighter.  Sharay arrived at WJCC after many struggles as a young single mother.  Although she had more than her fair share of challenges at home, she served on the board of the...

Turner Job Corps Students Embrace Their Future

ALBANY, GA. -- Turner Job Corps held a commencement ceremony Friday afternoon sending hundreds of students into the world. “I am Maria Orta and I stand before you today as a single mother, a graduate of Turner Job Corps and a current student of Albany Technical...

Sanford Bishop to speak at Job Corps

Chamber Member Press Releases Turner Job Corp Release: 08/13/12 Albany, Georgia turner.jobcorps.gov (Albany, GA) The Turner Job Corps Center will join the 125 Job Corps centers across the country to celebrate the second annual “National Job Corps Commencement Day”...

Hold the phone!

A funny thing happened at the Feb. 10 winter commencement at Joliet Job Corps. Someone's cellphone went off while commencement speaker and retired Judge Raymond Bolden was speaking. He reached into his pocket, and pulled out his own ringing phone, which he immediately...

Creating Opportunities: Message to Students

Joliet Job Corps' winter commencement ceremonies was titled "Creating Opportunities; Achieving Success" and featured retired Will County Circuit Judge Raymond Bolden and Will County Executive Larry Walsh. A story and two photos about the event were featured in The...

Alaska Job Corps Center applauds 40 Graduates

  It was a good day for 40 Alaska Job Corps Graduates.  There was praise, recognition, pride and a wonderful sense of accomplishment.  Alaska Native Dancers performed their "Goodbye," song.  Colony High School Color Guard presented the flag.  Student, Tekoa Dumpson,...