JOB CORPS In Augusta on October 1, 2010, Twenty-four Maine Employers were Honored at Compact for Higher Education Symposium. Loring Job Corps was one of the selected honored, accepting on behalf of our Center Director and our center was our own Dr. Dottie Martin,Phd.,...
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TJCC, Community Partners, and the Office of the Mayor Celebrate Veterans
On the week of November 8th -12th , Turner Job Corps Center, its Community Relations Council, and the Office of the Mayor, celebrated Turner’s veterans during Veteran’s Appreciation week. The weeklong celebration included center wide and departmental decorations,...
Perkins Students Assist in Pike County Flood Relief Efforts
Over 70 Carl D. Perkins Job Corps male and female students have been working for over two month in Pikeville, Kentucky to assist people displaced by the July 17 flash flood in Pike County areas. All of the construction Career Technical Training Programs at the center...
Student Success Story: Gerald R. Ford Student’s Inspirational Story Lands Her a Career Start!
Student Success Story: Gerald R. Ford Student’s Inspirational Story Lands Her a Career Start! Rachelle Martin, dropped out of high school her senior year due to being bullied by a group of female students. “I was scared” Rachelle states, “so I just didn’t go back.” ...
Homestead Job Corps Center hosts Chamber’s New Teacher Reception
On Tuesday, November 16, 2010 the Greater Homestead/Florida City Chamber of Commerce Business & Education Committee hosted its annual New Teacher Reception at the Homestead Job Corps Center. Representatives from many South Dade businesses and schools were in...
Homestead Job Corps Center participates in Veteran’s Day Parade
The Veteran’s Day Parade has been a Homestead, FL tradition since 1946. In addition to over thirty Homestead Job Corps Center students and staff, there were many ROTC and Junior ROTC units plus the VFW and American Legion. A total of sixty units took part in this...
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How Job Corps has changed my life. (3rd Place Entry)
How Job Corps Has Changed My Life By: Carolyn Adams Before I discovered Job Corps, my life was going downhill. I hated my job and could not survive on the money I made from it. I had flunked out of college because I was too bored to pay attention to anything I thought...
Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Celebrates Make a Difference Week!
In honor of Make A Difference Day, the students and staff at the Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Center participated in Make A Difference Week! To maximize students and staff participation, and have the greater affect on the community, a whole week is dedicated to giving...
Homestead and Miami Job Corps Centers join America’s largest day of service
On Friday, October 22, 2010, in honor of Make A Difference Day, Homestead Job Corps Center and Miami Job Corps Center will be collaborating with Roots In The City, led by Dr. Marvin Dunn, in a beautification service project for the Overtown community. Roots In The...
Treasure Island Job Corp’s Urban Farm- An Introduction
Greetings from the Treasure Island Job Corps Center Urban Farm Coordinator! I’m so happy to be here and incredibly excited about what we’re going to accomplish together in the form of this Urban Farm. An amazing vision and some great designs were already waiting for...
Faces of Job Corps: Michael P.
A native of Longview, WA, Michael had to drop out of high school at 16. While he is quick to relay what a wonderful mother he has, he was forced to support himself because his family broke up due to his abusive father. While struggling to make ends meet, a girl he...
Columbia Basin Job Corps Graduate opens door for current students
Tabitha Jaques is a 2004 Graduate of the Columbia Basin JCCCC Pharmacy Tech program. Tabitha started her career at a Walgreen's Pharmacy in Everett, WA. She was offered a position in a brand new store in Kennewick, WA a few years later and when a Walgreen’s opened...
Columbia Basin Job Corps CCC improve conditions for USDA-Forest Service fire fighters
The Facility Maintenance Students traveled to Lake Wenatchee to repair housing owned by the USDA-Forest Service. The houses overlook the lake and are used to house fire crews working or traveling through the area. After long days of fighting fires the crews...
Gamer turns college Graduate at Columbia Basin Job Corps CCC
Three years ago, Jeremey Hipkins was just another 24-year-old playing video games, working dead-end jobs and going nowhere. Today, he’s got a list of qualifications as long as your arm and a bright, productive future. Like so many other successful young people,...
Faces of Job Corps: Takana T.
Takana, 21, is from Vancouver, WA. She completed the Finance & business curriculum, earning Microsoft certifications. In March 2010 she represented TPJCC students in Washington, DC at meetings with Senators Merkley and Wyden as well as Rep. Wu’s staff. She was...
Power Generating Station
One of Tongue Point Job Corps Center’s green projects, funded through ARRA monies, is the construction of a 4 kW on-line power generating station using a 3 kW wind turbine and 1 kW solar panel array. Students in the Carpentry, Cement,...
Barranquitas Job Corps Academy – Camuy River Caverns Field Trip
On August 18, 2010 a group of 39 students and staff from Barranquitas Job Corps Academy (BJCA) went to a magnificent field trip to one of the biggest and more appreciated natural resources in the island of Puerto Rico, Las Cavernas del Río Camuy. It’s located on the...