JOB CORPS Alaska Job Corps Office Administration student Ahava Faith James has read hundreds and hundreds of books in her short lifetime. Reading has been her love, her duty, and her survival. For years in isolation, books were her friends. Not surprisingly, her favorite genres...
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Woodstock Job Corps Center Staff and Students Perform Community Service
On December 2, 2015 Mr. Covington, Woodstock Job Corps Centers’ Career Academy Counselor took three students to volunteer at the Wringer Housing and Resource Center located in Baltimore City. Ms. Beth Awati, Volunteer Manager at the Center thanked them for their time...
A JOB WELL DONE !!!
Graduate Kevin Williams entered the program February 3, 2015 with his High School Diploma. Kevin completed our Security Trade and transitioned from Woodstock Job Corps Center on November 20, 2015 employed!
Alaska Native Job Corps Students love Mat Su Community College Culture Club
Alaska Job Corps students “came home” at the Mat Su College’s Alaska Native Cultures Club Wednesday, November 18. The community college extension of the University of Alaska hosted a full day celebration in honor of the coming of winter, also known as “Heyi nittu,”...
Leveling the Playing Field with Job Corps High School diplomas
The Alaska Job Corps program is proud to announce that 29 students have received their GED or high school diploma in the last few months. This is perhaps a understated phenomena of the Job Corps program. Many people assume--incorrectly-- that young people have a GED...
Grafton Job Corps Spirit of Thanksgiving
In the spirit of Thanksgiving, Grafton Job Corps students and staff held a Food Drive competition to benefit the Mustard Seed Food Pantry. A total of 686 cans were collected! The Mustard Seed was AMAZED at how much canned food the Center collected for them. Michael...
Woodland Job Corps Recognizes Breast Cancer Month
Woodland Job Corps Center recognized Breast Cancer month as the staff and students worked together to do a mural in honor of the victims and survivors of this disease.
Woodland Job Corps Center meeting with Prince George’s County Councilmembers
Center Director, Tanisha Nixon and BCL, Jobina C. Brown headed to the County Council Building in Upper Marlboro, MD where they advocated for continued support to all nine of the Prince George’s County Council members in the form of a briefing for Woodland Job Corps....
Homeless Never-more
Alaska Job Corps student Eugina is both alert and accomplished. But it wasn’t always this way. Eugina has had to fight her way to this level, a victim of foster systems, adoptions, homelessness and lack of education. But today, she is far away from those challenges....
Shriver Helping Hands
Shriver students are eager and ready to volunteer to help Ayer and surrounding communities with community services
Woodstock CTR/CTS Corner
The Woodstock Career Transition Services, and Career Transition Readiness team(s), and approximately 30 -40 Woodstock/Woodland Students were visited by representatives of Electric Training & Utility on Oct. 16. They spoke to students about career opportunities...
Woodstock Success Story
Woodstock Security Trade Student Christopher Baker completed the program and graduated from Woodstock Job Corps Center on Oct. 9. He is employed with Global Security at Dulles Airport located in Dulles, VA. He is making $12 an hour with an expected increase once he...
Community appreciates Alaska Job Corps
Alaska Job Corps combines Training with important Public Service Projects
The Pump Track Kiosk is done, in the ground, and being used at Wilson Park in the City of Palmer. The Alaska Job Corps Carpentry students can check that particular project off their list. But their list is long. In the last year, these students in employment training...
Community helps Job Corps Students learn to budget
ALASKA JOB CORPS STUDENTS SPEND MONEY WISELY WITH GUIDANCE FROM COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS It took Robert exactly 12 seconds to figure out how to spend his entire Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend check. “Send it to my Gram,” is what he said with a big smile. “She lives in...
Community Partner PNC Bank at Woodland Job Corps
Woodland Job Corps Center is taking money management to a whole new level by having their financial/community partner PNC Bank come on center at least once a week to open up checking and savings accounts for their students. PNC Representative, Sandy Martinez shared...
Woodland Job Corps Center Opens Doors this week to the National Director of Job Corps, Lenita Jacobs-Simmons and 4 Representatives from the Office of the Inspector General
This week Ms. Lenita Jacobs-Simmons, National Director of Job Corps and 4 Representatives from the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) were guests of Woodland Job Corps Center where they were able to take a closer look at the daily operations of the center in the...
CTS Corner
Maryland Career Transition Services hosted Hiring Event in Laurel, MD on September 30, 2015. Representatives from Decisive Communications in Frederick, MD and Burger King spoke about career opportunities with both companies. Applications were completed and...
Faces of Woodstock: Melodie Briscoe
Security Trade Student Melodie Briscoe completed the program and graduated from Woodstock Job Corps on September 30, 2015. She is working at Elite People Protective Services in Catonsville, MD, a Job Training Match, starting at $11+ hourly.
Graduate Adam Pilon Finishes First Tour on Norwegian Cruise Line America
Adam Pilon works for the Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) on the Pride of America ship in Hawaii. Adam just finished his first tour. If you step back a ways, to the very beginning you will see that to get a job on NCL America is a long process. The first thing that Adam...