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Maque McMullen: Job Corps Volunteer

Maque McMullen knows her way around a kitchen. Like many people, the Joliet Job Corps Center student likes to cook. She makes a mean pot roast, and spaghetti is a specialty. She also likes the other parts of the process – the prep work and cleaning up. And she’s done...

Father’s Day Luncheon

The Social Development Department sponsored “Mini Me,” a Father’s Day luncheon June 13 in the Jag Café. As part of the program, members of the Joliet Unity Movement attended the event and shared their stories of what it was like to become a father at a young age. The...

Narcotics Anonymous Visits the Center

A group of guest speakers from Narcotics Anonymous came to the Center on Wednesday to share their experiences, strengths and hopes with students. They had been invited by TEAP Counselor Patricia Alberty to talk about their battles with drugs and alcohol. In the end,...

Donating Dog Toys To Cache Creek Animal Rescue

The students have gone to the dogs. And they had so much fun doing it. On Wednesday, students Jade Jones, Nijah Bonner, Jason Roberts and Jaekwon Collier went to Cache Creek Animal Rescue of New Lenox to deliver more than 200 home-made and environmentally friendly dog...

Positive Normative Culture Training

Positive Normative Culture is about making an investment in people. On Monday and Tuesday, a group of 35 students and 21 staff members spent two days working together to learn how to truly become more involved in each other’s lives. “Investing means giving a portion...

Remodeling the Gazebo

As a Career Technical Skills Training project, the Building Construction Technology and Cement Trades are updating a gazebo at the Center. The work began the last week of May, said Joe Ryan, BCT Instructor. The projected completion date is June 30. About 20 students...

New CNA Class Begins

The Joliet Cob Corps Center recently signed a new certified nursing assistant training contract with the Healthcare Training Institute of Joliet. The five-week session of classes began on May 16, and the CNA students are excited about the training and eager to learn....

Culinary Arts Students Visit Trade Show

Five Culinary Arts students traveled with Career Technical Training Manager Elba Roca to the National Restaurant Association trade show in Chicago. Students Deandre Reyez, Daniel Contre-ras, Laterrie Miller, Markeyta Bowen and Jaekwon Collier were hungry when they...

Green Team Recycles Books

The Joliet Job Corps Center’s Green Team recently collected dozens of gently used text books from their classrooms and donated them to a book depository. “That’s what the Green Team does,” student Keith Roberts said. “We handle the recycling at the Center.” SCARCE, or...

Learning English as a Second Language

Van Iang and Liberata Muhawenimana want to become more fluent in English. So they are going to attend English as a Second Language classes at Joliet Junior College. The twice-weekly sessions are developed for people who have language barriers and test at the beginner,...

Student Government Association Inaugeration

The Joliet Job Corps Center’s Student Government Association held an inauguration ceremony on May 18. To celebrate the occasion, the Center’s staff sponsored an inauguration dinner for the new SGA officers. The event began with the posting of the colors. Then Security...

Dedicating the Y2Y Peace Garden

The Joliet Job Corps Center celebrated the dedication on May 18 of the Y2Y Peace Garden. “It is our hope that this garden will be a place of peace and serenity for all who enter it,” said Quentin Sanders, one of the Y2Y Ambassadors. “May it be a place of unity for...

Cinco de Mayo Celebration

The Joliet Job Corps Center’s students were delighted by the food from Pepe’s Mexican Restaurant during the Cinco De Mayo celebration on Thursday. They could choose between chicken, beef and pork tacos paired with several different kinds of shells. “I didn’t know that...