JOB CORPS Joliet Job Corps Center Students learned on Wednesday how to build a better financial future through the proper use of a checking account. It was the second installment of a seven-week series of lessons on handling money. Although Pasquinel Taylor, the Career...
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ASVAB Testing and the Joliet Job Corps Center
U.S Army Recruiter Sgt. Catherine Wilson is committed to educating the students at the Joliet Job Corps Center about the mili-tary. She has been on center at least four times within the past two weeks visiting all trade classrooms along with the high school and GED...
Student Government Association Leaders Visit the Joliet City Council
As part of Groundhog Shadow Day, the Joliet Job Corps Center’s Student Government Association decided to attend a meeting of the Joliet City Council. Five SGA members and Peer Leadership Coordinator Thanesha Sorrells attended the regular meeting on Feb. 2. The student...
Groundhog Shadow Week at the Joliet Job Corps Center
Students learned on-the-job lessons about the work of police crime scene investigators, building construction contractors, hospital pharmacists, restauranteurs and local elected officials among others as part of Groundhog Job Shadow Week. Traditionally held each year...
Preparing for College: The Collegiates
Meet the Collegiates. They are a group of Joliet Job Corps Center students who have begun meeting weekly to prepare for college. On Monday, they met for the first time with Counselor Patricia Alberty, the organizer of the group. The students began the process of...
First Midwest Bank Visits the Joliet Job Corps Center
The Grad 90 Students learned about money and banking this week from representatives of the First Midwest Bank. Branch Manager Jen Coyne and Personal Banker Lynn Falasca taught them about checking accounts, savings accounts and dif-ferent types of transactions. Ms....
A New Instructor Joins the Joliet Job Corps Center Team
The Joliet Job Corps Center has a new Building Construction Technology instructor. Chris Flanagan joined the team on Jan. 6, but he already knows quite a bit about the program -- in 2005, he was a student at the Atterbury Job Corps Center in Edinburgh, Indiana. Mr....
Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service
A group of students from the Joliet Job Corps Center spent Monday giving back to the community in memory of the civil rights leader. They were part of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service, an event that’s known locally as “A Day On Not A Day Off.” Joliet Job...
Student Government Association’s Welcome Back party
When the students returned to the Joliet Job Corps Center after a three-week Winter Break, they were surprised by a Welcome Back Party hosted by the Student Government Association. The theme was Favorite Sports Team, and everyone was proud to represent their...
Learning English
In 2015, Dawit Kelay, Kaw Tha Moo, Hiwet Algeda, Myo Lin and Jeysson Tiru were searching for a new life and new oppor-tunities. So they came to the Joliet Job Corps Center. As they began their journey to earn an education and learn a trade and employment skills, they...
Peer Facilitators Sell Coffee
Instructor Tim Kelly has found a new way to teach students practical lessons in math and business. He’s helped the students who are Peer Facilitators open a mini coffee shop during breaks in the training day. It’s a fund raiser for the Student Government Association....
Success Story: Dora Sircher
Former Joliet Job Corps Student Dora Sircher is taking her career to the next level. And she returned to the Joliet Job Corps Center this week to talk with students about her new life. Earlier this year, Dora finished the Center’s Pharmacy Tech and Certified Nursing...
Joliet Job Corps Center’s Y2Y Student Ambassadors at Work in the Community
It’s a brand-new year, and the members of the Joliet Job Corps Center’s Y2Y group are back to work. They’ve begun a new way to address the issue of violence among young people, and they’ve forged a new relationship with a local agency that’s assisting victims of...
Joliet Job Corps Center Gives Back to the Community
The holidays are for giving. And the staff members at the Joliet Job Corps Center believe in giving back. This year, Social Development Director Alicia Grangent organized the second Share Drive event, a Center-wide collection of gifts for a local family in need of a...
New Work-Based Learning Partnerships for the Joliet Job Corps Center
The Career Transition Readiness Department is proud to announce new partnerships with the Salvation Army and Juliet’s Restaurant in Joliet. They are the newest Work-Based Learning sites. The Salvation Army is working with students in two different trades. The...
Success Team: Kevin Dorris and Evan Kruger
At the end of the first day of classes following winter break, Dorm Supervisor Kevin Dorris walked out of his office and raised his voice. “Roll call,” he said, repeating the phrase until one by one, the residents of Franklin Delano Roosevelt Dorm assembled in the...
Staff Winter Training at the Joliet Job Corps Center
This year’s five-day Winter Training covered informative topics ranging from the fraternization rules on Center to personal health, nutrition and weight loss. Center Director Christine Sanchez kicked off the series of workshops with a presentation that reaffirmed...
Christmas Mentor Monday
Christmas is for making memories. And on Monday, the Joliet Job Corps Center’s staff mentors and student mentees got together to create new ones -- and some Christmas ornaments. A group of more than 100 gathered in the Life Center to enjoy cookies, punch and a little...
Community Relations Council Meeting
Several members of the Joliet-area community visited the Joliet Job Corps Center for the first time on Dec. 10. They attended the combined Community Relations Council and Center Industry Council meeting, the last one of 2015. Joliet City Councilmen Pat Mudron and Mike...
Advanced Training Options for the Students of the Joliet Job Corps Center
Joliet Job Corps Students enjoyed an informative presentation by Career Transition Manager Candace Brown on Wednesday detailing the advantages of attending Advanced Training. Ms. Brown walked the students through the application process, explained the necessary steps...