JOB CORPS On Thursday, November 19th, Little Rock Job Corps received a visit from Steve Brando, the national coordinator for the Transportation Communications Union/IAM Advanced Training program. The approximately 40 students that attended the seminar either qualified for the...
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UAMS Pharmacy School and LRJCC Wellness Dept. Host Health Fair
The Little Rock Job Corps Center Wellness Department partnered with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Pharmacy students in holding a Health Fair for the student body on Saturday, November 19th. The pharmacy students provided basic counseling and...
LRJCC students attend Inclusion Women’s Conference
Twenty students attended a Women’s Conference titled “Inclusion & Multicultural 100 Women’s Technology, Entrepreneur & Wellness Conference” on Friday, November 13th. The mission of the conference is “Women Empowering Women to create a positive movement to...
Mt. Carmel Veterans Day Ceremony – Little Rock
The Security and Safety Officer Trade and Instructor, Thelma Dixon, participated in a Veterans Day Ceremony for the Veterans and residents at the Mt. Carmel’s Nursing Home in Bryant, Arkansas. The ceremony is an annual event for the security trade honoring the...
Little Rock Job Corps Salutes Their Veterans
On Veterans Day (Nov. 11), we saluted and celebrated our student and staff veterans. They were invited to a special lunch with Center Director, Angela Rackley, prepared by our own Culinary Arts students and their Instructor, Chef Dawan Heard. Later in the afternoon, a...
Two more Little Rock Students Leave for Advanced Training
Two more Little Rock students transitioned into the Advanced Training program at Los Angeles on Nov. 10, Audrey Paxton and Kontambriah Jackson. Both students made a positive impact on center while enrolled. Audrey Paxton has been a passionate caring member of the...
Little Rock Student Heads to LA for Advanced Training
Victoria Henderson transferred from Little Rock to the Los Angeles Job Corps Center on Nov. 3 in order to attend the Airline Services Worker Advanced Training Program through TCU/IAM. While at Little Rock, Victoria completed the Office Administration trade. She was a...
Little Rock’s Y2Y Anti-Bullying Campaign – October
During the month of October, Little Rock's student-led group Youth2Youth: Partners for Peace used the theme “Dare to Be Different” to honor Anti-Bullying Month. The students utilized a bulletin board in the Education Building for staff and students to celebrate the...
STANDOUT! Leadership Summit with Judge Greg Mathis
Center Director, Angela Rackley and BCL/CTR Manager, Shanika Nickelberry attended the STANDOUT! Leadership Summit on October 30th. The summit was a professional development event created to energize, empower and inform those who attended. The conference packed with...
Grad-90 students attend Arkansas Workforce Center Job Fair
Business and Community Liaison/Career Transition Readiness Manager, Shanika Nickelberry, and Grad-90 students attended a job fair at the Arkansas Workforce Center on Oct. 28. The Human Resources Department also participated in this event to recruit possible candidates...
American Red Cross Blood Drive at LRJCC
The American Red Cross worked with our Wellness Department to conduct the Center’s quarterly blood drive on Oct. 22. Even though the Center did not reach its goal, the Center still had a successful drive with 34 units of blood donated. This equates to saving up to 102...
Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson meets with LRJCC students
Peer Leadership Coordinator, Marcia Barbee, and two students met and took pictures with Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson at the State Capitol on Oct. 22. The photo opportunity was an incentive to those students and consumers with disabilities who attended the...
A Zombie Apocalypse in Little Rock
Students gathered for a “Zombie Apocalypse” on the Little Rock Job Corps Center on Oct. 21. The result was a fun-filled team-building activity that tasked students to hunt down clues throughout the campus to find the zombie cure. The person who found the cure received...
Little Rock SGA Participates in a Day of Change
The Peer Leadership Coordinator, 10 Student Government Association leadership students, and one other staff member partnered with the Ronald McDonald House charities “Day of Change” to collect donations at local McDonald's restaurants on Oct. 15. The students...
Little Rock students attend Domestic Violence Symposium
TEAP Counselor, Yulonda Warrior, and seven students attended a Domestic Violence Symposium on Oct. 13 at Shorter College in Little Rock. Five of the students had been selected to attend The Center for Healing Hearts & Spirits’ forum on “Speaking Up”: Domestic...
C.N.A. Students Volunteer at the Arkansas State Fair
Two Nursing Assistant students volunteered with community partner, the Arkansas Minority Health Commission, to conduct wellness checks at the Arkansas State Fair on Oct. 12. The students screened almost 150 people.
A Day in Someone Else’s Shoes
Five students were chosen to participate in a “Day in Someone Else’s Shoes” event to focus on disability awareness and bullying on October 5th. Students were tasked to spend the day as if they had a disability and present an essay of their experiences. Devin North and...
Little Rock Magnolia and Willow Dorms All Pink Party
The ladies of Magnolia and Willow Dorms held a “Pink Party” on Thursday evening. The dorm area was decorated in all pink. The students participated in a Job Corps trivia contest with an abundance of prizes for all to participate, win, and enjoy. After the trivia,...
Little Rock SGA Hosts its First T.E.A. Party
On Tuesday October 6, 2015, the Student Government Association (SGA) held its first monthly T.E.A Party. T.E.A. stands for Training Ethical Atmosphere: Our purpose is to train and instruct our female students into young ladies focusing on morals, ethics, diversity of...
Little Rock’s Got Talent Show – October 1, 2015
The Student Government Association (SGA) hosted a Talent Show on Thursday, October 1st in the Recreation Center. Mr. Al Leslie, Academic Manager, served as the host of the show. The talent show had 14 acts and an array of talent displayed from singers and dancers to...