JOB CORPS It was a day of connection and culture at the Mat Su College. Over 50 Alaska Job Corps Native Alaskan students joined in the potlucks, singing, dancing, drumming and conversations that continued all day at the Machatanz theater. The College’s Native Cultures Club...
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Job Corps Students learn Coping Skills at College Event
Suicide is a critical issue in Alaska. On September 7, during Suicide Awareness Week, Alaska Job Corps students attended a powerful forum—the Journey— “Don’t Go It Alone”at the Mat Su College branch of the University of Alaska. The main speaker was the Executive...
Alaskans Benefit from Excellent Relationship between Job Corps and College
The Alaska Job Corps Center and the Mat-Su College have a good combined history, which strengthens every year. Both programs are located in the Matanuska-Susitna Valley, near Palmer Alaska. There are many tight connections between the two facilities which both support...
Job Corps Student Success reflected at Community Relations Council
Last week at the Alaska Job Corps' Community Relations Council, nearly 40 guests gathered to focus on the Job Corps program. The Culinary Arts class prepared special dishes from Celebrity Chef Suzette Lord Welton's cookbook entitiled "Suzette's Alaskan Cooking." The...
Alaska Job Corps students do well in Advanced Employment Training
Alaska Job Corps offers nine career trades and specializes in preparing young adults to be trained to work force needs. Last week three Job Corps college students were applauded by the professor of Refrigeration and Heating Technology. Daniel Mielke wrote that the...
Alaska Job Corps Student’s Story Goes Viral
It was about two months ago when Megan Dauphinee reluctantly decided to enter the Alaska Job Corps Center Oratory Competition. It wasn't that she didn't want to do it; the problem was she was so busy. She was finishing her high school diploma; she was doing work...
ALASKA GRADUATES ENVISION POSSIBILITIES
As Glenn Evans looked out over the crowd of anxioux students, he remembered sitting nervously in that same audience, eighteen years earlier. Dressed well, in a nice suit, he nodded knowingly to the Palmer Job Corps students, “I know it’s hard. But you have to...