JOB CORPS Tevin Campbell, former Muhlenberg Job Corps graduate stopped by the Job Corps center to visit with Kenny Brown, Muhlenberg Center Director. Tevin came to Muhlenberg on August 23, 2010 and graduated August 5, 2011. He came to the Job Corps program with his high school...
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Muhlenberg Job Corps Student Lands Job At Carhartt
Yosef Keleta, a former Muhlenberg Job Corps student, oozes with determination and the desire to succeed. Keleta a native of Eritrea, a country on the Red Sea across from Yemen, lived in a refugee camp in Ethiopia before coming to the United States to settle in...
Muhlenberg Job Corps Celebrate National Commencement Day
The Muhlenberg Job Corps celebrated National Job Corps Commencement Day by honoring nine graduates. Alfonza Hagan, 1982 Muhlenberg graduate, was the keynote speaker for the event. Hagan received his GED and heavy equipment operator’s certificate while at...
Muhlenberg Job Corps Student Visits Kentucky Capital
Muhlenberg Job Corps Center student Matthew Kennedy, Greenville City Administrator Ben VanHooser and Business & Community Liaison Gary Jones visited the Kentucky Capital along with students and staff from four other Kentucky Job Corps centers. Katie Dailinger,...
Muhlenberg Job Corps CEM Class Visits Kentucky Dam
David Whittinghill’s Construction Equipment Mechanic’s class visited the Kentucky Dam at Grand Rivers, Kentucky. The dam is 206 feet high with over one half of it submerged under water. It is 8,422 feet long and was completed in 1944 at a cost of 118 million...
CVS Pharmacy Representative Visits Muhlenberg Job Corps
Mike Romesburg, Lead Manager of Workforce Development for CVS Caremark Pharmacies, visited with Muhlenberg Job Corps Pharmacy Technician and Clinical Medical Assistant students at the Muhlenberg campus recently. Romesburg gave a detailed description of what a day in...
Muhlenberg Job Corps Student Serving With AmeriCorps
Vanessa Ruff is a 22 year-old from Crawfordville, Georgia who says she is, "Just trying to change lives." She is doing so in a big way through the AmeriCorps Program that she learned about while a student at the Muhlenberg Job Corps in Greenville, Kentucky. While...
1982 Muhlenberg Job Corps Graduate Visits Campus
Alfonza Hagan a 1982 graduate of MCDC paid a visit to the campus recently. Hagan obtained his GED and heavy equipment operators certificate at Muhlenberg. After completing the Job Corps program he enlisted in the Army Reserve where he became a transport operator. ...
Muhlenberg Job Corps Celebrates Graduation
The Muhlenberg Career Development Center celebrated its June 2012 graduation with seven students participating. Graduates Orlando Northington led the Pledge to the Flag, Tanisha Jack delivered the graduate welcome and Ashley Gilbert was the commencement speaker. ...
Muhlenberg Job Corps Hosts Health & Safety Fair
The Muhlenberg Job Corps held it’s annual Health and Safety Fair on Wednesday, June 20, 2012. Students were treated to a picnic style meal at 11:00 am and were released from class at 12:30 to visit the many booths set up by local health and safety vendors. Vendors...
Muhlenberg Job Corps Conducts Blood Drive
Muhlenberg Job Corps students in conjunction with the American Red Cross conducted a blood drive on the Job Corp campus. Muhlenberg students and staff donated sixty-three pints of blood. An American Red Cross spokesperson said, "The sixty-three pints of blood...
Muhlenberg Job Corps Student Awarded Scholarship
MUHLENBERG JOB CORPS STUDENT, SOLOMON TESFAMICHAEL, HAS BEEN AWARDED A FOUR YEAR SCHOLARSHIP TO ATTEND BEREA COLLEGE IN BEREA, KENTUCKY FOR THE FALL TERM OF 2012. THE SCHOLARSHIP FOR TUITION IS VALUED AT MORE THAN $100,000. TESFAMICHAEL ENROLLED AT MUHLENBERG IN...
Muhlenberg Student Enters Truck Driving School
On the Road Again was a popular song by Willie Nelson many years ago, that is what Darius Phillips will be singing in a few short weeks. Phillips has just completed his Job Corps experience at MCDC and will be moving on to a career in the trucking industry with C.R....
Muhlenberg Power Lifting Team Wins Competition
Braun and muscle were on display at the recent Power Lifting competition held at the Central City Fitness Center. Muhlenberg Job Corps' team of seven students placed or won each division they entered. They competed against other area high school teams and...
Muhlenberg Job Corps’ Ladies Tea
The young ladies of MCDC were honored with their annual Ladies Tea. The Ladies Tea is a dress up event where the ladies learn about the art of being special. Manners, professional dress, interviewing skills and general employability skills are the topics of the...
Muhlenberg Job Corps Holds Graduation
Muhlenberg Job Corps held their spring graduation with ten students participating in the ceremonies. Many of the graduates had family members and close friends to come and celebrate this special day with them. Eighteen different career technical training completion...
Muhlenberg Job Corps Hosts Easter Egg Hunt
The Muhlenberg Job Corps recreation department, student government association and military club hosted the 32nd annual Easter Egg Hunt for children in the local community. Approximately one hundred children ages one through eleven participated in the event. Plastic...
Muhlenberg Job Corps Conducts April Graduation Ceremony
The Muhlenberg Career Development Center held March graduation ceremonies with eight students participating. Graduates involved in the program were Toni Sneed who led in the Pledge to the Flag, Genesis Paredes extended the welcome from the graduates and Fonisha...
Retired Senior Volunteers Files Taxes For Muhlenberg Students
The Retired Senior Volunteer Program of Muhlenberg County visited the Muhlenberg Job Corps campus on Tuesday, April 3rd to file twenty-four student tax returns. This is the 6th consecutive year the RSVP volunteers have come to the center to file tax returns free of...
Muhlenberg Job Corps Students Make Dean’s List
Muhlenberg Job Corps students, Daniel Abedi and Solomon Tesfamichael, earned Dean's List honors at the Madisonville Community College for the Fall semester. Both students had to maintain a 3.5 or better grade average in 100 level or above course work and complete at...