U.S. Representative Rosa DeLauro toured the New Haven Job Corps Center recently, spending much time speaking with staff and students one- on- one. Following a trip to the dorms, and chatting with students in their GED writing class, Congresswoman DeLauro spent time in...
New Haven Job Corps Culinary Arts Students Win Award
Chocolate, Chocolate everywhere! Culinary students participated for the second year in a row in the Valentine Chocolate Festival taking first place in the amateur division, held in the Student Center at St. Thomas Moore Chapel, at Yale University. This was an elegant...
The Power of Pink at The New Haven Job Corps Center
New Haven Job Corps Students, armed with the “power of pink” raised over $300 for breast cancer recently with a walk spearheaded by the CPP students. For a $7.00 donation, students and staff tie-dyed pink t-shirts, then sported the same walking the mile-long block...
New Haven Job Corps Students Assist AMR Blood Drive
The New Haven Job Corps Center’s C.N.A. and C.M.A. students teamed together to enroll donors for their second blood drive of the year. Students assisted American Red Cross volunteers in securing donor appointments, registering donors, assisting on the floor at the...
New Haven Job Corps Student Receives National Recognition
When carpentry instructor Windell Walker saw an opportunity to nominate a female for a non-traditional occupational trade award, New Haven Job Corps Student Michelle Johnson was an easy choice. The Office of Job Corps established the Better Occupational Opportunities...
New Haven Job Corps Culinary Student Joins New WBL Site
New Haven Job Corps Culinary Arts student Gloria Coopwood is on a 10-week paid internship at a new Work Based Learning site for the New Haven Job Corps Center - Village Cafe, a local eatery and a social enterprise of Marrakech, Inc. The Village Café, located at 520...
HBI Retiree Back in the Classroom Making a Difference
Wanting to continue to make a difference is what drove Eddie Hakim out of retirement and back into the Job Corps classroom. After 21 years working for the Home Builders Institute at Job Corps Centers all over the region, Hakim called it a career. But after a two-year...
Job Corps Training Leads to Job Corps Job for FM Grad
The New Haven Job Corps trained Tyshawn Beckford so well in the Facilities Maintenance trade that two years later he landed a job on the Center maintenance team. “I love being here on campus again,” said 27-year-old Tyshawn, Class of 2009. “I wouldn’t trade this job...
New Haven Job Corps Center Earns Prestigious NEASC Accreditation
The New Haven Job Corps Center has earned accreditation from the prestigious New England Association of Schools & Colleges, Inc. Accreditation, which came in December following a two-year application process, indicates that the New Haven Center meets or exceeds...
CULINARY STUDENTS WIN CHOCOLATE AWARDS
The New Haven Job Corps now has an “award winning” Culinary Department, thanks to the students who prepared delights for a “friendly” chocolate competition and submitted entries to the 3rd Annual Valentine Chocolate Festival honoring “Children and Chocolate.” ...