JOB CORPS Richarson Ofori Bediako left his home country of Ghana to come to the United States. He was looking for something to do with his life. A relative told him about the Job Corps program and he enrolled at the North Texas Job Corps. Bediako was focused and determined...
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NORTH TEXAS JOB CORPS GRADUATE TAKES CAREER PATH TO ADVANCED TRAINING North Texas Job Corps graduate, Telieff Murray-Davis, decided to advance his career training at the Oneonta Job Corps Academy in Oneonta, NY in their SmartGrid Training program. One of the...
NORTH TEXAS JOB CORPS GRADUATE MAKES IT IN THE TEXAS ARMY NATIONAL GUARD
This is the amazing story of NTJCC graduate, Brooklyn Stevenson-Dejesus, who completed all the requirements to start her career path in the Texas Army National Guard. Stevenson-Dejesus just completed the Basic Combat Training, which signifies her being physically...
NORTH TEXAS JOB CORPS GRADUATE, KENDRICK WALKER, IS A MASTER’S DEGREE CANDIDATE
Kendrick Walker is currently pursuing a Masters in Business Administration degree at Texas A&M University-Commerce, Commerce, TX. He obtained his Bachelor’s Degree in Interdisciplinary Studies from Jarvis Christian College. Walker was an honor’s graduate of North...
NORTH TEXAS JOB CORPS STUDENT MAKES DEAN’S LIST
Congratulations to North Texas Job Corps student Tattianna Gotlewski, who made the Dean's List this past spring semester at Collin College. She entered her first semester of college in the spring with a course load of 15 credit hours and earned a 3.8 GPA while doing...
NORTH TEXAS JOB CORPS GRADUATE NOW IN APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM
William Martin graduated from the North Texas Job Corps on March 18, 2020, was hired by the Rock Solid Masonry Co. in Louisville, KY making $15 per hour. Martin is in the Bricklayers and Allied Craft Workers Local 4 - Indiana and Kentucky Bricklaying apprenticeship...
NORTH TEXAS JOB CORPS SALUTES MDICAL PROGRAMS COVID-19 has taught us many things, but perhaps foremost it has taught us the importance of the dedicated individuals in the medical professions. North Texas Job Corps salutes the three medical training programs taught at...
North Texas Job Corps Student Leaders Attend NAACP Event
Four top student leaders at North Texas Job Corps were special guests at the Collin County NAACP Branch Annual Freedom Fund Scholarship Luncheon held Feb. 8th at the Embassy Suites in Frisco, TX. Attending the luncheon were Dejiah Reed, President of the Student...
NORTH TEXAS JOB CORPS ACT PROGRAM MAKES THE DREAM OF COLLEGE A REALITY
Some of Collin College's newest students are from North Texas Job Corps are, first row, Mariah Washington, Desire Juarez, Cornelius Johnson, Tittiana Gotlewski, and Jamie Lyons; standing, Jose Garcia, Ephrata Mengistu, and Sheldon Hartfield Thirteen students at North...
NORTH TEXAS JOB CORPS HIRES ONE OF ITS OWN
North Texas Job Corps practices hiring Job Corps graduates. Case in point is Kase Hoggatt who is a graduate of the North Texas Job Corps and is now working with the center's facilities maintenance dept. Hoggatt who currently works as a facilities grounds custodian...
NORTH TEXAS JOB CORPS is “SILVER SPONSOR” at THE COLLIN COUNTY BLACK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 13TH ANNUAL YEAR END CELEBRATION
The North Texas Job Corps joined many other CCBCC partners on 12/7 to celebrate the CCBCC's 13th annual gala. NTJC has partnered with CCBCC for 10 years. This partnership has garnered many Work Based Learning opportunities for students at NTJCC as well as permanent...
North Texas Job Corps Participates in National Voter Registration Day
Student Joseph Smith, new voter pride! L-r: David Evans, educational director, Collin County NAACP; Laura Bruton, business community liaison and member of Chi Zeta Omega/Connection and June Jenkins, president, Collin County NAACP and member of Delta Sigma Theta. 45...
North Texas Job Corps Students Head to Advanced Training Programs
Two North Texas Job Corps graduates are taking the next step to ensure successful futures by enrolling in advanced training programs offered by Job Corps. Wesley Hausey completed the electrical trade and was accepted into the Smart Grid advanced training program at...
JOB CORPS ADVANCED TRAINING PROGRAMS ATTRACT NORTH TEXAS JOB CORPS STUDENTS
North Texas Job Corps graduate Jonathan Boldes completed his Cement Masonry training and then enrolled in the advanced cement masonry program at the Gary Job Corps located in San Marcos, TX. Jonathan was very excited about following in the footsteps of other North...
NORTH TEXAS JOB CORPS STUDENTS MEET CONGRESSMAN COLIN ALLRED
L-r: Bobby Myers, Javon Dalmast, Christine Sanders, Congressman Colin Allred, Kenneth Stewart, Anthony Smith, and Corey Odum The North Texas Job Corps Student Government Association Outreach Committee members participated in the Hamilton Park 34th annual Juneteenth...
DARIONDRICK “WES” MOORE, NORTH TEXAS JOB CORPS GRADUATE, TAKES THE STAGE AS A COLLIN COLLEGE GRADUATE
An article was written about Wes in the January 2019 of the North Texas Job Corps newsletter when he had completed his first year at Collin College. He stood on May 17, 2019 in the Collin College graduate's line, adorned in the graduate's blue cap and gown with a...
CONGRESSMAN VAN TAYLOR SPEAKS AT THE ANNA AND MELISSA CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE MEETING THAT IS ATTENDED BY NORTH TEXAS JOB CORPS STAFF
North Texas Job Corps staff attended the monthly Texas cities of Anna and Melissa Chambers of Commerce luncheon meeting on 4/16. The guest speaker was The Honorable Congressman Van Taylor who spoke on his short tenure to date in the House and on some of the bills the...
STANDARD UTILITY CONSTRUCTION REPRESENTATIVES VISIT NORTH TEXAS JOB CORPS
Standard Utility Construction, Inc. representative Kathi Standish and other SUC spoke to a group of North Texas Job Corps students who are enrolled in diverse construction career technical training programs. Standish is the vice president of marketing of this...
North Texas Job Corps Student Changes His Life through Job Corps
North Texas Job Corps student Dariondrick "Wes" Moore is a prime example of what Job Corps can do for a young man looking for direction in his life. "I was trapped in poverty and living in a low-income apartment helping to support my family," Moore recalls. "I was...
NORTH TEXAS JOB CORPS STUDENTS TOURED COLLEGE CAMPUSES IN 2018
During 2018 the Counseling staff at the North Texas Job Corps Center undertook the monumental task of taking 25 students monthly to tour college campuses. For the majority of the students this was their first visit to a college. The goal is to introduce students...