JOB CORPS To stay safe during COVID-19, students at Whitney M. Young have remained on campus. Though it’s helped protect them, it’s also led to some frustration. But Aliciakaye Bryant (Pharmacy Tech) had an idea of how to channel all that stress into something more positive. So...
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Whitney M. Young JCC observes Black History Month
Throughout February, Whitney M. Young Job Corps Center has highlighted our connection to Black History. Staff have shared facts about important historical figures, given presentations on why this history matters and how it’s relevant today, even digging into our...
Talking Leaves Job Corps graduate credits program for career training and life success
Weston Swint is a Tahlequah, OK native, Talking Leaves Job Corps graduate, and a member of the United States Army. Swint did not feel traditional high school education was for him so he left during his junior year and entered the TLJC program. “I graduated with a...
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 ADVANCED CAREER TRAINING STUDENTS EXCEL AT COLLIN COLLEGE
Tattiana Gotlweski Jeremy Littleberry Tattiana Gotlewski and Jeremy Littleberry, two North Texas Job Corps Center students, are excelling at Collin College. Tattiana Gotlewski made the fall 2020 semester President's List in her second semester at Collin College, and...
NORTH TEXAS JOB CORPS ALUMNI STARTS HIS TEACHING CAREER
Dezmond Handy, a 2015 North Texas Job Corps Center (NTJCC) graduate from the cement masonry program is living his dream. He graduated from Texas College in Tyler, TX in May 2020 and is now employed as a 7th grade Texas history teacher at Hector P. Garcia Middle...
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 GRAD NOW WORKS at CSL PLASMA
Silverio Martinez, who completed the Patient Care Technician (PCT) career technical training program at North Texas Job Corps in February 2020 is now employed at CSL Plasma in Dallas, TX as a phlebotomist. Martinez earned certifications in phlebotomy, and as an EKG...
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 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...
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...
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...
Westover Student Named Massachusetts Champion!
"Congratulations! Because of the exceptionally high score you received on your Microsoft Office Specialist MOS Word 2013 exam, you have been named Massachusetts’s Champion and selected to compete in Certiport’s 2019 Microsoft Office Specialist U.S. National...
From student to instructor: Greg Howard’s mission to succeed
When Greg Howard, Alaska Job Corps Center’s current Water and Wastewater Treatment Instructor, first came to Job Corps in 2014, he was a student on a mission. He was determined to gain the knowledge and skills he needed to launch him into a career in water and...
Little Rock Job Corps Center – Student Spotlight, Alexander Davidson
Facilities Maintenance student Alexander Davidson graduated on February 4th, but first he made sure to leave the Center with something to remember him by. Alex likes to stay busy and made sure he did so in trade. He has built several items that are on display around...
ATTERBURY JOB CORPS STUDENT “ON TRACK” AT ADVANCED TRAINING – TCU
Former AJCC student Ashley Fitzwater is a resident of Warren, Michigan while having strong roots in her native city of Detroit. Miss Fitzwater attended undergraduate school at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, MI. Miss Fitzwater successfully completed her...
Faces of Woodstock Job Corps: Tyreen Fosque
My name is Tyreem Fosque, and I am a recent Security Trade Graduate of Woodstock Job Corps. I now work for Level VI Protection performing asset protection at various retail chains. I also perform VIP Protection Services, crowd control, access control and patrol...
Faces of Woodstock Job Corps: Robel Kebede
Robel Kebede, a former CMA student, transitioned out of the program on February 13, 2015. He is currently at basic training serving in Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Once he completes basic training he will continue his education by training to become a Pharmacy Technician. We...
Woodstock Job Corps: Off to Advanced Training We Go!
Evelyn Skinner, former C.N.A. student, left on July 28, 2015 to go to the LPN Advanced Training Program, at Blue Ridge Job Corps Center, Marion, VA. Congratulations!!!!