JOB CORPS Good morning, Miguelina! I hope this message finds you in good health and high spirits. I wanted to take a moment to share some exciting news with you. I have achieved a significant milestone in my career—I have completed my nursing bachelor's degree at Sagrado...
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Ramey Job Corps Success Story: Kevin Ramos
Kevin Ramos Ramey Job Corps | Advanced Solar PV | 2022 Kevin entered Job Corps at the age of 21 where he attended the Advanced Solar Panel Workshop. He learned about the program through his friends. In just one year he finished his workshop and thanks to the Ramey Job...
Ring that bell: Hill nurses a powerful dream as she graduates Whitney M. Young
Charlese Hill (CNA) didn’t know much about Job Corps when she decided to give the program a shot – just that it was a free education. “I kind of just went for it,” she said. “I just took my chances.” With a start like that, though, Hill has accomplished great things...
TLJC student success
Our students here at Talking Leaves Job Corps have been working really hard to achieve their goals. Student Taryn Cunningham says, "TLJC helps keep her aligned with her life goals by offering the classes she needs". Taryn was able to stay on coarse through COVID and...
Across the country, Whitney M. Young graduate Burdine has helped out
You may have seen Jay Burdine all around the country. During his interview, he was in Mississippi. Before that, he was in Kentucky, helping clean up damage from the recent tornado disaster. And even before that, he was in Hawaii. As an Americorps member, he’s seen a...
Whitney M. Young Job Corps Center graduate makes history as Miami’s first Black Chief Electrical Inspector
When Richard Way was a teenager, he enrolled at Whitney M. Young Job Corps Center. Thanks to that decision, he made history. “I was 16 years old, and needed a second chance in life,” Way said. “Job Corps helped me with that, and I’m very thankful.” Job Corps not only...
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 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...
Auto Student On the Road to Success
Rogelio Meza was born in California but spent much of his younger life living in Mexico. Having lived in Guanajuato, Mexico and completing High School there, Rogelio could not get admitted college in the U.S due to schooling being outside of the U.S. Looking for...
Whitney Young Job Corps Brick and Cement Grad Accomplishes Goals
Whitney Young Job Corps Brick and Cement graduate, Torran Cox, is officially a member of the Local 4 Union thanks to the career technical training he received from his Brick and Cement instructors. Cox first came to Whitney Young Job Corps in May of 2017 after working...
Working hard: Lucky Keodoungdy’s path to success
Lucky Keodoungdy, a recent graduate of the Alaska Job Corps Center’s Culinary Arts program, always has something positive to say to those around him. He not only inspires with his words, but he encourages others by modeling the attitude, work ethic and motivation...
CJCC UAW program earns Toyota recertification.
Clearfield Job Corps is happy to announce, its United Auto Workers training program has been recertified as a Toyota Training Program. Many months of hard work by our staff went into this remarkable accomplishment. Clearfield Job Corps is one of about 35 schools...
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...