September 16th, 2011
Alicia Herring enrolled in the Cincinnati Job Corps in July of 2008. She completed the certified nursing assistant program and passed the state exam. Alicia had higher aspirations to continue her education in the health services field and enrolled at the Cincinnati State Technical & Community College. While attending college, Alicia worked part-time as a [...]
September 6th, 2011
The Cincinnati Job Corps Center held their annual blood drive on August 3rd with the Hoxworth Blood Center. This was the seventh year that the center has partnered with Hoxworth. Student volunteers helped recruit donors and also managed the blood drive. A total of 40 units of blood were collected and each unit can save [...]
June 29th, 2011
On June 24th, the food service manager took seven students to the Gospel Mission to cook and serve the homeless and needy people in the community. This project is an on-going service activity each month. According to Chef Colleen Brown, they serve approximately 150 people each month. The Mission and all of the people they [...]
June 15th, 2011
James Hagwood graduated from the Cincinnati Job Corps in February 2010. He transferred to the Gary Job Corps Center in March of 2010 and enrolled in the advanced training program for residential advisor (RA) training. James completed the training program in March 2011 and was hired as a RA at the Cincinnati Job Corps in May [...]
April 26th, 2011
Students from both the culinary arts and automotive training areas competed in events during the week of April 18th. A culinary arts student, Steve Workman competed in an American Culinary Federation (ACF) event on April 18th. The competition was held at Cincinnati State Technical and Community College. There were 21 others in the competition and many [...]
On March 27th, nine culinary arts students from the Cincinnati Job Corps volunteered at the annual ACF (American Culinary Federation) awards dinner. The students helped with preparing and cooking the food for 160 guests. Some of the students did live cooking demonstrations and managed individual food stations. Several of the guests were executive chefs at [...]
March 23rd, 2011
On March 21, 2011, Congresswoman Jean Schmidt and her District Director, Gertrud Whitaker came to the Cincinnati Job Corps Center for a visit and a tour. This was the congresswoman’s first visit and she was very impressed with what she saw during the visit. The visit was a great success. Since this was a special [...]
March 3rd, 2011
A graduate from the Cincinnati Job Corps Center, DeAnthony Cummings recently completed advanced training at the Potomac Job Corps Center and is now employed by the National Job Corps Association (NJCA). DeAnthony is an administrative assistant and the center is very proud of his accomplishments. He has been invited back to speak at the next [...]
November 30th, 2010
On November 23rd, a special Thanksgiving dinner was held for the students at the center. The staff served each student and live entertainment was also provided. The gymnasium was converted into a beautiful dining room with harvest decorations, table linens and a fall color scheme. The students enjoyed the event and it was a special [...]
November 8th, 2010
Michelle Bowman, a local leasing agent came to speak to students in the Career Transition class on November 8th. She shared valuable information about ways to look for an apartment and things that leasing agents look for in a good rental candidate. Ms. Bowman suggested ways to establish a good credit history and the importance [...]