March 11th, 2013
Collbran Job Corps’ Office Administration Technology and CISCO Networking students enjoyed Ground Hog Shadow Day at Grand Junction’s Doubletree Hotel. OAT student Andrea Montreal said hotel managers talked with students about the hospitality industry; gave students advice regarding approaching the job process; what resumes should contain; and how important a first impression is, including [...]
November 7th, 2012
Twenty-six Collbran Job Corps students were sworn in as Election Judges, serving November 2nd and 6th. Heather Bennett, Supervisory Guidance Counselor, reported that when students arrived for duty in Clifton, Colorado, a town of approximately 21,000 residents, local volunteers from previous years said, “I’m so glad it’s the Collbran Job Corps students.” Pam Hawkins said, “This [...]
October 29th, 2012
When Vice Presidential Candidate Paul Ryan spoke at Colorado Mesa University five Collbran Job Corps students were there with Rachel Nelson, Grand Mesa High School/Collbran Job Corps Social Studies Instructor. Students have been learning about the candidates and the importance of being informed voters in their Social Studies class. While the students didn’t personally [...]
October 26th, 2012
When Gove Aker, Center Director, Collbran Job Corps, asked Russ Sibert, Collbran Job Corps’ Welding Instructor, to conceive a means to showcase a brass plaque commemorating 100 years of the existence of the U. S. Forest Service that would protect the plaque from theft and have a meaningful impact, Sibert went to work. He designed a unique tree sculpture and, [...]
October 25th, 2012
Collbran Job Corps students are interested in learning more about candidates and participating in the voting process. With that in mind, students recently invited Jana Bingham Gerow, candidate for Mesa County Commissioner, and Timothy Menger, Libertarian Party candidate for House District 54, to the center. Following the visit Gerow wrote, “I had heard good things over the [...]
September 27th, 2012
An article honoring Collbran Job Corps student Patrick Coleman was published in the Plateau Valley Times recently. Coleman’s Job Corps career was outlined in the article, describing his realization that following moving out on his own, and working at a landscaping job after dropping out of high school, he couldn’t make ends meet. Two years at [...]
September 27th, 2012
The Plateau Valley Times recently published a full page story that featured August graduates of Collbran Job Corps. A photo of the 11 graduates accompanied the article, which included quotes from four of the graduates. “As a group, the graduates overwhelmingly expressed that some of the greatest lessons they learned at Job Corps were of responsibility and respect.” [...]
August 17th, 2012
Eight members of Collbran Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center’s SGA heard President Obama speak August 8th at Grand Junction, Colorado High School. Jeff Thompson, Mattisha Mercado, Dalaun Shields, Anthony Lambiase, Alexis Oquinn, Jeromie Garoutte, Michael Brown and Zachery Lock described it as an opportunity of a life time. Following the speech KKCO Channel [...]
August 16th, 2012
Grand Junction’s Peace Officers Academy, normally a class adults take, was turned into a one week camp for 15 youth recently, with two Collbran Job Corps students participating. Kayla Barrett and Joshua Swetnam spent a week of their Job Corps summer break at the class getting a first hand look at the intense process. [...]
July 23rd, 2012
Collbran Job Corps student, Jeromie Garoutte, was selected to be a Residential Advisor at Junior Achievement’s Business Week, at the Johnson & Wales University campus in Denver this summer. The apprenticeship-style program is designed to teach high school students the concepts of business, entrepreneurship and leadership. During the week-long immersion camp, 171 students live on [...]