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Glenmont Diversity Day Success!

Glenmont Job Corps celebrated all of their Staff and Students on June 24th when they held their Annual DIVERSITY DAY on campus. The culinary class, with the help of Chef Mark, put together an amazing table of rice, beans and ox tails! Other staff made meals from all...

Glenmont Shows PRIDE

On June 23rd, Glenmont Participated in the Day Of Silence, where staff and students pledged to be an ally to those in the LGBTQ community, and stayed silent through the day to show respect and connection to those who feel silenced by their sexuality. The SGA helped...

Success after graduation from Glenmont!

Mo Shego is truly living his best life. When he enrolled in Job Corps, he had no idea of the type of impact this program would have on him. Entering the doors that would change his life he was only a man with a dream. That dream was centered around becoming the...

Welcoming our New Students!

Pre-90 Exclusive is a group held by guidance counselors for all students who have been on center for less than 90 days. The first 90 days is a crucial time period for our students and the counseling team welcomes all new students and helps students become acclimated...

First In Person Community Mixer!

It was an EXCITING day for the staff and students at GJCC on June 21, 2022! They were able to hold the first in person community mixer since 2020! Center Director, Erin Ferguson, spoke to the guests about how great it felt to be able to get back to normal! Slowly-but...

Glenmont Graduates on the Glow up!

New job, new home, more money and more goals being checked off the list, which shining star could possibly be accomplishing all of this in such grace and style? That honor belongs to our wonderful C.N.A graduate Leslie Ortega. Since Leslie has graduated from the...

New opportunities!

Leonard Bus Sales which was founded in 1965, is a third-generation family-owned company and leader in the distribution and support of IC Bus and Trans Tech school buses. Our auto students will have the opportunity to complete a 6 week internship with the possibility...

On center WBL shines

Kevin Jennings has been doing a GREAT job in the GJCC Cafe. He has been assisting kitchen staff with performing meal preparation, working on the main line, and cleaning/sanitizing the café. Kevin has been showing awesome EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS and is always willing to...

Glenmont WBL in the community!

The center’s CIA Agent, Mr. Greene is out and looking for those students CAUGHT IN ACTION doing something positive around the center or hard at WORK! This week’s CIA spotlight is on Mr. Asimba Daniel. Asimba is on work-based learning with the Town of Bethlehem Highway...

Glenmont Graduate Shines

Ashley Reid completed Glenmont’s MAA program this past October in just one year. Since returning home she has begun working at Fedex overnight making $15 per hour. In ADDITION to working she is furthering her education with the Genesis Medical Training Center in...

Earth Day at Glenmont

EARTH DAY, EARTH DAY! Comes once a YEAR. But we should make our messages CLEAR! Love and clean OUR EARTH each day. Make that plan a plan to A PLAN TO STAY. EARTH DAY, EARTH DAY! Comes once a YEAR! Love and care for our earth so DEAR! OF COURSE in the usual Glenmont...

Glenmont Admissions go all the way

The Admissions team put together a CELEBRATION on Wednesday for our students. We were presenting them with “Medals of Success.” Would you look at these students? They were all PANTHER PROUD to wear the medal of success by advancing through the first 30,60, and 90 days...

Military PAR is day adn night!

Glenmont Residential Counselor, Mr. Smith, hosts a military prep group EVERY Friday at 1800 (6:00 pm). The group FOCUSES on preparing our students interested in joining the military for basic training. This group is also available to those students on the Military...

Black History Month brightens up the Center!

Black History month Activities at Glenmont The Medical Trades are working to provide an informative experience in the trade building on the successes, triumphs and the ways African American’s have overcome and supported others wellness, just as our students train and...

Glenmont Grad ROCKS the nursing world!

On December 20, 2021, Leslie Ortega sat for her New York State Certified Nursing exam. Later that afternoon, Leslie found out that she passed and was now a Certified Nursing Assistant. She worked towards this goal before and during the pandemic. Leslie came back to...

Business Engagement keeps moving on!!!

Glenmont is happy to announce that we have a new partnership with Shahani Motors located in Schenectady, NY. The owner, Abdullah Shahani, has been in the business since 2006 when he started his training as an automotive mechanic. In 2015, he opened up Shahani Motors...

Glenmont Grad SHINES

To a Culinary superstar, Tyreek Thomas who has been cooking up since he graduated. He understood the assignment and made a tasteful career out of it. Upon graduating, he left with a job in the culinary industry but kept upgrading until he made a decent living as a...

New Conections for Glenmont!

We are happy to announce a new partnership with Homewood Suites, located in Albany, NY. They specialize in hospitality and provide the best service for their guests. This hotel is right across from Crossgates Mall and has several employment opportunities for our...

Glenmont Thinks PINK!!

The Glenmont Job Corps Center has always loved taking part in thinking PINK in October. For years the center took part in vari-ous activities for fundraising, to which the Student Government Association would donate to a Breast Cancer Fundraiser. This year, although...

Panther PRIDE

Glenmont Job Corps would like to give a huge shout-out to some of our C.N.A graduates who are still making an incredible impact within the Healthcare industry. These ladies all graduated from Job Corps at different times facing different obstacles, but one thing...