Milwaukee Job Corps Center

Job Corps’ drive-through aid Posted: April 3, 2013 Volunteers from Milwaukee Job Corps Marvin Tatum (from left), 19; Timothy Scott, 17; and Anthony Kirkwood, 19, loaded boxes of food and household supplies Wednesday at Brentwood Church of Christ for a Feed the Children event. Cars waited on N. 60th St. in Milwaukee to pick up [...]

The Milwaukee Job Corps Center in cooperation with several of our community partners, Havenwoods Economic Development Corporation, Milwaukee Urban Gardens, and Kompost Kids, was approved by the City of Milwaukee to create a raised garden bed on a plot of land owned by the city along the northeast corner of the Milwaukee Job Corps Center. [...]

The diverse co-ed Milwaukee Job Corps soccer team has being training very hard for months under the guidance of the Construction Trade Manager and coach, Rodd Washington. Last week the team experienced their first win of the regular season! The sportsmanship these students have show on the field has been acknowledged by the referees and [...]

Students from the Milwaukee Job Corps Center had the opportunity to shadow at the District 4 Milwaukee Police Department. Their experience consisted of attending roll call with the police officers, touring the offices, having a meeting with District 4 Captain O’Leary, and shadowing various officers performing their duties. Later the students visited the Police Academy [...]

Students at the Milwaukee Job Corps Center are participating in the “Start Young Initiative”. This program is a collaboration of the Department of Labor and Small Business Administration to give Job Corps students the opportunity to learn the skills of Entrepreneurship. The students are each creating a business plan that will be able to be [...]

On Friday, February 1, 2013, three students from the Milwaukee Job Corps Center went to the BMO Harris Bradley Center in downtown Milwaukee to job shadow the Game Operations Staff for the Milwaukee Admirals (ADS), the city’s Professional AHL (American Hockey League) team. The staff members, known as the “Puck Patrol”, along with the students, [...]

The Milwaukee Job Corps Center’s Healthy Eating Active Lifestyles Committee has provided a variety of opportunities for students to get involved in Healthy and Active Initiatives. In January, the committee promoted healthy lifestyle changes. During their lunch hour, students were able to pick from several cards that were printed with healthy lifestyles changes, such as, [...]

Milwaukee Job Corps Center Welding student Jesse Hernandez is hired full time after completing his unpaid Work Base Learning Assignment at GenMet Manufacturing Company.

Milwaukee Job Corps Center Manufacturing Student Kelly Wily was excited that after his completion of unpaid Work Base Learning assignment at Charter Automotive, he was offered a full time position.

GED students from the Milwaukee Job Corps Center participated in hatching baby chicks in the classroom. After consulting with HVAC instructors and students, the class built an incubator using a lamp kit, foam cooler, PC fan, and a re-purposed cell phone charger. The students monitored temperature, humidity, and growth of the embryo over the 21 [...]