JOB CORPS Levi Gannon is our Student of the Week for August 2-8. Levi was about to start his training in the culinary trade when life as we know it was interrupted by COVID 19. After taking a respite during Spring Break and biking around Vermont, Levi has become a serious...
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Northlands Student Life: Quarantine Style
As you can see from the pictures the students who are on Center since either the start of “Spring Break” or after Covid-19 testing and two weeks of quarantine are quite active. The “new normal” is for any activity that puts you in close proximity to another (less than...
Returning to Normal: Colchester Paintball
As the COVID quarantine slowly lifts, Northlands Recreation knew that our on Center students were feeling cooped up and needing to blow off some steam. An activity that our students have always enjoyed is playing paintball at Colchester Paintball. Knowing that COVID...
WE ARE – Northlands Huskies!
The Northlands Job Corps Center recently took a student poll to decide on our mascot. We had been known as the Northlands Bulldogs, but felt it was time for a re-branding, a new identity. The students took a vote during an assembly and we are now known as the...
Northlands Job Corps Success Story: Neil Nelson
The Northlands Job Corps Center, located in Vergennes, VT, is pleased to announce the graduation of Neil Nelson, on July 31, 2020, from the Automotive Light Maintenance and Repair program. Since starting the program in the Winter of 2019, Neil has been a rising...
Northlands Graduation Ceremony
Northlands Job Corps 2015 Graduation Commencement On Friday August 21st Northlands Job Corps held its 2015 graduation commencement ceremony. Many of this year’s graduates were not in attendance since they have already returned to their...
What It’s All About
What it’s All About For many young adults finding their place in the world is an ongoing quest. Perhaps college is just not the best path at this time. Job Corps is a great option for some providing training to help find a career that fits them well. One Northlands...
Share Our Skills Night
Sharing Our Skills Night On Thursday evening January 23rd members of the Green and White Mountain section of the American Welding Society joined Northland students for an Industry Council meeting. The theme of the gathering was "Sharing Our Skills Night", and...
Northlands Urban Forestry Winners !
Tops in Trees Northlands students show their mettle with wood. Four Urban Forestry students make a clean sweep of the top honors at this year’s competition. The annual conference and trade show was held...
Northlands’ New Wind Turbine Featured in the News
“It’s a terrific symbol for the Job Corps program,” spokesman Ian McGaughey said. “The turbine is a very visible representation of our commitment to reducing CO2 emissions in Vermont and elsewhere.”
Job Corps Success Story Lands $20.95/Hour Job
“Push yourself to prove yourself.” Those words have guided Northlands student Tearron Dinkins to great heights as he completes his training in Urban Forestry…
Archaeologists Look For Famous Shipyard Next to Northlands Job Corps Center
Archaeologists from the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum spent nearly two weeks digging and evaluating a site on Otter Creek adjacent to Northlands’ campus in Vergennes, Vermont that they believe may be the site of a historic naval shipyard…
Community Service Volunteer of the Month: Jayvon Soares
“I’m a social person and enjoy meeting new people,” Jayvon said. “Helping out and making a difference in the community is much more beneficial than sitting in my dorm room playing video games…”
Northlands Job Corps Students Help Make the Holidays Fun
The holiday season in Vergennes, Vermont brings with it a long tradition of special celebrations. And for just as long, students from Northlands have been an active part of ensuring the festivities are successful full of fun…
Northlands Facilities Maintenance Students Donate Their Talents to a Local Church
Northlands Job Corps Facilities Maintenance students lent their skills scraping, priming and painting the St. Peter’s Church Thrift Shop building in Vergennes, Vermont…
Northlands Job Corps Dominates in Urban Forestry Competition
“We’ve come home with the 1st place award before,” Northlands Urban Forestry Instructor Jeremy Riemersma said, “but this is the first time sweeping the top three spots…”
Northlands Students Clean Up Neighborhood
“It doesn’t really matter about getting noticed for doing this,” a student said. “What matters is that we took a little time for an activity worth doing.”
Northlands Students Show 450 High School Girls What “Women Can Do”
Students from the Northlands Job Corps Center trades of welding, culinary arts and auto body travelled to Randolph, Vermont to take part in the annual "Women Can Do" conference at Vermont Technical College. The event showcased a series of hands-on workshops for female...
Northlands Staff Gets Behind Core Values
The staff worked together in a series of workshops to identify those core values. “The staff has been really excited, involved and committed to the exercise…”
Northlands Students Join Together to “Bury Bullying”
“It will help bring some of these issues to the forefront while helping to bring closure to some of those affected,” SGA President Logan Barbosa said…