January 11th, 2013
Be a part of Developing Albany’s Workforce! Posted by Urban Pulse Media on January 10, 2013 at 10:10am Kicking off on February 5, 2013, Job Shadow 2013 provides job shadowing opportunities for students throughout the country. Turner Job Corps is proud to participate in its own Student Job Shadow Day on February 5. Job shadowing [...]
August 27th, 2012
ALBANY, GA. — Turner Job Corps held a commencement ceremony Friday afternoon sending hundreds of students into the world. “I am Maria Orta and I stand before you today as a single mother, a graduate of Turner Job Corps and a current student of Albany Technical College,” says Maria Orta, TJC graduate. In spite of [...]
August 22nd, 2012
The Turner Job Corps Center will join the 125 Job Corps centers across the country to celebrate the second annual “National Job Corps Commencement Day” ceremony August 24th. This year’s Commencement speaker will be Congressman Sanford Bishop, Jr. Recent Job Corps graduates employed in Georgia, employer partners, local policymakers, community leaders, family members and many [...]
August 22nd, 2012
Chamber Member Press Releases Turner Job Corp Release: 08/13/12 Albany, Georgia turner.jobcorps.gov (Albany, GA) The Turner Job Corps Center will join the 125 Job Corps centers across the country to celebrate the second annual “National Job Corps Commencement Day” ceremony August 24th to congratulate the Job Corps students who showed Job Corps Works by completing [...]
August 22nd, 2012
ALBANY, GA – Jobs are hard to come by these days. The best way to increase your chance of getting a job you want is to make sure you have the training and skills necessary for that job. That’s the mission at Turner Job Corps. Tuesday, they highlighted their success to political and community leaders. [...]
June 22nd, 2012
Members of the Turner Job Corps Center’s Wellness and TEAP Committee hosted their annual blood drive with the American Red Cross. Staff, students, and community partners donated more than 92 units of blood, exceeding their initial goal of 75 units. “I am so proud of our students, they were the first in line this morning [...]
February 13th, 2012
ALBANY, GA — Between the Downtown Art Park and Albany Theatre project there was a lot of discussion at tonight’s Albany Dougherty Inner City Authority (ADICA) meeting. The conversation about projects like these led back to one main discussion point: Getting local students involved. “We’ve entered into an agreement with Turner Job Corps and [...]
February 13th, 2012
WARNER ROBINS — Keith Graves understands that when the final buzzer sounds on his sophomore season as the starting point guard for Middle Georgia Tech, his basketball career will be over. But it’s also when the rest of his life will begin. “I’ve had two offers to (keep playing), but I’m not going to take [...]
February 10th, 2012
Chamber Member Press Releases Turner Job Corp Center Release: 02/10/12 Albany, Georgia turner.jobcorps.gov Turner Job Corps Center Pursues National Reaccreditation of its Program The Turner Job Corps Center (TJCC) announced today that it will pursue its reaccreditation by the Council on Occupational Education (COE) February 27th – March 1st. The COE is a national institutional [...]
February 10th, 2012
ALBANY, GA — From a press release by Albany State University: Students at Albany State University will have a new walkway on campus thanks to a partnership with Turner Job Corps. Students in the Turner Job Corps Concrete Finishing Class have volunteered their time and talent to construct a new sidewalk on the ASU campus. [...]