JOB CORPS Shown here is Winston Facey, graduate of Building Construction Technology. While at Westover he was elected as Student Government President by his peers. He conducted field learning at the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center in Springfield and continued working...
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Profile of Success: Sharay Salters
Behind the winning, “I got this” smile of Sharay Salters, Culinary Arts graduate is a fighter. Sharay arrived at WJCC after many struggles as a young single mother. Although she had more than her fair share of challenges at home, she served on the board of the...
Profile of Success: Michael Kiley
Michael Kiley of Palmer, MA completed the Certified Nursing Assistant trade and landed a job at Wingate at Wilbraham in Western MA. When asked if he is popular at his new job, he said, “Yes, they love me at work. I like working with everyone. My co-workers make a...
Westover’s Commencement the Best Ever
Chicopee, MA: Westover Job Corps Center welcomed back 123 grads for its National Day of Commencement on August 22. Students graduate on a rolling basis each week, so it is no small task to return.
A Hidden Jewel: Chicopee’s Historic Auditorium
You'd never know, walking into Chicopee City Hall, that you're walking into the "new" building, that just beyond the corridor is a huge town hall meeting space with carved wood, abundant stained glass and twin balconies looking down on a gorgeous wood floor. The...
Stone Soup in time for Winter
Westover has been traveling to Worcester, MA to join other Job Corps centers and construction crews on the Stone Soup Community Center. The WJCC Carpentry trade has worked on the exterior of the building, especially on the vintage porch and trim. The project is as...
Prescription for Success
It all started with a brief conversation during a class visit at Westover Job Corps in Chicopee, Massachusetts sometime during the middle of the winter in early 2012. Bob Fay, Pharmacy Tech class teacher at WJC, and Rick Laferriere, Manager of Workforce Initiatives...
All Aboard! Get on the Career Train with Westover
Westover Job Corps can barely keep up with the exciting job growth in the Connecticut River Valley. Job growth in the area is significant in three industries: casinos (two will be built in the region) commuter rail (8,000 new jobs expected( class one freight As a...
Exciting new Placements at Westover
UHAUL ;Yankeee Candle;Capuano Health Care;Centrus Health Care; Bernies Dinning Depot;Cracker Barrel;Griffin Electric;Gingras Plumbing and Heating;K2 Consultants;Horizons Resturant; and St Anne;s Hospital are among the new employers in the Northeast US who have...
Westover Expands Circle of Employers in Pharmacy
Westover Pharmacy Tech is now home to a mock CVS Caremark Pharmacy. A ribbon cutting was done in September. Although CVS Caremark hires a large % of the graduates of this trade, the Career Management Team has continued to forge relationships by placing graduates with...
Westover Job Corps and Homes for Our Troops
Facilities Maintenance students have taken part in building a new home in Granby,MA volunteering for Homes for our Troops. Marine Sergeant Joshua Bouchard was on his second deployment when he lost his left leg and broke his back after his vehicle drove over a pressure...
Westover’s taking the Next Step in Boston and Worcester, MA
Next Step Living is a residential energy efficiency company, providing home energy diagnostics and improvements to the greater New England area. As a socially-conscious, environmentally focused, results-driven organization they are dedicated to helping our customers...
Dog Eat Dog World: Westsover Job Corps Students Support Jobseekers
June 15, Heritage Park, Holyoke: The Culinary Arts students from Westover Job Corps served 750 hot dogs to job seekers and employers at the Career Point Hot Dogs for Hot Jobs event. The students also prepared pistachio brittle for raffle prizes. Shown are Mark Doward,...
Women’s Health and Career Fair: Westover Job Corps
As part of Women's Month, and for its recruitment effort to attract more young women, Westover hosted an all day Women's Health and Career Fair on March 10. Young women and their mothers, sisters and friends attended the fair which included demonstrations on...
Women’s Month: Westover Job Corps Adopts Mothers
During the month of March, Westover Job Corps adopted the Open Pantry residence for young mothers and their babies in Springfield, MA. The administrators were given a list of all our trades, and returned it with their wish list for repairs and services. Our career...
Super Star! AMTRAK hires Westsover Graduate
Our student Lamar Oten finished Brick and Plumbing trades here, and then completed Advanced Training at Shriver Job Corps in Massachusetts. He now works for AMTRAK at Boston's South Station for a superb wage. This is the type of Best Practice career path that Westover...
Quincy, MA Job Corps Graduate hired in Boston
Next Step Living in Boston has hired a number of graduates from Westover Job Corps in health occupations. This relationship has been established through our Boston Regional office and continues to support the successful outcomes for talented, motivated young adults...
Awesome Small Business Employer
Ayotte & King has employed a Westsover grad in a pre-apprenticeship position. We wish to thank Robert King, President of the company for his support. Rebecca Weibel, veteran CTS specialist described the placement as "A Home Run". Trainee Travis Powell from...
Senator Kerry Signs Letter of Support
The same day we received the NJCA Flash, Westover contacted Senator Kerry's office, with whom we have been in frequent contact about the budget situation and the future of Job Corps. We heard back in a few hours that Senator Kerry had signed the document.
Veterans from Every Generation
The annual Veterans Day Lunch at Westover Job Corps included students who had served in the military prior to coming to Job Corps, foster grandparents and staff of all ages who are veterans. The dessert was a pumpkin fritter topped with an American flag. Love of...