June 12th, 2012
Two Work-based Learning students, Amhir Campbell and Yana Davis, received the privilege of advancing their vocational skills with an advanced training transfer into the EMT program at Grafton Job Corps center. Both students are exemplary students and ambitious young adults. Amhir enrolled in the Medical Office Support program at LJCC, and finished his work so [...]
March 28th, 2012
One of Woodstock Job Corps Center’s very own is headed to work at Melwood. Kenneth Powell, a Painting student at Woodstock, was recently hired by Melwood. Kenneth will work as a Seasonal Landscape Worker and transitions out the end of March.
March 6th, 2012
The New Haven Job Corps trained Tyshawn Beckford so well in the Facilities Maintenance trade that two years later he landed a job on the Center maintenance team. “I love being here on campus again,” said 27-year-old Tyshawn, Class of 2009. “I wouldn’t trade this job for anything in the world.” A native of New [...]
September 2nd, 2011
Contact: Roger Givens, Business and Community Liaison 662-609-9424 August 31, 2011 Students from the Finch-Henry Job Corps Center participated in National Job Corps Commencement Day on August 30. For the first time ever, graduation celebrations occurred on the same day at most of the 124 Job Corps centers across the country. National Job [...]
September 2nd, 2011
State Representative Chuck Espy of Clarksdale shook hands with graduates of the Finch-Henry Job Corps Center during their summer commencement Tuesday. Center Director Cordella Smith (left) presented diplomas to each graduate as they walked across the stage. ————————————————————————————————————————————– Espy urges graduates to seek master’s By John Howell Batesville’s Finch-Henry Job Corps Center held its [...]
August 15th, 2011
Two Collbran Job Corps students, Nathan Smithgall and Ron Vester, are employed by the Grand Valley Ranger District, Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, Gunnison National Forest, on its weeds crew. The students inventory, track and treat current weed infestations. The species are recorded using GPS units and will be entered into the Forest Service database for tracking. [...]
August 10th, 2011
Jonathan Austin is a 20 year old Electrical student at the Alaska Job Corps Center. He has been enrolled for 60 days and is nearly full-time in the trade. He hails from Anchorage, where he attended Bartlett High School. His hobbies are reading, writing, exercising, and video games. Jonathan would like to become an electrician, [...]
August 8th, 2011
They’re No. 1 Springdale Job Corps Center earns top marks for 2010-11 By Rob Cullivan The Gresham Outlook, Aug 6, 2011 Jim Clark / The Outlook Shayne Sellers makes fruit pastries as part of the culinary program at the Springdale Job Corps. In the auto shop, Patrick Albertson, 23, is busy sanding paint on the [...]
July 5th, 2011
By Jamie Lampros Standard-Examiner Mon, 07/04/2011 – 11:25am SOUTH OGDEN — Sherri Freston has a strong belief in Job Corps and its education and job training programs. “I have an honest interest in the promotion of youth, specifically the teenage and young adult age group,” Freston said. “These are some of the most critical ages [...]
June 23rd, 2011
By Ruth Malan Standard-Examiner correspondent Wed, 06/22/2011 – 5:50pm CLEARFIELD — Job Corps student Jeff Wilde recently spent an entire day with U.S. Rep. Jim Matheson, D-Utah and his staff, learning the day-to-day aspects of a congressmen’s job. Wilde, a Kaysville resident, came away surprised at some of the things he learned and the experiences [...]