JOB CORPS EJCA students participated in a Rhode Island Department of Education [RIDE] weekend workshop for young adults and RIDE staff on October 29, 2011. State-wide High School age students came together to collaborate with Education, Community and Business leaders to discuss...
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GET MOTIVATED! Business Seminar October 3, 2011
Over 60 EJCA students and staff attended the GET MOTIVATED! business seminar that was held at the Dunkin Donuts Center in Providence, RI on October 3, 2011. Students were honored to participate in activities and listen to nationally renowned speakers General Colin...
2011 Circle of Peace Award given to Exeter Job Corps Academy
Center Director Joseph P. DiPina Jr., Deputy Director Linda Soderberg and Career Counselor Alex Zemanovic attended the 2011 Annual meeting for the Domestic Violence Center of South County to receive their 2011 Circle of Peace Award on October 4th, 2011. DVCSC...
EJCA students hold Silent Witness Vigil
EJCA students partnered with the Domestic Violence Center of South County held a SILENT WITNESS vigil on Oct. 4th, 2011 at the Exeter campus to build awareness of the powerful effect Domestivc Violence can have on families and loved ones. EJCA students were active...
EJCA Student Leader
EJCA Student Government Association president Julie Wentzell is taking on a new challenge in her quest to become a Registered Nurse. Ms. Wentzell has been accepted into Cassasaga Job Corps Centers' prestigious LPN training program in New York. Ms. Wentzell has been a...
EJCA team “DRAGON SMOKE” brings back GOLD
EJCA Dragon Boat race team "DRAGON SMOKE" competed in Pawtucket, RI on September 10, 2011 and securedthe GOLD medal again. For the third year in a row 22 students in all, rose to the challenge with only one practice run under their belt due to Hurricane Irene weather...
RI Shared Youth Vision State Team meeting September 15, 2011
DCD Soderberg hosted the Rhode Island Shared Youth Vision State Team quarterly meeting on September 15, 2001 in the EJCA Cafe' 162. RI state representatives of the Dept. of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF), Dept. of Health (DOH), RI Dept. of Education (RIDE),...
EJCA hosts Naval Seals for lunch Agust 25, 2011
EJCA ETM Ankrom hosted 5 Navy Seals corpmen from the Dental Corps of the Naval War College at Cafe' 162 on August 25th, 2011. These Sailors had attended earlier an appreciation breakfast hosted by Advanced Culinary Arts students and RI OPERATION HOMEFRONT at the...
RI Fire Academy Grand Opening July 27th, 2011
EJCA Advanced Culinary Arts students and chefs catered the grand opening event of the Rhode Island Fire Academy on July 27, 2011. The RI Association of Fire Chiefs conducted the ribbon cutting ceremony along with RI Governor Lincoln Chaffee, Senate President Teresa...
“Night at the Museum” Domestic Violence Resouce Center of South County August 16, 2011
EJCA Advanced Culinary Arts students and chefs catered and wait staffed a very special event for the Domestic Violence Resource Center of South County the evening of August 16, 2011. The event was hosted at the South County Museum in Narragansett, RI and a wonderful...
2011 South County Hot Air Balloon Festival
EJCA Student Government Association executive board members volunteered at the 2011 annual South County Hot Air Balloon festival on July 22, 2011. Students assisted with raising tents, setting up crowd control fencing and preparing fundraising booths. South Kingstown...
RI Air National Guard Open House Air Show June 25, 2011
EJCA MILPREP students were hosted at the annual RI Air National Guard Air Show on June 24, 2011. EJCA MILPREP students participated in a VIP preshow event and were able to meet with some of the many Air Force pilots, Sean D. Tucker of the Oracle team and many of Rhode...
Gloria Gemma Flames of Hope 2011
2011 Gloria Gemma “Flames of Hope” Waterfire October 8th, 2011 Providence, RI
Exeter Job Corps Academy Students Meet with Senator Jack Reed in Washington, DC on May 17, 2011
EX Leadership Students with Senator Reed Exeter Job Corps Academy (EJCA) Leadership students attended the 2011 Adams & Associates Annual Leadership Conference in Columbia, MD and Washington, DC during the week of May 15. EJCA staff Gabrielle Andos and students...
RI State Assembly Members Visit Exeter Job Corps Academy
EX State Representatives Graduation 05-07-11 Rhode Island House Representative Larry Valencia (Dist. 39) and Representative Donna Walsh (Dist. 36) participated in the Exeter Job Corps Academy 2011 Spring Graduation ceremony. They presented all EJCA 2011 graduates with...
Another Exeter Job Corps Welding Student Hired by Electric Boat/Quonset Point
Another student success story with EJCA Electric Boat welding partnership! Manufacturing Technology graduate Raquel Pereira was hired on May 9, 2011. Raquel was a 2011 Spring Graduate who completed the Maufacturing Welding program. She was hired for the fabricator...
Michael G. Cooley, Author Speaks with Exeter Job Corps Academy Students
Mr. Michael Cooley, author, CEO - Quinlan Companies and motivational speaker met with Exeter Job Corps Academy students on May 11, 2011. Recently recognized in the Providence Journal highlighting his recently released book, Rock Bottom From The Streets to Success, Mr....
2011 Exeter Job Corps Academy Spring Graduation
Exeter Job Corps Academy hosted the 2011 Spring Graduation ceremony on May 7th, 2011. Over 80 graduates and 250 guests celebrated student achievement and enjoyed a 5 star reception hosted by the EJCA Advanced Culinary Arts students. RI House of Representatives Larry...