JOB CORPS Originally from Cotton Plant, AR, Rachel Green came to Little Rock Job Corps Center and chose to complete the Security Trade, where she earned her Certified Protection Officer certification. Rachel got her high school diploma from Augusta High School in Augusta, AR...
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Gary Job Corps Solar Technology
Gary Job Corps Smart Meter Solar Technology Gary Job Corps is taking a leap towards Green technology by installing a Solar Array to power the classroom in the Smart Metering Advanced Trade. The Ribbon Cutting was performed with representatives from the San Marcos...
Formula One North America Race
Gary Job Corps Assists at Formula One Race Seventy-four Gary Job Corps Corrections and Security Students assisted with the success of Formula-One’s debut in the United States, the last Formula One race was in 2007. Over 127, 000 visitors observed the event in Elroy,...
“Making a Difference” in Texas
“Making a Difference” Students from the Gary Job Corps, San Marcos, Texas are celebrating “Make a Difference Day” by numerous community projects. Pictured are students cleaning up around Rio Vista Park, they have also been involved with reading to students at the...
Congressman Canseco visits Gary Job Corps
Congressman Francisco Canseco visit Gary Job Corps Congressman Francisco “Quico” Canseco visited the Gary Job Corps Center and toured the 800 acre campus and visited the Welding, Machinist, Advanced Residential Advisor, and Medical Classrooms. Kyle Mayor Lucy Johnson...
Inspirational Gary Job Corps Graduate
The Inspirational Dr. Gamble In 1991 Dr. Mary Ann (Dickson) Gamble graduated from High School in Maryland, traveled to Oklahoma, and began contemplating her future plans. Mary Ann found out about Job Corps and spoke with a Recruiter about the opportunities. Gary Job...
Congressman Lamar Smith visits Gary Job Corps
Congressman Lamar Smith visits Gary Job Corps Congressman Lamar Smith toured and visited with local officials, staff, and students at the Gary Job Corps Center. This was Congressman Smith’s first visit to the Gary Center he said “ this is a Fabulous Place and I was...
Gary Job Corps Students Helping Out at Texas Hill Country School
Students from the Gary Job Corps Center and their Residential Manager Scott Ullmann implemented Stage 1 of their revitalization project at the Texas Hill Country School. The Texas Hill Country School offers services to students between the ages of 6 to 22, assists...
ALASKA GRADUATES ENVISION POSSIBILITIES
As Glenn Evans looked out over the crowd of anxioux students, he remembered sitting nervously in that same audience, eighteen years earlier. Dressed well, in a nice suit, he nodded knowingly to the Palmer Job Corps students, “I know it’s hard. But you have to...
Gary Job Corps gets National Award
Gary Job Corps gets Gold Star Award The Gary Job Corps Center was recognized by the National Job Corps Association as the highest Gold Star Recipient of the 125 Job Corps Centers in the United States and Puerto Rico. The Gold Star Award symbolizes the involvement in...
Overhead Lineman at Gary Job Corps
Gary Job Corps In-Service Training Gary Job Corps students in the Overhead Linesman vocation are currently replacing power poles throughout the 800 acre campus. The Advanced Overhead Linesman Trade which is currently offered at the Gary Job Corps Center is now in its...
Gary Job Corps spreads Christmas Cheer
Christmas Cheer Students and staff from the Gary Job Corps Center donate toys to the residents of the Hays County Women’s Center and the Central Texas Children’s Home. Additionally, a cash donation of $300 was given to the Children’s Home and a widescreen TV for the...
Commemorative Oath of Enlistment
In celebration of Veteran’s Day 2011, San Marcos Mayor Daniel Guerrero recently designated “Army Day” in San Marcos, Texas and read a proclamation expressing the appreciation of the young men and women who took the Commemorative Oath of Enlistment given by LTC David A. Grant, Battalion Commander, Recruiting Battalion San Antonio. Forty individuals from San Marcos, Gary Job Corps, Buda, Kyle, Lockhart, Luling, Bastrop, New Braunfels, and other central Texas cities stood at attention receiving the Oath of Enlistment and listening to presentations by Lonnie Hall, Center Director Gary Job Corps, LTC David A. Grant, Capt. Camille A. Cunningham, Company Commander, Army Recruiting San Marcos, and San Marcos Mayor Daniel Guerrero. Pictured are future Army Enlistees, local Army Recruiters, Lonnie Hall, LTC Grant, Capt. Cunningham, Debbie Gonzalez-Ingalsbe, Hays County Commissioner, David Peterson, Hays County Constable, San Marcos Mayor Daniel Guerrero, Hope Henry, Gary Job Corps PCA Coordinator, and students from the Panther Club Association Gary Job Corps. Thanks to all Veterans and future Service Members for your committment to the safety and freedom of our Country.
Gary Job Corps Joins America’s Largest Day of Service
Gary Job Corps JOINS AMERICA’S LARGEST DAY OF SERVICE Gary Job Corps joined an estimated 3 million people participating simultaneously in “Make A Difference Day” activities nationwide by having over 500 students assisting with the clean-up of the devastating fire that...
Gary Job Corps Students, Staff, Supporters Celebrate National Job Corps Commencement Day
Keynote Speaker Texas House Representative Jason Isaac Applauds Graduates. Local officials, business leaders, Job Corps staff, students and family members joined 85 students graduating from Gary Job Corps in San Marcos, Texas Tuesday August 30th to celebrate National...
Little Dresses for Africa
Changing lives one little dress at a time…. Little Dresses for Africa is a non-profit 501c3, Christian based organization which provides relief to the children of Africa. Simple dresses are made out of pillow cases and distributed through the orphanages, churches and...
Congressmen Lloyd Doggett and Francisco Canseco Intern Gary Job Corps Students
As part of the first-ever "Mentor a Job Corps Student Day, sponsored by the Friends of Job Corps Congressional Caucus and National Job Corps Association, Congressmen Lloyd Doggett and Francisco Canseco hosted students from the Gary Job Corps Center for a one-day...
Gary Job Corps Students help with Juneteenth Celebrations
Students participated in Juneteenth Parade down the streets of San Marcos Texas Celebrating the Emancipation of the Slaves in Texas two and a half years after the inital Emancipation Proclamation. Following the Parade students from the Gary Job Corps Corrections and...
Gary Job Corps Global Youth Service Day
Global Youth Service Day Students and staff from the Gary Job Corps Center have been involved with the Global Youth Service Activities for the past 10 years. Global Youth Service Day is an annual campaign that celebrates and mobilizes the millions of children and...
Congressman Henry Cuellar visit Gary Job Corps
Congressman Cuellar visits Gary Job Corps and ALERRT Congressman Henry Cuellar, Co-Chair Friends of Job Corps Congressional Caucus, visits the Gary Job Corps Center and as a member of the Homeland Security Committee toured the ALERRT Center. The Congressman visited...