JOB CORPS NEWS

Hubert H Humphrey hosted its annual District 10 Pancake Breakfast fundraiser on the campus, an event that has become a neighborhood tradition, held on the last Saturday before Halloween. The board members of the district order in the ingredients and then come and cook...

In 1976, a small group of committed women came together to address a deadly disease. Their goal was to increase community awareness around chemical dependency and its systemic consequences. With committed hearts and a defined vision, Perspectives was born. Now almost...

Hubert H Humphrey held its 50th Anniversary Job Corps celebration on August 20th, 2014 It was in two parts: the first portion of the event was a formal recognition ceremony that opened with welcoming remarks by Dave MacKenzie, Center Director, with speakers that...

Hubert H Humphrey held its annual celebration to announce the winners of the Career Success Standards Awards. Modeled on the Academy Awards, this is a formal occasion for staff who presented the awards. More importantly, it is an opportunity for students to walk down...

Hubert H Humphrey held its Winter 2015 graduation on Friday, February 20th. Ninety-six different certifications, GEDs and High School Diplomas were recognized. This class was distinguished by its eleven platinum gold cardholders. One, TCU student Taneisha Grosset,...

Nineteen students on work-based learning assignments and twenty-three Job Shadow students from Hubert H Humphrey participated in the Groundhog event. Sites included hospitals, care centers, painting crews, the Minnesota Senate, police headquarters, the Western...

Hubert H Humphrey held its Reality Central event for all students on the center. It is a simulation of entry into the work world after Job Corps. Because keeping a job is dependent on understanding, planning for and managing other parts of life, the students get to...

Humphrey hosted a Career and Resource Fair on the campus, attended by all the students, including the very new and the recently completed who came back to attend. It was an opportunity for students to have the experience of speaking to a potential employer. Only...

Thirty Humphrey students volunteered for the annual Festival of Nations held in St Paul, MN. Students helped exhibitors from over eighty cultures set up their displays and then act as information guides and helpers during the days that school children come from all...

Humphrey’s Transportation Communication Union (TCU) students participated in National Train Day, an event that drew thousands to the Jackson Street Roundhouse railroad museum. National Train Day is celebrated at depots and railroad museums all over the U.S. on the...

Hubert H Humphrey held a Red Cross drive on its campus last week. Forty-three students volunteered and thirty life-saving pints were collected. Yvette Whitebird and Autionna McGee, nursing assistants in training, worked at the check-in desk to make sure that...

Humphrey nursing and medical office support students attended a medical careers job fair for career exploration with exhibitors for employment at veterans’ homes, nursing homes, group homes, memory care programs and clinics. Some of the employers were well known to...

Twenty of Hubert H. Humphrey’s HBI and Painting students joined volunteers from the City of Falcon Heights, Medtronic Corporation, Toro Company, Minnesota Vikings football players and the Falcon Heights Elementary School staff and parents to build a new playground at...

Humphrey Painting completer Antonio Stone (Tony) was inducted into the union, IUPAT Local 386, sponsored in by his employer, Rainbow Inc. Tony has been working full time for Rainbow as part of a bridge-painting crew. Rainbow was founded in 1960 and has grown through...

Hubert H. Humphrey Job Corps student volunteers participated in the 15th annual Rein in Sarcoma fundraiser held on the Como Zoo and Conservatory grounds. This annual event supports cancer research at the University of Minnesota, particularly sarcoma research. Many of...

Three painting students share something in common. They were all on summer break and chose to spend three days a week during those break weeks applying more than 100 gallons of paint to the entire exterior of the Northside Child Development Center in Minneapolis....