March 15th, 2013
“My name is Katie Howard. I am 19 years old and from Toledo, Ohio. Before coming to the Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Center, I was skipping school and I wasn’t going to graduate on time. I wanted a better future for myself. A friend told me about Job Corps and I signed up right [...]
March 13th, 2013
“My name is Bre’yon Congress. I am 19 years old and I grew up in Gary, Indiana. Before I came to Job Corps I was doing everything that a young lady had absolutely no business doing. Back at home I was very distracted. My ex-boyfriend had me thinking that school wasn’t that important, and I was getting into a [...]
February 27th, 2013
Rayeisha McClendon, age 21 from Chicago, Illinois grew tired of doing the wrong things, such as partying and setting bad examples for her younger siblings, which she knew looked up to her. Rayeisha knew that she had to do something to get herself on a path to success. Rayeisha entered the Gerald R. Ford Job [...]
December 24th, 2012
North Texas Job Corps Graduates Repeat Success and Graduate from Richland College
November 29th, 2012
By Daniel Grubbs (former PJCC student) When I got into to job corps it was different for me. I came in at age 25. I saw job corps as an opportunity to go to college and find out what my true strengths were. My first semester at CCAC north was awesome. My counselor was helpful. [...]
November 5th, 2012
Nagee Hakim, a 2009 graduate of Sexton High School, was homeless and living on the streets of Lansing for almost two years. He was struggling to survive, and with the sudden news of a baby on the way, he knew he needed to make a change in his life. “I wanted to become a successful [...]
September 27th, 2012
FHJCC Student Government Association President Crystal James (left) presented the FHJCC Community Relations Council with a framed souvenir from her summer internship in the offi ce of Representative Bennie Thompson. Accepting the photo was CRC president, Batesville Mayor Jerry Autrey. Panola County Sheriff Dennis Darby has requested that Finch-Henry Job Corps Center (FHJCC) students and [...]
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 [...]
June 6th, 2012
Name: Thomas O. Age: 19 Hometown: born in Santa Clara, Cuba; was living in Cambridge Spring near Erie, PA when he heard about the Pittsburgh Job Corps Education: dropped out of 11th. Grade; completed his GED at Job Corps Center: Pittsburgh Job Corps Center Thomas is very gifted in math and was taking level 3 [...]
June 6th, 2012
Name: Magann G Age: 22 Hometown: Richmond, VA Education: completed high school in Richmond, VA and entered into the off center training program (college program). College concentration: Graphic design with a 3.2 GPA and will complete the Associates Degree in December 2012. Center: Pittsburgh Job Corps Center Working in a paid internship at Allegheny campus [...]