Muhlenberg Job Corps BCL meets with Sen. Rand Paul

Muhlenberg Job Corps Business & Community Liaison Karen Robinson recently met with Sen. Rand Paul during a "Meet & Greet" event in Greenville, Ky. Robinson introduced Sen. Paul to some community leaders and discussed the future of the Job Corps program.

Muhlenberg Business & Community Liaison Karen Robinson meets with Sen. Rand Paul recently.

Former Muhlenberg Job Corps graduate, now earning $60K/year, visits center

Darius Phillips, a Muhlenberg Job Corps graduate, recently stopped by the Job Corps center to visit with Kenny Brown, center director and his former CDL Instructor, Scottie Brooks.  Phillips came to Muhlenberg in April 2011, obtained his high school diploma on center and graduated in May 2012.  During his enrollment he successfully completed Heavy Equipment Operator and Commercial Driver Licensing career technical training programs.

Phillips has changed employers twice since graduating and is now earning $60,000 a year, traveling all over the United States picking up and delivering cargo with Paschall Truck Lines Inc.

Darius Phillips, center, visits with Center Director Kenny Brown, left, and CDL Instructor Scottie Brooks.

Carl D. Perkins Job Corps student Matthew Cronin a natural in the newspaper business 

Right from the start, Carl D. Perkins Job Corps student Matthew Cronin has been a natural at his Work-Based Learning internship with the Floyd County Times newspaper. On his first day, May 23, his photos of a fiscal court meeting were published. Since then Matthew has covered many stories and continues to have his work and photos published weekly. Colleagues at the Floyd County Time even affectionately refer to him as Clark Kent!

Times Editor Ralph Davis praised Matthew’s abilities as a journalist, saying Matthew is “a natural photographer and reporter and has a special quality in this kind of work.”

Matthew, 23, from Raccoon, Ky., enrolled at the Carl D. Perkins Job Corps on Sept. 4, 2012. He completed the Office Administration career technical training program and received several certifications in Microsoft Office before enrolling in the center’s college program at Big Sandy Community & Technical College this past spring, majoring in business and communication.

Matthew plans to relocate to Lexington, Ky., in the fall, where he will attend Bluegrass Community College to complete his communication degree.

Perkins Job Corps student breaks ACT reading score record at Big Sandy Community College 

Nineteen-year-old Heather Lida, a student at the Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Center, has broken the record for the highest score on the reading portion of the ACT Compass standardized test at Big Sandy Community & Technical College. Heather earned a score of 95% on the reading portion of the ACT, a standardized college admission and placement test, and earned the distinction of scoring the highest in reading in the history of ACT testing at BSCTC and Perkins Job Corps. The ACT Compass offers tests in reading, writing, math, essay writing and English as a second language. The tests help evaluate students’ readiness to enter college and aid in placing students in appropriate classes. 

Heather, from Hagerstown, Md., will begin college at BSCTC this fall, and plans to pursue studies in business management. 

She enrolled in Job Corps to further her education so she could become a self-sufficient adult. At Perkins, Heather earned her high school diploma, completed Culinary Arts and is completing Office Administration. She is proficient in Microsoft Office and has learned valuable computer skills that will serve her well as she enters college. 

Heather has also completed a six-week of Work Base Learning internship in culinary arts at Jenny Wiley Sate Park, and is currently has a WBL internship in Office Administration at Volunteer Lawyers Association of Kentucky.  

After finishing her degree in business management, Heather hopes to open her own restaurant.

Muhlenberg Job Corps' Heavy Equipment Cluster is July's "Spotlighted" department

Instructor Billy Cloud with Receiving Clerk Betty White

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As part of its department Spotlight program, Muhlenberg Job Corps highlighted the Heavy Industry Cluster in July. Cluster employees hosted an Open House and conducted foundation education and training for forklift operation, commercial driving and basic vehicle mechanics for center employees. Center staff members were excited to participate and get hands-on training in how to perform basic vehicle repairs, operate a forklift and drive a commercial truck.

Each month, Muhlenberg Job Corps spot lights a different department on center. Emails sent out by Human Resources introduce the entire staff to each employee in the department and share fun trivia about the staff and department. The spotlighted department also hosts an open house during the month that enables all center staff to stop by, meet the department staff, learning more about what the department does and how it contributes to the success of the center and the students it serves.

News from the Cleveland Job Corps Center

Enjoy the July 2013 edition of the Cleveland Job Corps Center newsletter.