Recognition for a job well done!

The Pikeville City Commission recently recognized and thanked the Security & Protective Services class from the Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Center for the long hours SPS students put in during the Hillbilly Days to provide security for the parking garage and at stations throughout town.

The Commission also approved a partnership earlier this year that allows the Perkins students to provide security for events downtown throughout this summer. This new partnership gives students valuable on-the-job training and provides Pikeville with valuable security services for its summer season events. Job Corps works – for students and for communities!

Six graduate from Muhlenberg Job Corps HSD Program

The Muhlenberg Job Corps Center is proud to announce the most recent graduates of the Muhlenberg Career High School Diploma program. Gradates celebrating their achievement are Hezekiah Potts (Virginia) who completed Welding; Desiree Atkins (Tennessee) who completed Medical Office Support and Insurance/Billing & Coding; Kaila Murphy (Florida) who completed Certified Nursing Assistant; Chris Hoffman (Florida) who completed Construction Equipment Mechanics and Class B CDL; Kendrick Bell (Mississippi) who completed Pharmacy Tech; and Jarrod Shelton (Kentucky) who completed Construction Equipment Mechanics. 

Congratulations on a job well done!

Charleston Job Corps student participate in disaster preparedness drill

When it comes to disaster preparedness, practice makes a huge difference.

And students from the Charleston Job Corps Center played a big part in the success of a recent Disaster Preparedness Drill at Harris Riverfront Park in Huntington, WV. Thirteen students from the center joined others to act as disaster victims with various injuries from lacerations to broken limbs. The drill involved a riverboat accident with mass casualties.

The drill, held June 23, is being led by the Cabell-Wayne Local Emergency Planning Committee.  Emergency responders utilize this training to examine and evaluate emergency planning procedures, as well as coordination among first responders and community partners.  Several groups participated in the drill, including the Huntington Fire Department, U.S. Coast Guard, Cabell County E.M.S., Cabell County 911, Huntington Police Department, St. Mary's Medical Center, Cabell Huntington Hospital, the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Spring Valley and River Park Hospital.

CJCC is grateful for the opportunity to participate in this drill as part of the center’s activities for Universal Safety Month.  Student participants included Brittany Yeager, Lizabell Gonzalez, Tamara Evans, Cierra Smith, Angelique Jackson-Hazelwod, Ben Binda, Taylor Wallace, Ronald McPhaul, Samantha Jakoby, Jahnay Brice, Michaela Sims, Cameron Blankenship and Paris Jamison accompanied by Gary Evans, safety officer; Jeffrey Burdette, security manager; and Tia Welch, business community liaison.

Pictured, first row, are Brittany Yeager, Lizabell Gonzalez, Tamara Evans, Cierra Smith, Angelique Jackson-Hazelwod and Ben Binda; second row:  Taylor Wallace, Ronald McPhaul, Samantha Jakoby, Jahnay Brice, Michaela Sims, Cameron Blankenship and Paris Jamison.

Charleston Job Corps student on the road to becoming an RN

Daviya Doyle-Tull, a 25-year-old student at Charleston Job Corps, is well on her way to achieving her goal of becoming a registered nurse. She has received her High School Equivalency from Penn Foster and completed the Certified Nursing Assistant (C.N.A) Program at Charleston Job Corps. Additionally, she completed a work-based learning internship at Hubbard Hospice House, located just across from the center. Now she's preparing to enroll in the Registered Nursing program at the Charleston (WV) ARea Medical Center to pursue her goal of becoming an RN.

Her words of wisdom to current and future Job Corps students mirror her own determination: “Strive for success and never give up.”

Daviya is just one more example of how Job Corps works to change lives and build bright futures.

Welcome Eric Jones, new center director at Muhlenberg Job Corps

Eric Jones is the new center director at Muhlenberg Job Corps. Jones, whose first day at the center was June 16th, came to Muhlenberg from Bamberg Job Corps Center in South Carolina, where he was center director four years. Jones, who has more than 13 years of Job Corps experience, also served as career development service director at Miami Job Corps; career development/transition program manager at Flint/Genesee Job Corps; independent living manager at the Earle C. Clements; and career counselor and leadership coordinator at Excelsior Springs.

Welcome to Muhlenberg!

Charleston Job Corps BCL Tia Welch honored by Rotary Club

Congratulations to Tia Welch, business community liaison for the Charleston, WV Job Corps Center. Tia was named a Paul Harris Fellow by the Charleston Rotary Club in recognition of her efforts to further understanding and friendly relations among peoples of the world. Tia, who served as president of the Charleston Rotary Club for 2013-14, was the first African-American president of the Charleston club. Tia noted that her election to that post "speaks volumes to the spirit of inclusion and diversity our club has to making the world a better place for ALL."

Muhlenberg Job Corps recognizes Brooks as April Employee of the Month

Commercial Driver’s License Instructor Scottie Brooks has been named April Employee of the Month at Muhlenberg Job Corps Center. Brooks, who was hired as the CDL instructor in April 2006, has been repeatedly recognized for not only his contributions to the success of his students to also to the success of the center and of local citizens.

The CDL career technical training program has consistently obtained high overall scores, which directly affect the overall center performance. During April alone, the CDL trade contributed 146.70% to the Center’s overall score within the Outcome Measurement System. In April, the CDL trade had four student completers, one student direct job placement, two Job Training Matches

(JTM’s) with wage upgrades, and a 12-month positive survey with an average earnings of $1100, which played a key role in propelling the rating for that category.  Brooks continues to put in numerous hours more than his regular schedule, working diligently to get his class of 11 students completed in a timely fashion. Congratulations on a job well done!

Pictured are Scottie Brooks, CDL Instructor, and Ashley Knight, HR manager at Muhlenberg Job Corps Center.