Success Stories
Seating Concepts look to Grow
Their Supervisors
"The guys have learned a great deal from the frontline supervision
class you (Bruce Kuzmanich) provided. Great news about their project you gave them,
delegating that is, all of the foremen gave me feedback about their mission."
Illinois Office of Educational
Services utilizes space at JJC's Conference Center
I want to personally thank you for the excellent service you (Kathy
Dolosic) provided for us at Joliet Junior College for our Health Science Technology
Symposium.
JJC Training Program Awarded $135,000
Grant
Joliet Junior College's Corporate and Community Services (CCS) recently
was awarded a $135,000 workforce training grant to be used to upgrade the skills
of employees in the region.
Seventeen People
Complete Frontline Training at Potlatch
The Potlatch Corporation in Elwood, Illinois graduated 17 people
from Joliet Junior College's Frontline training program on June 18. Six people completed
all five of the Frontline modules and 11 completed four.
JJC Staff Member Wins National Design Award
Corporate & Community Services in-house capabilities brochure was
selected as one of the winners in the 2008 Graphic Design USA - American In-house
Design Award competition.
Northfield Block Takes Advantage of the Will County
Grant
"The "hands-on" ties in the material you read and talk about. You
can see it work! Jeff Bradford is a very good instructor. He makes you think. He
does not just give you the answers. It makes for better learning."
Exxon Mobil Trains New Hires in Pipefitting
Skills
"Finally, a teacher that understands the working man."
Edward Jones Makes Dough at Joliet Junior College
"Chef Vonhoff gave us some very good tips on expert pizza-making
and got everyone involved in a team building hands-on experience," said Kurt W.
Berg, financial advisor with Edward Jones.
IMTT Corporation Finds JJC through Training
Update Web Site
"I'm going to walk away with almost all I need to know about electrical
and pneumatic operations. Both instructors (Cheryl Upshaw and Jeff Bradford) were
very good."
Andrew Corporation Expects to
Save Millions
"Now we've raised the bar because this becomes our standard way of
doing things. I'm impressed with this type of learning; this thinking generates
the right kind of questions which helps us to understand our process better."
UNO-VEN and JJC Partner
in Massive Retraining Effort
"The combined efforts of UNO-VEN and JJC in this ambitious project
accomplished an unprecedented feat for worker retraining in the petroleum refining
industry and again demonstrates the strategic role the community college plays in
the retraining of America's workforce."
Deborah Bertoletti - Calumet Screw Machine
Products Inc.
"We chose to offer three ten week onsite ESL classes for eight employees.
The first session was well attended and 100% of the students have signed on for
the next session."
Andreas Miloczki - Human Resource Manager, Pollmann
North America, Inc.
"We are a mid sized ISO/TS certified manufacturer in the district
of the Joliet Junior College and have been successfully utilizing the services of
the Economic Development Department of the Joliet Junior College for almost four
years."
Matt J. Mirro - Training/ISO Coordinator, Chicago
Carbon Company
"The feed back received from our employees on the training they received
has given JJC all high marks for content, delivery, and the instructors."
Aleksandra Kulczuga - Director, Business
Development, Ultimate Machining & Engineering
"Thanks to JJC, we were also able to train all of our new hires in
the areas of Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerance and Blueprint Reading skills which
are essential to working in a high-skill environment like precision machining."
Argonne National Laboratory Retools Shop
Skills with JJC-CED Training
"Whether your machine shop is small or large, the Joliet Junior College
Corporate and Community Services has the essential training your company needs to
get the job done, and get it done safely."
CED Trains Lockport High to Project
Professional Public Image
"The speakers were excellent and very positive. They were able to
handle the crowd and the various personalities that always are present when you
have an audience."