Excelsior Springs Job Corps campus is reopening fully after two-and-a-half years and celebrated that fact with a special Signing Day event Sept. 15. The event was part of a nationwide group of signing day events provided by the U.S. Department of Labor and National Job Corps Office to relaunch the program and encourage Job Corps students after a prolonged pandemic. For Job Corps, it has been a long time since the agency could publicly celebrate students with guests coming to the center and enjoying a campus experience. “We are celebrating our new students the same way colleges celebrate their new student-athletes, because the rewards are the same,” said Rachel Torres, Job Corps national director. “It’s about commitment, learning and the drive to succeed. Our students are super-motivated to skill up, join the workforce and live their best lives.” The ceremony opened with the presenting of the colors by the center’s NJROTC and ...