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 the singing of the national anthem by…