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Delgado Community College Graduates 618
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Three Tie for Top Honors |
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ORLEANS, LA. (May 13, 2004) -- Delgado Community
College graduated 618 students from the City Park
Campus, the West Bank Campus and the Charity School
of Nursing on Thursday, May 13 in Spring 2004
Commencement Exercises at the Kiefer UNO Lakefront
Arena.
Ann
Williamson, Louisiana’s Secretary of the Department
of Social Services, delivered the commencement
address. Delgado’s chancellor, Dr. Alex Johnson,
conferred the associate's degrees and certificates.
Three students tied for top honors, graduating with
a perfect 4.0 cumulative GPA (grade point average).
They are Sheri Estrade, interior design; Robin Lynn
Lebourgeois, general science; and Gideon F. C. Obi,
criminal justice.
The
Charity School of Nursing Honor Pin went to Interior
Holmes. The Honor Pin is the highest award
presented by the nursing faculty. The honor goes to
a graduating student who meets the criteria of
character, nursing ability, scholarship, leadership,
participation in school activities, positive
influence on the student body, and loyalty to the
school. Karen Dukat had the highest grade point
average. Christopher San Marco received the New
Orleans District Association Leadership Award.
April Carapina received the School of Nursing Award
of Distinction. Nydivette Cortes received the
Sister Blanche McDonnel Award. Pamela White
received the League for Nursing Sister Mary Agnes
Fortier Award, and both Melissa Letort and Nydivette
Cortesboth won the Daughters of Charity Outstanding
Clinical Citation
Award.
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Associate's degree graduates who have
cumulative grade point averages of 3.80 to
4.00 are designated Chancellor Honor
Graduates. They are: |
| Kathy Ann
Breaux |
| Charles
Michael Cassagne, Jr. |
| Ada Williams
Clark |
| Sheri Lynn
Estrade |
| Monica
Bertucci Guidry |
| Christina
Marie Harris |
| Charles Noel
Jonau, Jr. |
| Derek Earl
Layton |
| Robin Lynn
LeBourgeois |
| Jonathan
Kyle Lipinski |
| Gideon
Filmore Obi |
| Sheryl
Thomas Perkins |
| Debbie L.
Roma |
| Mark D.
Saddington |
| Ean Michael
Savoy |
| Kenneth Ivon
Tetera, Jr. |
| Jeffrey E.
Wright |
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Associate's degree graduates who have
cumulative grade point averages of 3.50 to
3.79 are designated
Honor
Graduates. They are: |
| Alisha
Yvette Adaway |
| Leigh Bates |
| Nicole M.
Bell |
| Marcelle
Bernard |
| Senora Smith
Brown |
| Jacquelyn
Fayssoux Bruce |
| Carolyn R.
Cannatella |
| Dana Marie
Cunningham |
| John Earl
Cutler |
| Celeste
Angelique Dale |
| Marisol M.
Dalton |
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Lahoma Ann
Davis-Silas |
| Justin D.
Deroche |
| Charles J.
Doucet |
| Paulette
Johnson Dozier |
| Leisa
McCorkle Earles |
| Leon
Bertrand Fogue-Wambo |
| Robert John
Fuselier |
| Jennifer
Yager Garvey |
| Interior
Thomas Holmes |
| Laura S.
Hord |
| Cecile Terry
Leavell |
| Bryson John
LeBlanc |
| Anne-Marie
Lee |
| Deena Marie
Lehman |
| Allen Paul
Michot, III |
| Emma J.
Miller |
| Shentrell
Katryce Morris |
| Honida D.
Mousa |
| René Roberto
Elvir Reyes, Jr. |
| Blake
Chacles Ruiz |
| Joycelyn
Veronica Santee |
| Catherine
Anne Schackai |
| Rosa S.
Segue |
| Nicholas
James Sylve |
| Rachel Marie
Tastet |
| Mary
Catherine Theriot |
| Minobu
Tonegawa |
| Brent
Michael Trahan |
| Thong Van
Tran |
| Cheryl Ann
Valenti |
| Todd A.
Willis |
| Charlene
Marie Williams |
| Kevin Paul
Zeringue |
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Sheri
Estrade |
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Delgado
Community College graduate |
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perfect 4.0
cumulative grade point average |
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Robin Lynn
Lebourgeois |
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Delgado
Community College graduate |
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perfect 4.0
cumulative grade point average |
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Gideon F. C.
Obi |
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Delgado
Community College graduate |
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perfect 4.0
cumulative grade point average |
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Interior
Holmes |
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Delgado
Community College |
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Charity
School of Nursing Honor Pin recipient |
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Delgado
Charity School of Nursing Pinning Ceremony for the
spring 2004 nursing graduates, St. Joseph Church, 1802
Tulane Ave., on May 12.
GNO,
Inc. Announces EMT Training Partnership.
The
press conference to announce the launch of GNO, Inc.’s
campaign to create healthcare jobs in New Orleans by
promoting a new training program was held in the Allied
Health Building on Delgado’s City Park Campus, May 13.
GNO,
Inc., is partnering with Louisiana Community and
Technical College System, the National
Emergency Medical
Services
Academy, Acadian Ambulance Service and School to Career,
Inc. to recruit students for careers in emergency
medical services.
Delgado
Chancellor Alex Johnson welcomed the community and
business leaders in attendance. Johnson stressed
Delgado’s “willingness to extend the opportunities of
workforce training in emergency medical
technician-paramedic field in order to fill the many
vacancies that currently exists.”
Part of the press conference included a demonstration of
the college’s new ambulance simulator narrated by Debra
Redfearn, BGS, REMT-P, program director for Delgado’s
EMTE-Paramedic program. Melissa Mollere, EMT-P
instructor, and EMTP senior students gave a
demonstration on how paramedics stabilize a patient.
“The
drive to connect good job opportunities with workforce
resources is part of GNO, Inc.’s mission to create
30,000 new jobs over the next five years,“ said Mark
Drennen, President and CEO of GNO, Inc.
Acadian
Ambulance Chairman & CEO Richard Zuschlag said people
entering the courses at Delgado, Nunez or the National
EMS Academy will embark on a one-year program preparing
them for paramedic certification. “After passing the
state licensing requirement,” he said, “they can begin
earning $35,000-plus per year. They can actually start
working after three months when they qualify at the EMT-Basic
level.” |
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Tune
in… Delgado in the News |
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Tune in
to the "Fish or Cut Bait Show" on WGSO - Biz Radio 990
A.M. on Sunday, May 30, at 12 noon to learn more
about "The Business of Education: Delgado Community
College Partners with the Maritime Industry to Promote
Workforce Development Through Companies Such as Canal
Barge". Guests on the show include Kathleen
Mix, Interim Vice Chancellor for Workforce Education and
Development, Delgado; Rick Schwab, Project Manager,
Delgado; and Ron Zornes, Training Manager, Canal Barge
Company, Inc. In case
you miss the broadcast on May 30, the show will
be available in its entirety in streaming audio on the
Biz Radio Web site at
http://bizneworleans.com/476.html on the afternoon
of Monday, May 31.
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Coming in next week’s issue of NetWorks: Delgado Day at
the Legislature, NISOD, Delgado Champion Awards, more…
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Faculty
and Staff Achievements… |
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Mary Bartholomew,
director of Culinary Arts, served as hostess for the
Southern Food and Beverage Museum meeting in the Dolphin
Dining Room, May 11. The Southern Food and Beverage
Museum will be a private, not-for-profit, living history
museum dedicated to the discovery, understanding and
celebration of the food, drink and the related culture
of the South. This museum is still in the development
stage.
Director of Public
Relations Carol Gniady and LTC Region 1 Public
Information Director Jill Brown co-presented
“Developing an Integrated Marketing Plan” to the LCTCS’
Leadership Development Institute in Baton Rouge on May
13th.
The following activities
have been completed as part of the President’s
Excellence and Innovation Grant entitled “Professional
Development Collaboration Between LA Delta Community
College and Delgado Community College” awarded to Frank
Smith, director of the Center for the Advancement of
Teaching and Technology; Gayle Nolan, director of
Faculty Development, and Dr. Barbara Jones, dean of Arts
and Sciences at Louisiana Delta Community College.
Frank Smith, Gayle Nolan
and Dr. Barbara Jones presented a professional
development workshop to the faculty of Louisiana Delta
Community College on April 30 in Monroe. The major
topics covered included Classroom Assessment Techniques
and The Learning-Centered College.
Shannon Meadows,
associate professor of Science, presented a “Technology
Integration” workshop to the faculty of Louisiana Delta
Community College on May 7. Meadows demonstrated the
technology-enhanced methods she uses to teach Biology
and Anatomy and Physiology in the mediated classroom and
in online courses. |
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