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Delgado Provides Training to Child Care Workers |
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Delgado
Community College is partnering with two United Way
agencies—the early childhood education advocacy group
Success by 6 and the Women’s Leadership Initiative—to
provide training that will enable Orleans Parish child
care centers to earn accreditation from the National
Association for the Education of Young Children.
Faculty members from Delgado will lead classes for
child care workers. The instruction will include
safety, brain development and learning trends of the
very young. This course is part of the preparation
required for Child Development Associate (CDA) National
Credentialing Program for child care workers.
“Delgado responded by offering training to 16 child care
workers at Royal Castle Day Care at a time that is
conducive to their work schedules. We continue to meet
the needs of our students and employers by being
flexible and accessible,” said Malayne DeMars, director
of Workforce Development and Training Initiatives.
Delgado provides child care workers training. |
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Honors Program for City Park and
West Bank students |
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The
Honors Program at Delgado enhances the academic
experience of selected students who seek a cultural and
intellectual challenge. As a motivated community of
scholars, these students are given opportunities beyond
the traditional classroom to develop their potential
through college and community service projects,
conferences, seminars and leadership activities that
complement their academic courses work.
Eligibility requirements include a college grade point
average of 3.0 or higher in at least 12 hours of
college-level courses and one of the following: ACT
composite score of 22 or higher, high school grade point
average of 3.5 or higher, or Delgado placement test
score of 10 or higher in English.
The
Honors Program offers a variety of courses for students
to take each semester. Courses include discipline
specific courses in biology, humanities, English,
history, mathematics, sociology and psychology, as well
as interdisciplinary courses. The courses are
identified by the course section number (sections 164
and 184).
Students who graduate in the Honors Program receive a
medallion, commendation on their diploma and recognition
at the graduation ceremony.
Honors
Program coordinators are Emily Cosper at (504) 485-2456
(City Park) or Bob Lawyer at (504) 361-6430 (West Bank).
Delgado Honors Program Medallion |
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Welcome Aboard |
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Danita August, advisor/recruiter, Charity School of
Nursing
Jared Charpentier, network technician 1, Charity
School of Nursing
Rita
Finn, instructor of nursing, Charity School of
Nursing
Michelle Greco, director of Student Life, Student
Affairs, West Bank
Gina
Herrara, instructor of nursing, Charity School of
Nursing
Tanisca Jones, advisor, Enrollment Services Advisor,
Student Affairs, City Park Campus
Daniel Laiche, instructor of respiratory care
technology, Allied Health
Wesley Payne, dean of Business, Math, & Technology,
West Bank Campus
Courtney Rimes, instructor/assistant reference,
Library, City Park Campus
George Torlage, instructor of motor vehicle
technology, Business & Technology, City Park Campus |
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Milestones |
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The
following employees celebrated 30, 25 and 20 years of
service at Delgado on the following dates.
30
years
Kathleen Mix, July 1
Audrey
Powell, July 8
Sandra
Wright, August 26
Alinda
Henderson, September 5
25
years
Edward
Curry, August 27
Steven
Cazaubon, September 3
Randall Frederick, September 3
20
years
Donald
Denison, September 20 |
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Learning Centered Teaching
Strategies Session Held |
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Sixty-nine Delgado Community College faculty and staff
members college-wide recently attended a seminar about
learning centered teaching strategies led by Robb
Sherfield, author of the text for the College and Career
Success Skills course, Cornerstones. The working
lunch was co-sponsored by Prentice Hall and the
college’s Liberal Arts Division. Earlier in the day
there was a motivational workshop that was attended by
136 Delgado students. |
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Special Tutoring for ESL students |
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Tutoring for English
as a Second Language students is being offered
by Heidi Kotun-Dawes, ESL tutor, Writing
Center. Tutoring is available for grammar,
writing fluency, paragraph development and any
other challenges that ESL students may have in
reading and writing. Hours available are
Monday, Wednesday and Fridays, 10:30 a.m. – 2:30
p.m. and Tuesday and Thursday, 9 a.m. – 2:30
p.m. Student referral forms identifying the
specific needs must be provided by the
instructor when sending a student to be
tutored. In addition, tutoring is offered to
students who come in on their own.
ESL students can get
special tutoring in the Writing Center on the
City Park Campus. |
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Annual Health Fair "Wellness
2004" on October 14 |
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Delgado’s annual
health and disabilities awareness fair,
“Wellness 2004,” will be held Thursday, October
14, 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. on the City Park Campus in
the Student Life Center, second floor. There
will be SEQ CHAPTER \h \r 1free health
screenings and disability services information.
Screenings include cholesterol, blood sugar,
HIV, vision, hearing and blood pressure. The
event is open to the community.
For information,
contact Stephen Monnerjohn, director of Health
Services/EMT-Paramedic, at (504) 483-4596. |
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Student Success |
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Alejandro Garcia
Born in
Mexico City, Alejandro Garcia moved to the United States
in 1991. Soon after his arrival, Alejandro enrolled in
Delgado’s English as a Second Language (ESL) program at
the City Park Campus. In 1994 Garcia successfully
completed the program and received his certificate. He
pursued his Associate’s degree in General Studies at the
West Bank Campus and graduated in 1996. He then
enrolled at Tulane University and in 1999 received a
Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Information
Systems. His next educational accomplishment was
receiving a Master of Business Administration degree
from Tulane University in 2003.
Presently, Alejandro works for the LSU Health Sciences
Center as an information technology analyst, playing a
key role as a member of a team responsible for the
creation of a statewide electronic health record system
intended to benefit children.
Nevertheless, because of Delgado’s great influence,
continued support and outstanding academic foundation, I
have been able to overcome those difficulties to meet my
goals and succeed.”
Alejandro Garcia
Quote: “Trying to better myself and adapting to a
foreign, multicultural environment, while learning the
English language, have been by far the most difficult
challenges I have ever come across.” |
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New
Titles |
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Lester Adelsberg, dean of Liberal Arts & Sciences,
West Bank Campus
Ernest Fitzgerald, dean of Business & Technology,
City Park Campus
Harold Gaspard, college-wide dean of Allied Health
Thomas Gruber, dean of Science & Math, City Park
Campus
Deborah Morgan, dean of Northshore
David Shroyer, college-wide dean for Developmental
and Supplemental Education
Sandra Wright, dean of Liberal Arts, City Park
Campus |
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Faculty and Staff Achievements… |
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Max Reichard, professor of
History and Humanities in the Liberal
Arts Division, has been elected
President of the Louisiana Fulbright
Alumni Association of which he is a
founding member. Dr. Reichard is also
serving as a Board member and Secretary
of the World Affairs Council of New
Orleans, formerly known as the Foreign
Relations Council.
Heather Bellanger, CPA, CFP,
instructor of accounting, article
published an article in the
August/September issue of Lagniappe,
the official publication of the Society
of Louisiana Certified Public
Accountant's. Bellanger’s article was
titled "529 Plans - A College Planning
Strategy."
More than 25 faculty members and
students in the Respiratory Care program
participated in the American Lung
Association’s Asthma Walk at Audubon
Park on September 11. According to
Rene Spangler, instructor for
Respiratory Care, the students also held
three Bake/Nacho Sales on the City Park
Campus to raise money for the walk.
Over the course of three weeks, they
raised over $800 which was donated to
the ALA for Asthma research.
Jean B. Ware, coordinator of
Career Services, is the co-chair for the
steering committee for the National
Association of Disability Awareness Job
Fair to be held on the City Park Campus
on October 20. |
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