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Mayor Nagin Roasted |
The
Delgado Community College Foundation presented “The
Roast of the Town” with the main entrée of New
Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin in the Student Life Center
on the City Park Campus on Saturday, April 3. A
Patron Party was followed by the dinner and the
program with approximately 300 guests in
attendance.
The
event attracted a host of dignitaries, luminaries
and friends including WDSU-TV Anchor Norman
Robinson, Liberty Bank CEO Alden McDonald, Ralph
Brennan, New Orleans City Council Members Renee Gill
Pratt and Jay Batt, GNO Inc. Vice President Barbara
Johnson, Bell South’s Janet Whiters, Harrah’s Casino
Vice President of Public Relations Sandi McNamara
and husband Jim McNamara, Delgado Vice Chancellor
Jim Eagan, Delgado Public Relations Director Carol
Gniady, and Foundation Board Members Ashton Ryan,
Shelby LaSalle, Rick Legendre, Pastor Charles
Southall, Ed Marshall, Wayne Fontana, Nancy
Easterling, Lee Giorgio, Zella May, Ralph
Fontcuberta, George Kleinpeter, William Sizeler,
Admiral George Yount, Dino Paternostro, and Delgado
Foundation Executive Director Nita Hutter, and her
assistant Peggy Griffin.
His
honor Mayor C. Ray Nagin and Mrs. Nagin were joined
on the dais by Senator and Mrs. Lambert Boissiere,
Senator John Hainkel, New Orleans
Councilman-at-Large Oliver Thomas, Pastor Charles
Southall, Delgado Chancellor Alex Johnson, and WWL-TV News
Anchor Eric Paulsen who served as Master of
Ceremonies.
To
begin the evening’s festivities, Chancellor Alex
Johnson welcomed guests and extended greetings. “I
am both proud and humble to be here this evening and
I am grateful for the tremendous outpouring of
support our community has shown for Delgado,” said
Johnson. “We are ready to serve this community’s
workforce development needs and will accomplish much
with friends and supporters like you,” Johnson
remarked.
Foundation Board Chairman Ashton Ryan also spoke on
behalf of the Delgado Foundation lending his
passionate support. “Delgado is poised to
accomplish great things for a city with so many
needs… from helping with the needs of the elementary
school children and high school kids, to the adults
who need the training to enter the job market…
Delgado is the answer,” said Ryan.
Foundation Board Member Pastor Southall provided the
invocation. Dinner was served and followed by a
lively auction of impressive packages including
hotel weekends, a ladies’ diamond encrusted cocktail
ring, a private cocktail party hosted by Foundation
Board Member Lee Giorgio and Chancellor Johnson,
dinner with the Mayor at Delmonico’s, and a foursome
golf game with Mayor Nagin.
The
“roasting” barbs were plentiful, insightful, and
very funny, as roasters took a no-holds barred
opportunity to entertain guests and the Mayor, who
took everything in stride with good humor and a
convivial spirit. Roasters included Senator
Boissier, Senator Hainkel, and Councilman Oliver
Thomas. M.C. Eric Paulsen was never at a loss for
segueing between speakers with jokes and
observations. The night was filled with laughter as
well as sincerity and praise.
Senator Hainkel’s remarks included a moving
testimonial for the value of Delgado’s service to
the community. “There are so many people who
benefit from the work that is done here, we must
support Delgado’s continued success for the benefit
of the entire community,” said Senator Hainkel.
Mayor Nagin provided a rebuttal that turned the
tables on roasters and friends. The Mayor also
honored Delgado with numerous compliments and
appreciation of its good work. “Delgado is truly
one of our city’s shining successes… it is a center
of excellence that helps to improve the quality of
life in New Orleans for our citizens,” said Nagin.
“Delgado’s partnerships with business and industry
benefit our economy and the future of our city,”
remarked Mayor Nagin.
The
event showed Delgado in its best light to a captive,
receptive audience of some of the city’s finest
citizens and Delgado supporters. This is the second
“Roast of the Town” produced by Delgado’s
Foundation, following on the success of the last
“Roast of the Town” featuring State
Representative Emile “Peppi” Bruneau.
Proceeds from the event will benefit the College.
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Upcoming events: |
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Women’s Basketball Try-Outs
Held |
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Delgado’s Athletics Department
will hold women's basketball
try-outs on Friday, April 16 at
6 p.m. and Saturday, April 17 at
10 a.m. in the gym on the City
Park Campus. |
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Crawfish Party Set on West Bank
This Saturday |
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This Saturday, April 17, from 11
a.m. - 5 p.m., the West Bank SGA
will sponsor its first annual "Crawfest."
There will be games, music,
prizes, talent shows, children's
booths and much more. The event
is free and open to all Delgado
students, faculty and staff
members with proper
identification. |
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Crawfish Party Set April 21 on
City Park |
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“Crawfest,” the annual
springtime event sponsored by
the City Park SGA, will be held
on the Soccer Field, Wednesday,
April 21, 11 a.m.–2 p.m. and 5–7 p.m. |
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In addition to this fun event,
Stephen Monnerjahn,
director/Health Services/ NREMT-Paramedic,
reports that his department is
hosting a few health
organizations during Crawfest.
Included to date are the Ochsner
Blood Mobile (offering blood
bank T-shirts, mini physicals,
cholesterol tests and Baker's
Dozen Donuts to all blood
donors); CADA--Council on
Alcohol and Drug
Awareness--(offering alcohol and
drug information and
counseling); the American Lung
Association (dissemination of
literature on smoking cessation
and the harmful effects that
smoking has on our lungs). |
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Spring
Bonnets |
Delgado was well represented at the Parkway
Promenade XII event held in Oakland Plantation
Estates located in Kenner on Sunday, April 4.
The
annual spring event is a fund raiser for Jefferson
Beautification, a non-profit organization whose
mission is to beautify public green spaces. Funds
from the event are used for the planting and
promotion of tree planting and beautification
through education and public awareness. Since 1990
projects totaling over $1 million have been
completed. The corporation is governed by a board
of community-minded citizens who serve in a
non-compensatory capacity.
Pictured, left to right, are Carol Gniady, director
of Public Relations, Delgado; Sharon Talbert, grants
manager, Workforce Education and Development,
Delgado; Dr. Toya Barnes-Teamer, vice chancellor,
Louisiana Technical College, District 1; Dr. Alex
Johnson, chancellor of Delgado; Dr. Margaret
Montgomery-Richard, chancellor of the Louisiana
Technical College; and Kathleen Mix, interim vice
chancellor for Workforce Development and Education,
Delgado.
Others in attendance were Curt Cowan, Laura Ditta,
Maurice Fitzgerald and Karl Tipton.
Delgado’s Culinary Arts program joined local
restaurants in serving culinary delicacies. Student
chefs provided samples of chocolate bonbons.
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Workforce Solutions Summit Set
for April 30 |
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Delgado is partnering with
Louisiana Technical College, Nunez Community College and
GNO Inc. to host the third annual Louisiana Community
and Technical College Workforce Solutions Summit.
The event will be held at
Louisiana Technical College's West Jefferson Campus, 475
Manhattan Blvd. in Harvey, on Friday, April 30, 8 a.m. –
1 p.m.
The
purpose of the summit is to match businesses with the
resources needed to build a quality, market-responsive
workforce in the metropolitan area.
“All
businesses know that in order to remain competitive,
they must have a qualified workforce that meets their
specific needs. What they may not know about is the
wealth of resources – from customized training to grants
to business incubators –available to all companies in
our region,” said Mark Drennen, President and CEO, GNO,
Inc. “By working with the LCTCS – and connecting
education with industry – we will not only help
businesses grow, we will also facilitate the creation of
new jobs in our region.”
Chuck
Fontenot (TBD) and Dr. Larry Crane of Northrop Grumman
Ship Systems will speak about their experiences with the
LCTCS and how it has helped them build a better
workforce and grow their businesses. Breakout sessions
will include information on customized training,
technical support; grant opportunities, and business
incubators. Community and Technical College “Champion”
Awards will be presented to Dr. Walter G. Bumphus, LCTC
system president, and Larry Graham, CEO of Chalmette
Medical Center and Delgado Foundation Board Member. The
awards luncheon features a keynote address from Scott
Adams of JEDCO.
Registration begins at 8
a.m. Cost is $30 and includes the awards luncheon. To
register for the Summit, or for more information,
contact Delgado's Development Office at (504) 483-4118. |
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City Park Chancellor Update Meeting
Planned; Nursing Meeting to be
Rescheduled |
On April 16, Chancellor Alex Johnson
will hold a 45-day Update meeting, 3 – 4
p.m. in the Student Life Center, Lac
Maurepas Room on the City Park Campus to
share and discuss the progress of
college-wide strategic initiatives since
his arrival, February 2. A question and
answer period will follow the
presentation.
All faculty and staff are encouraged to
attend and participate. If you
experienced a scheduling conflict when
the previous Chancellor Update meetings
were held at the West Bank Campus and
Northshore, please feel free to attend
this one. The Chancellor Update meetings
are not campus specific. |
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“The
Mousetrap” Play Opens
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Delgado’s Theatre
Department presents Agatha Christie’s murder
mystery, “The Mousetrap,” as the final
production of the 2003-04 season. The play is
currently being performed in the third floor
Drama Hall in Delgado Hall on the City Park
Campus through April 18. Performances are
nightly at 8pm through Saturday and at 3 p.m. on
Sunday. Admission is $5 for Delgado students,
faculty and staff; $7 for senior citizens; and
$8 general admission.
Directed by Tim
Baker, “The Mousetrap” has been playing in
London for over 50 years. The play is a
wonderful look at human nature, with surprises,
twists and turns in the plot action, and has a
unique final scene where the murderer is
revealed.
The cast includes
Robin Walker, Jesse Hayes, Kenneth Kinler,
Jarred Serigne, Dana M. Jones, Lori Christopher,
Joseph Berryhill and Brooking Wilson.
Please call (504)
483-4817 for more information and reservations.
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CATT
Student Open Lab: Record High in Student Visits |
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Delgado’s CATT
Student Open Lab recorded 12,598 students’
visits during the month of March, according to
Andy Loar, lab coordinator.
This number marks a
new high in monthly student visits and indicates
the total amount of times a student is logged
into the Open Lab, located in Building 10, City
Park Campus.
So far, this
semester alone, there were a total of 27,017
student visits. This number indicates an
increase of 7,174 student visits during the same
time in 2003. The total number of student
visits for the Student Open Lab -- 27,512 -- in
the first full year of operation, in 1997,
really demonstrates how much the lab has grown.
In addition, the
college has cut paper usage by more than half
with the new “Pay for Print” project that began
in the spring 2004 semester. They used 271 reams
of paper in 2003 during the first three months,
and this year January through March 2004 they
have used only 116 reams.
For further
information on CATT Student Open Lab, call Andy
Loar at (504) 483-4478.
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Student Success... |
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+ Delgado
Culinary Student Julie Bloodsworth was chosen to
participate in the national Maple Leaf Farms (MLF)
duck recipe contest. Bloodsworth’s duck recipe
was one of five finalists selected nation-wide
to compete for the best recipe for submission to
MLF. The competition will be held in Chicago at
the National Restaurant Association in Chicago,
May 20. The grand prize is $5,000. |
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students from the Radiologic Technology program
were elected to the Louisiana Society of
Radiologic Technologists' Student Council. First
year student Ashley Hanks will serve as a member
of the student council and Blake Naquin who is
also a first year student will serve as
chairperson. Naquin is doing his clinicals at
Lakeview Regional Medical Center in Mandeville
and Hanks is at Medical Center of Louisiana,
both University and Charity campuses.
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Faculty &
Staff |
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Achievements |
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Dorothy Ward,
academic coordinator for Blackboard,
presented a faculty development workshop
at Louisiana Delta Community College,
Monroe, March 26. Nine Louisiana Delta
faculty members attended the session
titled, “Build a Course Site in
Blackboard® 6.0”. They had the unique
opportunity to access and train on both
the Delgado and LCTCS Blackboard servers
during the interactive session.
Participants experienced the student
learning components of Blackboard using
a Delgado demonstration site and then
moved on to their own course site at
Delta in order to complete the hands-on
exercises. |
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The workshop was a fulfillment of part
of the President’s Excellence and
Innovation Award recently granted to
Frank Smith, Gayle Nolan and Dr. Barbara
Jones (from Delta). The title of the
grant is “Professional Development
Collaboration between Louisiana Delta
Community College and Delgado Community
College.” |
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Carol Leefe,
RN, MSN, instructor of nursing, was
awarded the Louisiana Association for
Associate Degree Nurses (L-OADN)
Outstanding A.D.N. Alumnus. Leefe is a
graduate of the first nursing graduating
class in December 1992. |
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Tim Galliano,
assistant dean of Student Life Center,
presented “Outsourcing Your Card Office”
during the Commerce Track of the 6th
annual Blackboard Users Conference:
Innovating Together, held in Phoenix,
Arizona, March 11. |
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Linda Hardie,
head and professor of Early Childhood
Education, participated in the National
Association for the Education of Young
Children’s Affiliate Council Leadership
meeting and public policy forum in
Washington, DC, March 29-30. Hardie
represents Louisiana on the Affiliate
Council and sits on the Grants Committee
for the organization. |
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Three Delgado employees were
elected officers for the Louisiana
Association for Associate Degree Nurses (L-OADN) organization. They are Patricia
Egers, dean of the Charity School of
Nursing, president-elect; Jackie
Schexnayder, associate professor of
nursing, treasurer; and Stan Bagbey,
instructor of nursing, director of
public relations for L-OADN. |
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Human Resources
What's New & What's Due
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Athletics Schedule |
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Men's
Baseball Team |
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April 17th |
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DCC vs
Meridian |
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Kirsch-Rooney |
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Proud
Fact |
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100 percent
of the medical laboratory technician
program graduates from December 2003
have passed their national certification
exam. |
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