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Employee
Recognition Week Planned |
Public Service
Recognition Week is May 3 – 9 and State Employee
Recognition Day is Wednesday, May 5, as designated
by the Louisiana Department of State Civil Service.
“An Appreciation Ice
Cream Social” for all Delgado employees will be held
at all campus locations on Wednesday, May 5.
Locations and times will be announced soon. Mark
your calendar.
Public Service
Recognition Week is a great opportunity for managers
to express employee appreciation for their service
to the College. In turn, the Public Relations and
Human Resources offices want to spotlight employees
who do good things at work or in the community.
Please share with the
Pubic Relations Office any gestures of appreciation
or events that are planed for Public Service
Recognition Week. The contributions of Delgado
employees and managers’ comments regarding their
employees will be highlighted in NetWorks: Your
Online News Source, and if warranted, possibly in
the local external media.
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West Bank SIFE Team Wins
Regional Competition |
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The West Bank
Campus Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE)
team won the 2004 SIFE Regional Competition,
held in Memphis, Tennessee, April 1.
The competition
tests educational outreach projects of
two-year colleges. As a regional champion,
the team will next compete with other
regional SIFE teams across the country at
the 2004 SIFE USA National Exposition hosted
by the Kansas City business community. The
competition will be held in Kansas City,
Missouri, May 23-25.
Founded in 1975,
SIFE is a non-profit organization that works
in partnership with business and
institutions of higher learning to provide
students the opportunity to develop
leadership, teamwork, and communication
skills through learning, practicing and
teaching the principles of free enterprise.
Linda Kice,
instructor of business, West Bank Campus, is
the SIFE team advisor. She provided
leadership to the team with their nine
projects in 2003 and 2004.
Winning SIFE team: (left to right)
standing, Keturah Meissner, Kevin Ross,
David Hampton, Janice Rodrigue, Elizabeth
Lopez, Harriet Michelle Royce and Linda Kice;
seated, Joseph Michel, Jr., and Walter
Jacobsen. Members not pictured are Theresa
Claudel and Ja’Vonne Harris. |
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Enrollment Services Holds Staff
Development Day |
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The Office of
Admissions and Enrollment Services held a
full-day staff development seminar entitled
“Raising the Standards” at Select
Proprieties Limited on Airline Drive on
Thursday, April 8.
The theme of
the seminar reflected the direction that the
Admissions and Enrollment Services office is
taking in meeting new initiatives presented
by Chancellor Alex Johnson. In addition, the
seminar served as a way to address the
changes in the reporting procedures that are
being implemented at the College and the
Board of Regents levels.
Staffers had the
opportunity to take some quality time for
reflection, become reenergized, gain a
better understanding of the department’s
role and see how each member of the team
impacts the overall college mission.
Motivational
speaker Danna Andrus presented “The
Practicing Professional,” which featured
professionalism, understanding the role each
member of the team plays, stress management,
and understanding the population that the
College serves.
Interactive team
activities included a presentation by Silvia
Bustamanate, International Student advisor,
on “International Students 101” that focused
on the changes in immigration polices.
Arnel Cosey,
interim dean of Student Affairs, addressed
the group on “Project Focus,” a program
designed to articulate the college’s new
“learning centered” approach.
The day ended
with “True Color,” a character workshop
presented by Gwen Boutte, director of
Admissions and Enrollment Services. “The
activity reviewed various personality types
and how even through we are all different,
we can work together as a team,” said Boutte.
Each
participating staff member received a
certificate from Boutte commending them for
accepting the challenge of “raising the
standards” in the Office of Admissions and
Enrollment Services and a seminar themed
t-shirt.
Lee Giorgio,
president of Select Proprieties Limited and
Delgado Foundation board member, provided
the meeting’s facilities. The seminar was
partially funded by Spantran Educational
Consultancy.
Gwen Boutte,
director of Admissions and Enrollment
Services, and Dehavalland Johnson,
transcript credit evaluator, share a special
moment as Vivian Smith (far left), office
manager, and Silvia Bustamanate (far right),
International Student advisor, look on.
Arnel Cosey
presents "Project Focus"
Tasha Anders
(left), typist clerk 3, and Silvia
Bustamante (right) discuss their personality
color based on the "True Color" workshop.
The Office of
Admissions and Enrollment Services staffers |
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ECE Educators Visit Children’s Centers |
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The Childhood Education International
Association held its annual conference in
New Orleans, April 14-17. The event
included a professional study tour of
Delgado’s Early Childhood Education (ECE)
Children’s Centers. More than 40 conference
attendees from throughout the U.S. and a
number of foreign countries visited the ECE
centers located on the City Park Campus.
The centers provide daycare for infants to
four-year-olds and serve as an on-site
laboratory for the Early Childhood Education
associate degree program. Delgado was one
of four sites chosen because of the academic
curriculum offered and the emphasis on
student involvement. |
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Chancellor’s Update Meeting Rescheduled at
Charity School of Nursing |
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The Chancellor's
Update Meeting at the Charity School of
Nursing has been re-scheduled for Thursday,
April 29, 1 - 2 p.m. at the Charity School
of Nursing, Room 508.
Dr. Johnson will
present a progress report and discussion on
college-wide initiatives. |
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Delgado and
RTA “Partnership in Motion” |
The
Regional Transit Authority (RTA) hosted a special
Canal Street Streetcar ride on April 14 for
Delgado’s Workforce Development and Education staff
and guests before the streetcar line was open to the
public on April 18.
Delgado is partnering with RTA to provide customized
training taught on-sight to RTA employees. The
“Partnership in Motion” is a $1.5 million Incumbent
Worker Training Initiative to train 1,120 RTA
employees in a variety of skills areas. Training
includes computer technology, customer service
skills, streetcar and transit vehicular maintenance
and others.
On
the RTA Canal Line: Sharon Talbert, grants manager;
and Kathleen Mix, interim vice chancellor for
Workforce Development and Education, take a ride on
the Canal Streetcar.
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View of Canal Street from the streetcar operator’s perspective
RTA
employees, Delgado’s Workforce Development and
Education staff members and guests take a preview
ride. Pictured, left to right, are Steve Cazaubon,
Budget and Finance director; Lynn Robertson,
assistant professor of television production; Curt
Cowan, Admission Support Services director for
Workforce Development and Education; Shulond Myer,
administrative assistant for RTA Training
Department; Maxine Johnson, RTA Training director;
Vincent Palumbo, executive vice president of
Terminix; Mary Bartholomew, Culinary Arts director;
Ronald Russo, Restricted Funds director; Mr. and
Mrs. Ray Newton; Kathleen Mix, interim vice
chancellor for Workforce Development and Education;
and Deb Kohler, Public Relations assistant director.
RTA Streetcar Operator
Clarence Toney checks the Canal Streetcar at the end
of the line.
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Delgado Hosts First International Doris
Lessing Conference |
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Delgado
Community College’s Communication
Division hosted the First International
Doris Lessing Conference held on both on
the City Park Campus and at the Hampton
Inn in Metairie, April 1-4.
Brenda
Bryant, professor of English and a
member of the Doris Lessing Society,
served as one of the four national
conference directors for the conference.
The Lessing
Conference brought together a diverse
group of 55 international scholars who
share interests and research on the
works of Doris Lessing, a self-educated
20th century author. Lessing’s
fictional works are deeply
autobiographical, drawing upon memories
and the social conditions of her
difficult childhood in southern Africa
during the 1920s. Her most recent works
include science fiction and the aging
process of women.
Scholars
from all over North America as well as
from Canada, Australia, England, France,
Spain, Turkey, Belgium, the Netherlands,
India, China, Korea, and Japan
participated in the event.
Laurel
Halliday, associate dean for the
Communications Division, gave opening
remarks and welcomed the attendees to
the conference. Roberta Rubenstein, a
noted Lessing scholar, gave the keynote address.
The
conference also included a book exhibit,
crawfish boil and a riverboat jazz
dinner.
Conference
bags and refreshments were provided by
the Delgado Foundation. Thursday night’s buffet was prepared and
provided by the Delgado Communication
Division faculty and staff.
Dr. Brenda
Bryant, professor of English at Delgado
and conference site director; and Dr.
Ruth Saxton of Mills College at the
Doris Lessing Conference Opening
Reception
Dr. Deborah
Raschke, president of the Doris Lessing
Society; Dr. Roberta Rubenstein, keynote
speaker from American University; and
Dr. Phyllis Perrahis of the University
of Ottawa
Dr. Shameen
Choudhury, professor of English at
Delgado; and Dr. Deborah Raschke. |
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Students Success...
First Frances McDonald ΜΑΘ Award Presented
Robin
Lynn Lebourgeois is the winner of this year’s
Dr. Frances McDonald ΜΑΘ Award for Excellence in
Mathematics, which, for the first time, includes
a $500 scholarship. Lebourgeois, who will
graduate with a degree in General Sciences this
May, has a 4.0 GPA. Her course work includes
many courses in the sciences, including two
semesters of calculus. She will be attending
the University of New Orleans in the fall as a
pre-med major. She has been a member of
Delgado’s chapter of ΜΑΘ for two years, serving
as its president this year. ΜΑΘ is a national
organization with the goal of promoting the
study of mathematics and recognizing students
who excel in the subject.
In addition to being
an outstanding college student Robin is an
accomplished artist whose drawings and paintings
have been displayed at various art shows and
garnered several awards.
Delgado’s chapter of
ΜΑΘ was founded by Frances McDonald, associate
professor of mathematics, in 1998. The first
Excellence in Mathematics award was given in
2002. In 2003 the members of the organization
voted to rename the award in honor of Dr.
McDonald. This year a private donation was made
to the organization so that a scholarship could
accompany the award. Dr. Frances McDonald and
Richard Sasser, professor of mathematics, are
the sponsors of the organization.
Dr. Frances McDonald
and Richard Sasser congratulate Robin Lynn
Lebourgeois (center) on her Award for Excellence
in Mathematics
*The
Culinary/Hospitality faculty and the Culinary
Arts students participated in the ACFNO
(American Culinary Federation New Orleans
Chapter) booth during the French Quarter
Festival, April 18. They served shrimp, white
beans and strawberry shortcake. A portion of
the proceeds are designated for scholarships for
Delgado Culinary Arts students.
*Two Delgado
Community College medical laboratory technician
students received National Student Honor Awards
from the American Society for Clinical
Pathology. They are Sonji Ariwajoye and
Dominique Pate. The newly established award,
consisting of a certificate of achievement, is
presented to students who demonstrate both
academic excellence and a commitment to
community service and leadership activities.
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