Delgado Community College (DCC) is a public community college in Louisiana, with campuses throughout the New Orleans metropolitan area. Its current campuses are in New Orleans (Orleans Parish) and in Jefferson Parish. The original City Park Campus is located in the Navarre neighborhood adjacent to New Orleans City Park.
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| Type | Public community college |
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| Established | 1921 |
Parent institution | Louisiana Community and Technical College System |
Academic affiliations | Space-grant |
| Students | 19,000 |
| Location | , , U.S. |
| Campus | Urban |
| Colors | Green & gold |
| Nickname | Dolphins |
Sporting affiliations | NJCAA - LCCAC |
| Website | www |
Delgado Community College is one of nine community colleges which operate under the auspices of the Louisiana Community and Technical College System. The institution originally opened in 1921 as Delgado Trades School; it went through several reorganizations and was finally named Delgado Community College by the Louisiana State Legislature in 1980, under the administration of Governor David C. Treen.
The maps of Louisiana's Technical and Community Colleges indicate that Delgado's service area includes New Orleans and Jefferson, St. Charles, St. John the Baptist, and St. Tammany parishes.[1] A Delgado Community College document stated that, in addition, Lafourche, St. Bernard, and Terrebonne parishes are in its service area.[2]
Campuses
editSidney Collier Campus is in East New Orleans. It is in proximity to St. Bernard Parish and St. Tammany Parish.[3]
There were two campuses in St. Tammany Parish: one in Slidell, Louisiana, the Slidell Learning Center, and one in Covington, Louisiana, the Delgado Northshore campus that first opened in 1987. The Covington campus closed at the end of the spring 2014 semester.[4] The Slidell campus closed in 2016 due to financial issues.[5]
Athletics
editThe Delgado Dolphins are composed of 3 athletic teams representing Delgado Community College in intercollegiate athletics, including baseball and men's and women's basketball. The Dolphins compete in National Junior College Athletic Association Division 1, Region 23. The Dolphins sports teams are members of the Louisiana Community Colleges Athletic Conference.[6]
The Dolphins baseball team plays at "Rags" Scheuermann Field at Kirsch-Rooney Stadium and the basketball teams play at the Michael Williamson Center.
Notable alumni
edit- Billy Kennedy, assistant basketball coach for Wichita State
- Steve Theriot, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives (1988–1996) and state legislative auditor (2004–2009)
- Irma Thomas, Grammy Award winning artist.
- Scott Arceneaux Jr., member of New Orleans hip hop duo Suicideboys
Notable faculty and staff
edit- Cameron Henry, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from District 82, is a former adjunct business professor at Delgado.
- Nita Rusich Hutter, District 104 state representative from St. Bernard Parish is an administrator at Delgado.
- Patrice E. Jones, TikToker and historical preservationist
References
edit- ^ "Our Colleges". Louisiana's Technical and Community Colleges. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
- ^ "The Economic Value of Delgado Community College" (PDF). Delgado Community College. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
For the purposes of this analysis, the Delgado Service Area is comprised of [...] Lafourche, [...] and Terrebonne[...]
- ^ "Locations". Delgado Community College. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
The Sidney Collier Site [...] as well as St. Tammany and St. Bernard parishes.
- ^ Delgado Community College to Close Covington Campus Next Year. Katherine Sayre, publisher=NOLA, date=2013-03-20
- ^ "Delgado's Slidell campus closing; students will have alternatives". Fox 8 News. 2016-08-25. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
[...]Northshore Technical Community College or Nunez Community College, starting immediately.[...]
- ^ "Delgado Athletics". delgadoathletics.com. Retrieved 2015-04-05.
External links
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