Dr. Ron Wright Joins Delgado as 7th Chancellor Delgado and LTC ...

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Spring 2008 1
Dr. Ron Wright, who has more than thirty
years of experience working in community
colleges, took over the reigns as Delgado
Community College’s 7th chancellor on July 1.
“I am excited about the wonderful opportunity
I have been given to lead such an outstanding
institution as Delgado Community College,”
said Wright. “It will be an honor to serve as
chancellor and I look forward to working
with the college’s outstanding students,
faculty and staff. I am thrilled to lead the
college at this time in history and pledge to
do everything I can to carry on the rebuilding
and continued growth of the school.”
Wright was appointed chancellor of
Delgado at the May, 2008, Louisiana
Community and Technical College System
(LCTCS) Board of Supervisors meeting,
after a months-long national search
produced him as a top candidate.
“Dr. Wright is a remarkable individual who
has a passion for career and technical
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Spring Commencement.................... 1-3
Seymour Weiss Award winner............. 2
Charity Pinning Ceremony................. 2
2+2 Agreement.................................... 4
Whats HOT at LTC Region 1.............. 4
Education and Career Fairs................ 5
ELET Students’ Annual Seminar......... 6
Honors Program Awards..................... 6
CDYC News......................................... 6
International Fair............................... 7
Architecture Chapter Award................ 7
LLSI Legacy of Love............................. 8
Jazz Ensemble at Jazz Festival............. 8
Service Learning Conference............... 9
SGA Crawfest...................................... 9
Faculty Senate Members Elected......... 9
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Dr. Ron Wright Joins Delgado as 7th Chancellor
education and brings a wealth
of knowledge and experience
to this position,” said Dr. Joe
D. May, LCTCS president. “I
am certain that he will make
an outstanding and effective
leader for Delgado Community
College. I am looking forward
to working with him as we
continue our efforts to rebuild
and strengthen the college.”
Before coming to Delgado,
Wright served as President of
Cincinnati State Technical and
Community College (CSTCC)
in Cincinnati, Ohio, from 1997-
2007. Prior to his service at
CSTCC, he served as executive
Vice President at Delaware
County Community College in
Media, Pennsylvania, from 1991-1997.
Delgado Chancellor
Dr. Ron Wright
From 1989-1991 he served as Vice President
for Academic and Student Affairs at the
Community College of Baltimore (CCB) in
Baltimore, Maryland. His other leadership
roles include service as an Associate
Dean at CCB and Chief Policy Analyst for
the Delaware Division of
Vocational Rehabilitation.
Wright has an associate’s
degree from Northeastern
Christian Junior College in
Villanova, Pennsylvania. He
holds a bachelor’s degree
in Applied Psychology from
Pepperdine University in
Malibu, California, and a
master’s degree in Counseling
Psychology from Antioch
University in Yellow Springs,
Ohio. He received his Ph.D.
in Policy Analysis and
Management from Cornell
University in Ithaca, New York.
Wright succeeds previous
chancellor, Dr. Alex Johnson,
who was selected as
president of the Community College of
Allegheny County (CCAC) in Greater
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Johnson served
as chancellor of Delgado from February
2004 until March 2008. Deborah Lea
served as the interim chancellor for
Delgado after Johnson’s departure.
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Delgado and LTC Region 1 Hold
Spring Commencement Exercises
Delgado Community College graduated 515
students from the City Park Campus, the
West Bank Campus and the Charity School
of Nursing, and Louisiana Technical College
(LTC) Region 1 West Jefferson and Jefferson
Technical Campuses graduated 10 students
in Spring 2008 Commencement Exercises at
the UNO Lakefront Arena in New Orleans.
Delgado Interim Vice Chancellor of Learning
and Student Development Harold Gaspard
presided over the ceremony, which began
with the traditional Pomp and Circumstance
performed by the Delgado Concert Band and
Jazz Ensemble. Margie Coates, Delgado-
Northshore Student Government Association
president, led the Pledge of Allegiance,
followed by Dr. Mary Bartholomew,
Delgado director of Culinary Arts, who
beautifully led the National Anthem.
Steven Edwards, Delgado professor
of Music, provided the invocation.
Leon Louis (“Lee”) Giorgio, a member
of the Delgado Foundation Board and
Board Chairman Ashton Ryan brought
greetings on behalf of board members.
Spring/Summer 2008
Mr. Giorgio then made a special presentation
of a Delgado Community College honorary
degree to Joseph Georgusis, owner and
chairman of Park Investments, Ltd. Mr.
Georgusis, a native New Orleanian, has more
than 25 years of experience in analyzing,
Commencement continued on page 3

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Spring 2008 2
Delgado Announces 2008 Seymore Weiss
Excellence in Teaching Award Winner
During Spring 2008 Commencement
Exercises, Delgado Community College
announced the winner of the annual
Seymour Weiss Endowed Professorship for
Excellence in Teaching Award, the highest
honor the college bestows upon its faculty.
The 2008 recipient is Lynn Robertson,
Delgado associate professor of Television
Production and Service Learning coordinator.
Robertson holds a Master of Fine Arts in
Video Production and a Master of Arts
in Technical Theatre and Directing from
University of New Orleans. She has
taught at Delgado for 12 years as the lead
instructor of Television Production. Prior
to joining Delgado, she worked at Charity
School of Nursing as a Media Specialist.
Robertson’s additional production credits
include morning live news producer for
SIGGRAPH 2000 Conference, audio
technician for Good Morning America
Southern Tour, field producer for Packer
Report TV (Green Bay Packers), production
assistant for Reading Rainbow, and
several documentaries including “Artists
Make Big Money.” She and her students
have most recently produced videos for
the Big Easy Awards and Bridgehouse.
At Delgado, Roberts was honored as an
Innovator of the Year in 2007, received a
Shining Star of Liberal Arts Award in 2006 and
was named a Distinguished Dolphin in 2002
and 2004. She has been a national presenter
at NISOD, the League For Innovation, the
International Television Association and the
CCNCCE. She served as the national Chair
of the ITVA’s Golden Reel Video Festival
in 1998, and in addition to serving on the
national level, she has also held several
local offices in ITVA including president,
vice-president and communications officer.
Robertson assisted in the creation of the
local Final Cut Pro Users Group and is a
member of the University Film and Video
Association. She has written articles,
served as a textbook reviewer, and most
recent served as a jurist in the Valdosta
Film Festival at the University of Georgia.
Other 2008 Seymour Weiss Endowed
Professorship for Excellence in Teaching
Award nominees were: Laura King, Laila
Bicksler, Jill Lambert, Sal Anselmo, Kellye
Deel, Tina Covington, René Spangler Randall,
Susan Caire, Monica Field, Sheila Hickman,
Terri Gonzales-Kreisman and Vance Roux.
Seymore Weiss
Award Winner
Lynn Robertson
For more than 15 years,
the Seymour Weiss
Excellence in Teaching
Award has been Delgado
Community College’s
most prestigious award
presented to a faculty
member. The recipient
receives a gold lapel pin,
an embossed plaque, a
certificate of excellence,
and a monetary award.
The faculty member’s
monetary award is
funded through a permanent endowed
trust fund, the Delgado Community College
Seymour Weiss Endowed Professorship.
Nominees for the award are full-time, regular
(tenure-track) faculty members of Delgado
for at least four years. Faculty members
in each academic division nominate one
candidate from that division, and the award
winner is determined by the Excellence
in Teaching Award Committee based on
resume, student evaluations, colleague
recommendations, supervisor evaluations
and letter of support from the division dean.
Highlights from Charity School
of Nursing Pinning Ceremony
The Delgado Charity School of Nursing
Pinning Ceremony returned to its pre-
Katrina traditional location of St. Joseph’s
to celebrate the graduation of 162 A.D.N.
students, the largest class ever to have
completed the program.
The Charity School of Nursing Honor
Pin, the highest award presented by
the nursing faculty, was presented to
Stephanie Sylvie Sauvinet. 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.
Diane B. Bryant had the highest
nursing program grade point average.
Laurie Maloney received the School
of Nursing Award of Distinction, and
Sheba Byrd Johnson was presented
the Alumni Association-sponsored
Sister Blanche McDonnel Award.
Sigma Alpha Chi, the Charity School of
Nursing Honor Society, inducted 9 lifetime
members from the
graduating class: Kristin
Elizabeth Ceruti, Denise
Koenig Codd, Danielle
BourQuard Elsensohn,
Geraldine L. Hopper,
Gretchen Ivey Kientz, Janis
Lee Lydick, Casey Graves
Malbrough, Stephanie
Sylvie Sauvinet and Marie
Anne Westlake. Denise
Codd also received the
New Orleans District
Nurses Association
Leadership Award.

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Spring 2008 3
Commencement continued from page 1
acquiring and developing successful real
estate projects throughout the United States,
and his accomplishments are testimony to
his adeptness at acquiring skills in one field
and applying them to another. Mr. Georgusis
has successfully overseen the development
of millions of square feet of retail space
and the acquisition and/or development
of more than 10,000 acres of land.
Through his involvement with the Archdiocese
of New Orleans, he provided an adequate
site for two buildings to house elderly
residents and a Catholic high school when
past attempts to build the homes for the
elderly were thwarted in zoning disputes.
He has given his time and resources to
numerous charities and institutions without
regard to religious or national boundaries,
including Delgado Community College,
Nunez Community College, The Magnolia
School, Archbishops’ Community Appeal,
Communities in Schools, Metropolitan Crime
Commission, March of Dimes, American
Cancer Society, Teen Challenge, City of
Hope, Straight Street, St. Michael’s Special
School, Los Islenos, the 700 Club, Louisiana
Law Enforcement Officers Memorial and
numerous golf and fishing tournaments.
An outstanding advocate for Delgado
and the Louisiana Community Technical
College System, Mr. Georgusis has helped
people advance themselves academically
and obtain housing or medical treatment
when they otherwise could not have done
so. He has helped people regain their
footing during adverse times, not only with
financial aid but also with emotional support.
For his entrepreneurial spirit coupled
with his altruistic nature, Mr. Georgusis
was honored with this special degree,
which he accepted in memory of his son,
Joseph Hercules (“Joey”) Georgusis Jr.
This special moment was followed by
another, when Award Committee Chair
Brenda Bryant, Ph.D., presented this year’s
Seymour Weiss Endowed Professorship
for Excellence in Teaching Award –
Delgado’s highest honor for faculty – to
Lynn Robertson, associate professor of
Television Production. Visibly moved yet
forever gracious, Ms. Robertson remarked
that she could “never have done this without
the help and support of my colleagues.”
Sheila Hickman, professor and program
director for MTLS, then introduced the
keynote speaker for the day, Interim
Chancellor Deborah R. Lea.
Interim Chancellor Lea’s address was
pure inspiration, and certainly heartfelt,
encouraging the day’s graduates to always
hold their heads high and be filled with pride
as alumni of the college. Delgado graduates,
she reminded
everyone, are not
just exceptional
academically, but
personally, as noble
individuals and
important contributors
to the community.
Among examples
from the graduating
class, Ms. Lea
highlighted a few of
extraordinary stories:
a Blackhawk pilot
who rescued people
during Katrina and
left one week after
graduation for his
second tour of duty
in Iraq; a woman who
lost everything in
Katrina and inspired
her classmates
so much that they
helped her personally
and financially
balance school,
work and children;
and a Horticulture
student so moved
by her service
learning project
with Habitat for
Humanity that she is
now pursuing a career in community nonprofit
work. Interim Chancellor Lea’s point
resounded: all of Delgado’s graduates
have earned the right to be proud.
After a beautiful performance of “River
in Judea” by the Delgado Choir and
Ceremonial Band, Delgado Faculty Senate
President Robert Lawyer presented the
faculty, then was joined by LTC Region 1
Provost and Dean of Technical Education
Kim Rugon to present the graduates.
With the words from her address resonating,
Interim Chancellor Lea conferred the
appropriate degrees, certificates and
diplomas upon the graduates to the rousing
applause of family, friends, faculty and staff.
Tammy Marie LeBlanc received top honors,
graduating from Delgado Community College
with a perfect 4.00 cumulative grade point
average (Associate of Science, Accounting).
Charity School of Nursing Pinning Ceremony
honorees were also recognized. The Charity
School of Nursing Honor Pin, the highest
award presented by the nursing faculty, was
presented to Stephanie Sylvie Sauvinet. This
honor goes annually 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.
Louisiana Center for Women
and Government’s 2008
Hall of Fame Awards
The Louisiana Center for Women and Government was
established in 1990 to encourage and promote the future
leadership of women by providing resources and non-partisan
support through educational workshops, training seminars, and
outreach programs. Kathleen Mix is chair of the New Orleans
Leadership Council of Louisiana Center for Women and
Government.
At the Louisiana Center for Women and Government’s 2008 Hall of Fame
Awards Ceremony held on March 14, 2008, Ray Newton, Laura Ditta, Fay
Newton, Kathleen Mix and Traci Smothers had the opportunity to meet
Connie Chung (center).
Diane B. Bryant had the highest nursing
program grade point average. Laurie Maloney
received the School of Nursing Award of
Distinction, and Sheba Byrd Johnson was
presented the Alumni Association-sponsored
Sister Blanche McDonnel Award. Sigma Alpha
Chi, the Charity School of Nursing Honor
Society, inducted nine lifetime members
from the graduating class: Kristin Elizabeth
Ceruti, Denise Koenig Codd, Danielle
BourQuard Elsensohn, Geraldine L. Hopper,
Gretchen Ivey Kientz, Janis Lee Lydick,
Casey Graves Malbrough, Stephanie Sylvie
Sauvinet and Marie Anne Westlake. Denise
Codd also received the New Orleans District
Nurses Association Leadership Award.
Once all the appropriate degrees and
certificates were conferred by Interim
Chancellor Lea, the graduates were
officially inducted into the Delgado Alumni
Association by its president, Colleen Ulfers.
The day ended as it had begun, with
music, as Mr. Edwards led the benediction
by inviting all to join in singing “Amazing
Grace,” and the Delgado Ceremonial Band
accompanied the exit of the proud graduates
with the Ceremonial Recessional March.
Congratulation to the spring 2008 graduates!

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Spring 2008 4
Delgado and Tulane Sign 2+2 Agreement
Delgado Interim Chancellor Deborah
Lea and Richard Marksbury, dean of the
School of Continuing Studies at Tulane
University, were joined by institution
leaders in Delgado’s City Park Student
Life Center to sign a “2+2” articulation
agreement between the two schools.
Under the agreement, students at
Delgado who successfully complete the
associate degree programs in Computer
Information Technology, Criminal
Justice, Fine Arts, General Science
and Performance and Media Arts will
receive 60 credits toward a bachelor’s
degree program offered through and
by the School of Continuing Studies at
Tulane University. These students must
then successfully complete an additional
60 credits at the School of Continuing
Studies to earn a 4-year degree in a
program of their choice.
Delgado signed a “2+2” agreement
with UNO’s Business Administration
program in 2007 and is currently working
on other similar agreements. These
types of agreements are an important
manifestation of the growing cooperation
among Louisiana’s higher education
institutions and will enhance the ability of
college students to make steady, timely
and financially efficient progress toward a
bachelor’s degree.
“It offers the students at Delgado an
opportunity to advance their educational
careers,” said Lea. “Plus, many of Delgado’s
non-traditional students who attend schools
in the evenings and weekends will still benefit
from the flexible schedule at the School of
Continuing Studies.”
While Delgado and the School of Continuing
Studies have enjoyed a strong, 25-year
relationship, and credits were often
transferred on a course-by-course basis,
the new “2+2” articulation agreement
formalizes the smooth transfer of Delgado
associate degree completers’ full 60
credits toward a baccalaureate degree
program offered by the Tulane University
School of Continuing Studies.
“We get the people that graduate and
finish Delgado’s program,” Marksbury
said. “By definition, they’re good
students.”
What’s HOT at LTC Region I
• LTC Slidell Campus will reopen at a temporary location at 56707
Behrmen Street in time to offer the region in-demand classes in
Automotive Technology, Pre-Manufacturing, Pre-Apprenticeship,
Certified Nurse Assistant, Patient Care Technician, Phlebotomy,
GED Preparation and Welding for fall 2008 semester.
• LTC Region 1 will host the Super Summer Institute Jul. 30- Aug.
1. Programs that will be part of the summit include: Welding
(Jefferson and West Jefferson Campuses), Carpentry (West
Jefferson Campus), Electrician (West Jefferson Campus),
HVAC (Jefferson Campus) and Outdoor Power Equipment
(Jefferson Campus). For more information, contact John Easley,
LCTCS Coordinate of CTE Programs at (225) 922-1640.
• Slidell Mayor Ben O. Morris has graciously donated space
to the LTC Region 1 Slidell Culinary Arts program, under the
direction of Chef Jan Rost. The building, located at 1323
Bayou Road, consists of a 1000-square-foot industrial kitchen
that is being fully outfitted to train students in Culinary Arts
and Occupations. Chef Rost is thrilled to return to Slidell,
where the program had been housed pre-Katrina.
• LTC Region 1 has received approval from the State Board
of Cosmetology to reinstate its teaching license. Theory
classes will begin fall 2008 at the West Jefferson Campus
and at Covington High School on the Northshore.
• LTC Region 1’s Automobile Technician Training Program, located
at the LTC Jefferson Campus in Metairie, has been recertified by
Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) in eight training areas.
• LTC Region 1 has partnered with the Carpenters & Piledrivers
Local Union and Boh Brothers, New Orleans’ largest construction
company, to provide specialized training to prepare students
for entry level jobs in the region’s highway construction
industry. Students undergo training for two semesters at the
LTC West Jefferson Campus then proceed to a third semester
with the Carpenters & Piledrivers Local Union to learn form
building for highway construction. The training is made possible
through grant funding to LTC Region 1 through the U.S.
Department of Labor’s Pathways to Construction program.
• Trinity Yachts is training students in blueprint reading, aluminum
welding and pipefitting for shipbuilding at the LTC Jefferson
Campus in Metairie. Enrollment in the program is on a referral
basis through Trinity Yachts, and following the training period, Trinity
Yachts will hire students who successfully complete their entrance
requirements and display formidable skill in their area of practice.
• Claude Paul, instructor, proudly announced that the LTC Region
1 Spring 2008 Certified Phlebotomy Technician class succeeded
in achieving a 100% pass rate on their Board exams.

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Spring 2008 5
Education and Career Fairs
More than 100 people came to Delgado’s City Park Campus on Saturday, Apr. 5, for Time Is On Your Side: Make Education a Priority, the first annual education
and career opportunities fair sponsored by Delgado’s Women In Search of Excellence (WISE), the Irma Thomas Center for WISE Women and the Delgado Office
of Admissions and Enrollment Services. Attendees visited tables in the Student Life Center to gather information about various Delgado and LTC Region 1
programs and joined free workshops with topics including “How to Pay for College,” “How to Apply for College,” “College: Fear Not,” “Goal Setting,” and “Success:
It’s Your Choice.” The highlight of the event, however, was a performance and inspirational presentation by Irma Thomas, Grammy Award winner and Delgado
graduate, who encouraged attendees to go back to school and pursue a meaningful career path. Ms. Thomas took time to speak individually with every single
attendee following her presentation. Comment sheets for the event were overwhelmingly positive, and already several attendees have applied to Delgado based
on what they learned at the fair. Event organizers included (L to R) Linda Jackson, Melanie Deffendall, Gwen Boutte, Donna Bayard and Deborah Kohler.
• More than 850 area students took part in the 2008 Business
and Technology Showcase in the gymnasium in the City
Park Campus Student Life Center, where they watched
multimedia presentations, met with program leaders and
instructors, watched live demonstrations and gathered
information about Delgado’s many popular programs
and courses in the business and technology areas.
• The Louisiana Technical College (LTC) Region 1 partnered
with JOB1 and the Region I Workforce Partnership to host a
job training fair at the LTC-Jefferson Campus. More than 75
providers were on hand to discuss current job openings and
training programs to prepare individuals for high demand, goodpaying
jobs. The fair was a tremendous success, attracting
more than 400 attendees and providing them with information
about LTC Region 1 education and training, including the
offerings of the newly-opened Advanced Manufacturing,
Practical Nursing and Allied Health Centers of Excellence.
• The 2008 Allied Health Division/Admissions and Enrollment
Services annual Health Career Information Fair, held at the City
Park Campus’ Michael L. Williamson Complex/Gymnasium,
attracted more than 300 area high school students, Delgado
students and the general public. Twenty-four tables representing
each of the Allied Health programs, as well as Charity school of
Nursing, provided attendees with information about each Allied
Health program and the Nursing profession. Demonstrations
were held by many of the Allied Health programs, including an
Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) simulation in Building 4.
• The Office of Advising and Testing hosted the sixth annual
Transfer Fair. This was a two-day event that took place on both
the City Park and West Bank Campuses. The fair was a perfect
opportunity for those Delgado students who are interested
in furthering their education at a four year college to gather
information about potential schools. The following schools
participated in this year’s fair: Concordia University, Delta State
University, Dillard University, Louisiana State University, Louisiana
Tech University, Loyola University, Mississippi College, Nicholls
State University, Our Lady of Holy Cross College, Southeastern
Louisiana University, Southern University - Baton Rouge, Southern
University – New Orleans, Tulane University, University of
Louisiana - Lafayette, University of Louisiana - Monroe, University
of New Orleans, University of Phoenix, and Xavier University.
Delgado participated with ten program and information tables
at an event at Edna Karr Charter High School for public school
students and their parents to foster support for public institutions
in the Algiers community. The endeavor, sponsored by the Greater
New Orleans Education Foundation in collaboration with several
other agencies, was part of a larger effort to generate and maintain
community support for education on New Orleans’ West Bank.

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Spring 2008 6
ELET Students Wow Judges at Annual Seminar
Delgado’s Electrical-
Electronics Engineering
Technology (ELET)
program students
competed in the
annual Advanced
Industrial Electronics
Technology Seminar,
when members of the
ELET-285 class of
2008 demonstrated
the following projects:
Triac-Output Opto-
Coupler (David Muller
and Joshua Lyle);
Series-Pass Voltage
Regulator (Shawn
2008 Competition Winners Hiep Tran (left)
and Chad Folse (right) placed second and
first, respectively, at the ELET seminar for
their project, Optoelectronics Control System.
Roberts and Kyle
Schaferkotter);
Time-Division-
Multiplexing (David
Comeaux and Duy
Nguyen); Phase Control
Variable Frequency
Drives (Nick Charbonnet
and Michel Langston);
Optoelectronics Control
System (Hiep Tran and
Chad Folse); and Zero
Voltage Switch (Gene
Ho and Trung Tran).
Presentations were
scored by an elite
Honors Program Holds Awards Ceremony
panel of industry judges composed of
representatives from Entest/Tektronix, SIVAD
Inc., Hampden Engineering, Prentice Hall,
Entergy and Technical Training Aids. The first
place award was presented to Chad Folse;
second place to Hiep Tran; and third place to
Kyle Schaferkotter.
Judges noted that in almost a decade of
seminars, this year’s was by far the most
difficult to judge because of the exceptional
quality of all the entries and the extremely
close scores.
The seminar was sponsored by ELET
Department Head and Professor Ramon
E. Ariza, P.E., and ELET Instructor Banks
Abernethy, P.E.
The Delgado Honors Program held
an awards ceremony celebrating the
outstanding student achievements of the
Spring 2008 graduating class at the City
Park Campus.
Dr. Brenda Bryant, Honors director,
was joined by guest speaker Harold
Gaspard, interim vice chancellor of
Learning and Student Development, in
presenting honors medallions to Denise
Codd, Amanda Harcrow, Dana L. Martin,
Paula Scturro, Amanda Emily Smith,
Alexander Vargas and Vera Villalvazo.
Dr. Frances McDonald and Professor
Richard Sasser presented the Mu
Alpha Theta Award for excellence in
mathematics to Craig Cheramie.
Professor Richard Sasser and Dr. Frances
McDonald present the Mu Alpha Theta Award for
excellence in mathematics to Craig Cheramie.
Dr. Bryant also presented Excellence
Awards for Completion of Coursework
and Academic Achievement to Charlie
Brown, Denise Codd, Amy Coffey, Evan
Davenport, Jennifer Duhe, Jonathan
Ederfield, James Force, Justine Foret,
Metat Gebra, Amanda Harcrow, Devin
Hughes, Victoria Johnson, Shantelle
Kerwin, Regina Kolesa, Dana Martin,
Heidi Martin, Brittany McSweeney,
Jason Phillips, Kristia Pullins, Rachel
Ronquille, Amanda Emily Smith,
Ashley Smith, Marilyn Trombley, Anitra
Williams, Alexander Vargas and Vera J.
Villalvazo.
Care & Development of Young Children News
Students, faculty and staff were invited to
enjoy the Care and Development of Young
Children (CDYC) Student Display Project,
located in the Liberal Arts Alley of Delgado’s
City Park Campus.
Delgado’s CDYC program and Delgado
Education Association (DEA) sponsored an
Early Childhood Expo in the City Park Student
Life Center, Lac Maurepas Room.
The expo, which was free and open to the
public, featured more than 50 community
agencies, businesses and educators offering
information and resources focusing on
services to children and families. The expo
was a tremendous success, and hopes are to
make it a growing annual event.
The DEA and CDYC department also hosted
their third annual Jamboree in Building
1, Room 124W of the Delgado City Park
Campus. The Jamboree is an informal gettogether
for students and teachers to meet,
greet and eat, plus celebrate the creativity
of teaching young children. Highlights of the
event included a presentation of reading
activities by Children’s Literature class
members and a presentation by graduate
Kendra Singleton of participatory music and
movement from her original songs and CD.
Delgado Education Association and LSU
Dental School co-sponsored Give Kids A
Smile Day, hosted by Wilcox Academy of
Early Learning. The event featured dental
students presenting activities for preschool
children to teach them the importance of early
dental care.
Delgado’s CDYC students assisted and
attended with their own children. This was the
first Give Kids A Smile Day, which Delgado
CDYC hopes will become an annual, collegehosted
event including dental screenings and
referrals for young children of our own and
invited centers as well as children of students
and faculty when accompanied by an adult.

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Spring 2008 7
International Fair at City Park
Delgado students, faculty and staff were
invited to explore the globe right on the
City Park Campus when the students
in the English as a Second Language
(ESL) program and the Student Government
Association (SGA) hosted their annual Spring
International Fair and Fashion Show.
Students showcased arts and crafts from
their native countries and wore their native
attire in a fun-filled fashion show.
The event also offered free pizza and soft
drinks and entertainment by music favorites
Julio and Cesar, joined by special guests
Singers of United Lands, also known as
S.O.U.L., who performed on Delgado
campuses during the week.
Delgado Architecture Students Win
National Student Chapter Award
Delgado’s National Association
of Home Builders (NAHB)
Student Chapter placed second
in the nation for the Outstanding
Student Chapter Award
Program, held at the 2008
International Home Builders
Show in Orlando, Fla.
This event is the largest
residential building construction
show in the world, attracting
more than 92,000 national
and international participants.
Architectural Design and
Construction Technology
Professor and Student Advisor
P. Victor Mirzai attended the
show with 10 of his students to
accept the award.
Delgado students received
a plaque and a check in the
amount of $1,250 at the
awards ceremony, along with
the enthusiastic accolades of
the judges and audience alike.
Delgado received a standing
ovation from the auditorium
Photo L to R: David Swift, NCHI corporate co-chairman; Mai Tran,
Delgado Architecture student and Delgado NAHB Student Chapter
president; Sean Mitchell, Delgado Architecture student; Blake Brady,
Delgado Architecture student; Ruby Nguyen, Delgado Architecture
student; Troy Bergeron, Delgado Architecture student; P. Victor Mirzai,
Delgado Architectural Design and Construction Technology professor
and Delgado NAHB Student Chapter faculty advisor; Roger Dey,
Delgado Architecture student; Jay A.E.Jacquet, Delgado Architecture
student and Delgado NAHB Student Chapter vice president; Craig
Berthelot, current president of HBA/GNO; Tramone Chetta, Delgado
Architecture student; Peter Young, past president and board member of
HBA/GNO.
of faculty, students, and business
and industry members when it was
announced that the community college
has placed in the top three every year it
has applied for this prestigious national
award.
Most recently, Delgado placed third in
the nation in both 2006-2007 and 2004-
2005 for Outstanding Student Award
Program, and Mirzai was recognized by
NAHB with the Outstanding Educator
Award at the Las Vegas, Nev., Home
Builders Show in 2003. Delgado’s
NAHB Student Chapter was founded by
Mirzai in 1992.
The chapter’s accomplishments for
2007 were chronicled in a 100-pluspage
portfolio, which was submitted
for judging in four categories: chapter
activities, campus activities, community
activities and fundraising activities.
Delgado competed with a number
of larger, four-year colleges and
universities, including Michigan State,
Purdue, Brigham Young, Texas A & M
and University of Nebraska, to place
second in the nation.

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Spring 2008 8
Delgado, LLSI and NOPD
“Leave a Legacy of Love” for Abused Children
As part of Delgado Community
College’s ongoing dedication
to service learning initiatives
in the Greater New Orleans
area, the college’s ADOT 261
(Legal Office Procedures)
class participated in a service
learning project to model the
“Leave a Legacy of Love”
initiative adopted by Louisiana
Legal Secretaries Inc. (LLSI).
The program is part of
a national philanthropic
effort through LSSI (Legal
Secretaries International Inc.).
The Delgado project,
undertaken during the
Spring semester, focused
the students on soliciting
donations of stuffed animals
to share with regional law
enforcements agencies whose
officers use the animals to
comfort children that are
victims of domestic abuse or
present at accident sites.
A portion of the animals collected by
Delgado will be distributed to a state
agency through LLSI, while an additional
portion – more than 100 stuffed animals –
was presented by Delgado’s Legal Office
Procedures class to Sgt. Arnold Williams,
Allison Brown, Delgado ADOT-261 student (L), and Terri Gonzales-
Kreisman, coordinator of Delgado’s Legal Secretary Certificate Program (R),
present more than 100 donated stuffed animals as part of a service learning
project to Sgt. Arnold Williams, Assistant Commander of the Child Abuse Unit
of the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD), for law enforcement officers
to use in comforting children who are the victims of domestic abuse or accident
site witnesses.
Assistant Commander of the Child Abuse Unit
of the New Orleans Police Department.
“The positive response to this service
learning project was overwhelming, from
both students and our community donors,”
said Terri Gonzales-Kreisman, coordinator
of Delgado’s Legal Secretary Certificate
Program. “We are proud to assist the NOPD
and our other Louisiana law
enforcements agencies in
providing such an important,
and heartfelt, assistance to
children in need.”
Service learning is a teaching
method that connects
community service to
classroom learning. Students
use what they learn in the
classroom and apply that
knowledge to real-world
experiences.
This “learning by doing”
strategy helps students
develop practical skills,
build self esteem and a
sense of civic responsibility.
Community partners involved
in student learning play a
key role in educating the
citizens of the area by offering
meaningful opportunities for
personal and professional
growth. In return, the
students provide valuable resources to
the community, contributing specialized
knowledge and skills to a community
project.
Delgado Community College formally
initiated a college-wide Service Learning
initiative beginning in 2007.
Delgado Jazz Ensembles Hits a
High Note at 2008 Jazz Fest
Congratulations to the Delgado Jazz Ensemble under the
direction of Peter Cho for being honored with an invitation to
perform at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in the
Jazz Tent.
This was the first time since Katrina that the ensemble had been
able to perform at the fairgrounds, and by all accounts, they put
on an exceptional show! A large, enthusiastic and appreciative
audience enjoyed the performance, and the ensemble was even
featured on the Channel 4 news the Monday after their set.

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Spring 2008 9
Service Learning “Partners in Education” Conference
As part of Delgado’s college-wide
commitment to service learning, the college
held a “Partners in Education” conference to
assist area high school faculty in researching,
developing and implementing service learning
programs at their institutions. The conference
was sponsored in part through Learn and
Serve grant funding sub-granted to Delgado
by the Community College National Center for
Community Engagement (CCNCCE) for the
development of service learning initiatives.
The Student Government Association
(SGA) City Park held its annual Crawfest
celebration during 2008 spring semester
for students, faculty and staff.
Festival goers enjoyed delicious boiled
crawfish and beverages, a rock climbing wall,
and entertainment including D.J. music.
While the fest was going on, The Wellness
and Fitness Center also partnered with
Charity School of Nursing to offer free
health information as part of the weekly
Wellness Wednesdays event.
Conference speakers included Linda Kieffer,
Lynn Robertson and Warren Puneky, Jr.
of the Delgado Service Learning Initiative;
Carol Jeandron, service learning director of
Loyola University and educational consultant;
Delgado Career Tech Facilitator Juan
Chevalier; David Deggs and Stuart Stewart
of Louisiana Campus Compact; Denise
Dowell of the Louisiana Serve Commission;
and Tina Bouzon of the Brown Foundation
Service Learning Program. Service learning is
SGA Heats Up Crawfest 2008
a teaching method that connects community
service to classroom learning. Students use
what they learn in the classroom and apply
that knowledge to real-world experiences.
This “learning by doing” strategy helps
students develop practical skills, build self
esteem and a sense of civic responsibility.
Delgado was one of ten Louisiana colleges
and universities named to the 2007
President’s Higher Education Community
Service Honor Roll.
New 2008-2009 Faculty Senate Members Elected
The following faculty members were elected to serve on the Faculty Senate during the 2008-2009 academic year. They will join those
faculty members on the Faculty Senate whose terms will continue during the next academic year. For more information, contact Bob
Lawyer, president, Faculty Senate, at (504) 762-3214.
Allied Health............................................................................................................ Steven Trichell and Amelia Leonardi
Business and Technology (CP)..................................................................................Nancy Burbank and Ruby Holliday
Liberal Arts (CP)............................................................................ Steven Edwards, Jennifer Louis and Jeffrey Scanlon
Math and Sciences (CP)..........................................................................................................................Elmer Ducorbie
Charity School of Nursing......................................................................Barbara Hebert, William Sullivan, Althea Martin
North Shore................................................................................................................ Bruce Perkins and Elizabeth Felty
Business, Math and Technology (WB)............................................................. Bob Mildenberger and Carolyn Gagliano
Arts and Sciences (WB).......................................................................... Kellye Deel, Joe Howard and Angela Camaille
At-large.................................................................................................................................................Candace Clanton

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Spring 2008 10
News and Happenings…
Members of Alpha Beta Gamma, Delgado’s
Business Honorary Society, volunteered at
the Louisiana S.P.C.A. Dog Day Afternoon at
Audubon Park in New Orleans for its Spring
Charity event. ABG shared the hamburger
booth with the Kiwanis Club, where members
cooked and sold hamburgers to help raise
money for the Louisiana S.P.C.A.
Virginia Porston, a Horticulture instructor
at Delgado Community College in Covington
and New Orleans, has been elected president
of the Old Mandeville Business Association
for 2008.
Delgado’s chapter of the hospitality marketing
organization, Delta Epsilon Chi, raised almost
$1200 with a silent auction and bake sale to
help fund students’ participation representing
Delgado at an annual national industry convention
in Atlanta.
Kathleen Mix, vice chancellor for Workforce
Development and Education, was invited
to participate as one of 160 women leaders
in the Stennis Center for Public Service
“Southern Women Leadership Summit” May
4-6, 2008, in St. Simons Island, Ga. The
event gathered women leaders from throughout
the South to explore the role of women in
restoring public trust and confidence in public
service and in lifting up the next generation of
women leaders.
Randy L. Brien, M.A., Delgado director of
the SACSCOC QEP and professor of English,
accepted an invitation from SACS to serve
on the Reaffirmation Committee scheduled to
visit San Jacinto College in Pasadena, Texas
on September 16-18, 2008.
Victoria Carter, Regina Kolesa, Amy Luke,
David Muller, Hieu Nguyen, Justin Nicholas,
Denise Oliveira, Trish Parker, Shawn
Roberts, Duane Rodgers, Kyle Schaferleotter,
Amanda Smith, Melissa Snow, Gregory
Srickland, Qiana Sykes, Kacie Thibodaux,
Trung Tran, Mai Tran, Teresha Ussin, Jennifer
Vollenweider, Taminika Walker.
A Regional Workforce Planning Meeting
hosted by Delgado and Nunez Community
Colleges and LTC Region 1 at the Marriott
New Orleans was convened to develop an
aggressive agenda that will drive both the
local and regional economy. The meeting
provided a platform for local community and
business leaders to discuss ways to collaborate
and move forward in defining an
effective workforce agenda to respond to
the changing workforce training needs and
to increase the opportunity for Louisiana’s
citizens to succeed through educational and
workforce programs. Panelists included Dan
Packer, LCTCS Board of Supervisors; Dr.
Joe D. May, LCTCS president; Dr. Tommy
Warner, Nunez chancellor; and Deborah R.
Lea, Delgado vice chancellor for Learning
and Student Development.
The British Motoring Club of New Orleans
held its 18 th annual British Car Day on
Mar. 29 on Delgado’s City Park Campus.
Proceeds of the event, which was open to the
public, will benefit the automotive scholarship
fund at Delgado.
Representatives of the board of the Home
Builders Institute visited Delgado’s City Park
Campus from Washington, D.C., for the
first time ever to meet and observe the college’s
National Association of Home Builders
(NAHB) Student Chapter Program, which
consists of Delgado Architecture Design/
Construction Technology students under the
direction of Prof. P. Victor Mirzai. Delgado’s
NAHB Student Chapter received the second
place award for the 2007 Outstanding
Student Chapter Program, a prestigious
national honor.
Ranata Coxie, Administrative Assistant IV
for Curriculum Committee and Program
Development, joined approximately 50 area
students, faculty members, friends and family
who volunteered their time to help a design
team remodel a Westwego home, which was
damaged by Katrina and a subsequent tornado,
in less than one week for the popular
national television series Extreme Makeover.
The Eta chapter of Sigma Chi Eta, a national
honor society for communication majors in
community colleges, inducted several new
members into its chapter: Delores Marshall,
Brian Rosenthal, Hadiya Cunningham and
Steven Burns. Delgado’s Eta chapter, of
which Jenny Louis and Susan Hagueare
faculty advisers, was selected as Robert E.
McKerrow Chapter of the Year at the NCA
conference this past November. The chapter’s
spring semester service project involved
members in setting up for the annual gala at
Bridgehouse, a local home for men recovering
from addiction.
The following 35 Delgado students were
named to Who’s Who Among Students in
American Junior Colleges for 2008: Gertrude
Anderson, Elliott Bergeron, Eddie Brumfield,
Whitney Clark, Margi Coats, Fadi Darwish,
Eloise Davis, Reba Fields, Chad Folse,
Monique George-Peters, Michael Hellmers,
Gene Ho`, Devin Hughes, Shannon Jenkins,
Cox Communications held a closing ceremony last month for employees who participated in
an Incumbent Worker Training Program in partnership with Delgado Workforce Development
and Education and successfully completed the Management Trainee in General Business TCA
at Delgado.

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Spring 2008 11
News and Happenings…
The Delgado Jazz Ensemble, led by Peter
Cho, performed for the Loyola University
Jazz Ensemble Festival, where it was judged
by a panel of the country’s top music educators.
Delgado received unanimous Superior
ratings and was awarded a trophy for the
best community college at the festival.
Melanie Deffendall’s Modern Social
Problems Spring 2008 class held a bake sale
and sold tickets for prizes to raise money
for a unique and worthy cause: The Heifer
Project. After immediate needs for food,
shelter, fresh water, clothing and other necessities
have been met, The Heifer Project
works within communities to empower disaster
survivors with the economic means - such
as livestock, training and other resources - to
rebuild their families, their neighborhoods and
their hope for sustainable futures. The class
raised $1,782, with which they purchased one
cow, one water buffalo, one llama, two goats,
one sheep, one pig, one set of trees, two sets
of seedlings, two trios of rabbits, two honeybees
and one flock of hope.
The Irma Thomas Center for W.I.S.E.
Women, Delgado Dietetics program and the
Service Learning Committee sponsored a
free Nutrition Expo for Women in the City
Park Campus Student Life Center. The
Expo, which was open to faculty, staff and
students, was a Service Learning Project
for the Dietetic Technician students enrolled
in the Supervised Practice experience for
“Community Nutrition”. The students had several
Women’s Health Exhibits and presentations,
and the expo’s feature presenter was
Chef Marilyn Doucette of “Meals From the
Heart, LLC.”
Delgado West Bank Accounting students,
under the direction of Professor Lillian
S. Grose, joined the Society of Louisiana
Certified Public Accountants and Junior
Achievement (JA) to present the first annual
Financial Literacy Day at Fischer Elementary
Charter School in New Orleans. Nineteen
students trained with JA to teach concepts
of work readiness, entrepreneurship and
financial literacy using interactive projects
and games to make the learning a positive
and fun experience. The Delgado spring 2008
semester night students gave up a day of
work to volunteer for this Service Learning
project during final exam week.
Dr. Claudia Saucier, director of grants development,
is pleased to announce three Board
of Regents grant recipients: Sharmaine
Hughes (Department of EMS Education)
received a grant for $120,000 for Trauma
Training using Technology and Telemedicine
to develop a high-tech mobile unit for training
of high school students and professionals;
Marilyn Ciolino (Accounting) received
$92,865 to outfit an Accounting Computer
Lab to enhance accounting curriculum with
up-to-date software and equipment; and
René Cintron (Business and Technology)
received $26,142 for his proposal for a
Classroom Management System to convert
a classroom into a Computer Training Center
for Business and Technology students.
At a luncheon ceremony in Baton
Rouge, the Louisiana Community
and Technical College System
(LCTCS) along with Phi Theta
Kappa International hosted a
luncheon and recognition ceremony
to honor the 2008 All Louisiana
Academic Team, which included two
distinguished Delgado Community
College students.
The All State Team is a program
started by Phi Theta Kappa, the
international honor society for
two-year colleges, the American
Association of Community Colleges
and USA Today.
The program recognizes
excellence and high academic
achievement in students attending
community and technical colleges,
and provides opportunities for
individual growth and development
through participation in honors,
Delgado Students Selected
for 2008 All Louisiana
Academic Team
Amanda Smith, GPA: 3.79,
Major: General Studies,
Transferring to: University
of New Orleans or Loyola
University
Patricia Parker, GPA: 3.60,
Major: General Studies,
concentration: Biology,
Transferring to: McNeese
State University
leadership, service and fellowship
programming.
Independent judges review
students’ applications and select
the team members. Students
are recognized by the awarding
of medallions, certificates and
scholarships.
“Being named to the All Louisiana
Academic Team is one of the
highest honors a community
college student can receive,” said
Dr. Joe D. May, LCTCS president.
“The nine students recognized
represent the best of the best at
their respective institutions and
we are proud of them for their
commitment, dedication, and
academic accomplishments. We
will come to see great things from
all of these students in the very
near future.”
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