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Read and celebrate the corporatioare providing generous support toLeBlanc, a champion for RPCCNorthshore nursing programreceives donationLouis “Boo” LeBlanc calls out the names of individuals thatwon a door prize at the River Parishes Community CollegeFoundation’s Annual Golf Scramble. Standing behindLeBlanc is fellow Foundation board member Louis Lambert.Louis “Boo” LeBlanc has spent a lifetime giving backto his community and his service on the River ParishesCommunity College Foundation Board of Directors fitsright with his philosophy of giving back.Boo LeBlanc takes pride in his work on the RPCCFoundation and actively participates in its fundraising. Hehas gone out into the community and asked individualsand businesses to support the Foundation’s first annualcampaign. He raised more than $20,000 within the firsttwo months of the campaign and continues to seek out newdonors. Contribution to the annual campaign will providescholarships for RPCC’s growing student population.“I think RPCC is one of the most progressive things thathas happened to this area in years,” said LeBlanc. “Everyorganization has stakeholders. The biggest stakeholdersin RPCC are the students, past, present, and future.Some in our area, who never would have even toucheda college before, are now beginning to see the fruits of acollege education.” §Simulated hospital floor at Northshore TechnicalCommunity College.The Salmen Family Foundation donated $1,000 in March2010 to the nursing program at Northshore TechnicalCommunity College, Sullivan Campus. This donationtotals $17,800 in donations since 2006 that have providedfunds for the establishment of a simulated hospital floorwith beds and a nursing station located within the nursingdepartment. This opportunity affords the students handson training in a medical environment and prepares them forthe clinical experience. In addition, funds have supportedthe travel of three national SkillsUSA competitors that havewon gold medals in Kansas City since 2006. The students,faculty, and administration value the contributions of theSalmen Family Foundation. §26 | Moves Magazine
Donors Making a Difference!ns and individuals throughout our state whoour colleges through their local foundations.Culp gives first donation to NLTC foundationCulp’s generous actions, his encouragement, and hiswilling support of technical education definitelydesignate him as a “Donor Making a Difference.” §Pictured (L to R) are Foundation members Troy Culp, ArkansasStone; Alton Braddock, former Assistant Dean, Delta Ouachitacampus; Ann McIntyre, City Court judge, Winnsboro; DanHollingsworth, mayor of Ruston; and Tim Tettleton, Senior VicePresident, Community Trust Bank, Farmerville.Nunez PTEC program receives donationfrom Chalmette Refining and ExxonMobilNortheast Louisiana Technical College has been diligentlyworking to establish a foundation that would benefit thestudents and technical education programs of NortheastLouisiana. Norene Smith stated that dream came true.In March 2010 when the Foundation was officiallyestablished, Troy Culp, owner of Arkansas Stone in WestMonroe, was first to present a check to the Foundation.Culp, a former student, truly understands the life-changingeffect of technical education. His skills, earned at theoriginal Delta Ouachita Vo-Tech, help to ground his ownsuccessful business. Now he actively supports and investshis time and money in opportunities for other students.Culp is a founding member of the Institutional AdvisoryCommittee for Northeast Louisiana Technical Collegeand he is chair of the Foundation. He is vocal advocatefor the benefits of technical education and receivedthe “Small Business Recognition Award” at the 2009LCTCS Super Summer Institute. In addition, Culp wasinstrumental in providing free transportation for a sizablesteel donation from NUCOR Steel for welding studentsat Delta Ouachita and Tallulah campuses in March 2010.Pictured at the check presentation held on the ChalmetteCampus are, (L to R): Richard Igercich, Chalmette Refiningmanager; Nunez Chancellor Tommy Warner: and DennisMcMurty, Chalmette Refining mechanical managerChalmette Refining and the ExxonMobil Foundationrecently donated $20,000 to the Nunez CommunityCollege Process Technology Program. The donationprovided funding for the purchase of books and trainingequipment. Process Technology (PTEC) is a two-yearcourse designed to provide industry with qualified processtechnician candidates. Students finish with an associate’sdegree in Industrial Technology/Process Technology andcan apply for jobs at the area’s petrochemical refineries,processing plants and manufacturing facilities. §Moves Magazine | 27
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