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2005 Chancellor’s Report

New Orleans, Louisiana

Delgado Community College

Strategic Focus2004-2005

In the future, Delgado will be noted among the “leading

edge” community colleges in America:

* The needs of the learner will be met through innovative

programs and services

* Teaching will be delivered flexibly – distance

education, internet-based courses, on the job-site

* Campuses and centers will be more inviting and

attractive

* Diverse student body of more than 21,000 students

who see Delgado as a champion of life-long and

workforce learning

In order to promote the mission, core values, and vision

of Delgado Community College, and building on the prior

year’s accomplishments, our strategic priorities for the

coming year will include the following.

1. Build faculty and staff

2. Strengthen programs

3. Improve and expand facilities

4. Lead workforce and economic development

initiatives in the region

5. Obtain additional financial resources

6. Apply college resources to create partnerships that

address community needs

7. Continue strengthening marketing efforts and

building promotional publications

8. Enhance efforts to promote diversity

Mission in actionDelgado provides access to the most viable education and skills training.

Vision in focusPartnerships are a competitive advantage in our working economy and a dynamic portion of excellence in learning.

Value addedFor over 80 years, Delgado consistently has provided transformative education through inventive academic programs.

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Educators fostering excellenceFaculty has access to technology and new educational advances that are strengthening teaching tactics and enriching learning opportunities for students.

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Funding our futureTremendous opportunities exist for further financial stewardship.

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CHANCELLOR’S LETTER

At the heart of Delgado’s core

values is perhaps the most universal one – an understanding of and responsibility to community, state, nation and the world....

This annual report highlights many of Delgado’s achievements over the past academic year. One I am most proud of is to see Delgado nationally ranked in the top ten of community colleges with 10,000 or more students. Read more: page 14

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A special thanks goes to our donors...

Essential to Delgado students’ success is effective academic

guidance. Faculty and staff both succeed by working in concert

with the “one-college identity” wherein counterpart groups are built

to promote collaboration and increase effi ciency. Faculty members

are also provided with access to the latest technology and training

through the Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Technology

to strengthen teaching tactics. Our Learning Centered focus enriches

learning opportunities for students and engages everyone as partners

in the learning process. And, with over $1.7 million in the Delgado

Foundation’s endowed professorships, we’re investing in our most

valuable resources.

Patricia Egers, dean of the

Charity School of Nursing,

received the “Nursing

School Administrator

of the Year Nightingale

Award” for 2005 from the

Louisiana Nurses Foundation

and the Louisiana State

Nurses Association.

Greg Dawson, reading instructor on the

West Bank Campus, developed the West

Bank Reading Program and team teaching

in a Learning Community. He has written two

successful grants titled Men Achieving Learning

and Effectively Succeeding (MALES), a

mentoring program that addresses retention of

male minority students. He is also the recipient of

the 2004 Black Achievers Award.

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Brenda Bryant,

Professor of English,

received the 2005

Seymour Weiss

Excellence in

Teaching Award, the

highest honor bestowed

to a faculty member at

the college.

Educators fostering excellence.

Delgado was well represented

at the 2005 International

Conference on Teaching and

Leadership Excellence sponsored

by the National Institute for Staff

and Organizational Development

(NISOD). Twenty faculty and staff

members attended the conference

held in Austin, Texas last May.

Melanie Deffendall, creator and facilitator of

W.I.S.E. (Women in Search of Excellence)

program and coordinator of Delgado’s

College and Career Success Skills

program, was recognized by the American

Association of Women in Community

Colleges (AAWCC) for the W.I.S.E. program

as one of the 2005 Model Mentoring

Program Award winners.

Dr. Max Reichard,

professor of history and

humanities, was selected

for a Fulbright Senior

Specialist grant in U.S.

Studies at the University of

Saint LaSalle Philippines.

This is Dr. Reichard’s fourth

Fulbright scholarship.

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Diane Ripley and

Anne Churchill

were awarded

James Beard

Foundation

Scholarships to

Delgado’s Culinary

Arts Program and

were profi led in

the Beard House

Magazine.

Delgado is committed to equipping its students with the skills needed to

succeed. From high school juniors and seniors and fi rst-time freshmen to

adults seeking additional skills, Delgado provides access to the most viable

education and skills training. Our Learning Centered environment nurtures

student success for earning a degree, matriculation to a baccalaureate

program, or industry training to enter the workforce. Delgado graduates

are everywhere you turn, providing the backbone for our region’s businesses

and industries, and the foundation for our communities.

Joycelyn D. Williams, a

member of the Delgado

Community College

PALs (Peer Advisors and

Leaders) won the “Student

Leadership Award” from

SROW (Southern Regional

Orientation Workshop),

beating over 1,600

students from the

southern region.

The West Bank

Campus Students

In Free Enterprise

(SIFE) team

was one of eight

fi nalists of the two-

year college teams

at the 2004 SIFE

USA National

Exposition.

Sonji Ariwajoye and

Dominique Pate,

medical laboratory

technician students,

received National

Student Honor

Awards from the

American Society

for Clinical

Pathology.

Delgado creates award-winners.Katie Sterling,

a student and

Dolphin women’s

basketball player,

was named

“All Regional

Women’s

Basketball

Player” at the

2004 regional

tournament.

Through fl exible education choices like internet-

based courses, video streams, compressed

video and television courses, and job-site

training, the chance to learn fi ts anyone’s

schedule. Additionally, eight locations in the

metro New Orleans area are student-centered,

safe, and convenient learning environments.

Delgado readies the region’s high school

students with programs like the Concurrent

Enrollment and Tech Prep Rising Star.

As the state’s largest provider of skilled

entry-level workers, Delgado is proud to be

a champion of life-long and workforce

learning. Because while we do not measure

ourselves in dollars and cents, our true

summation is seen through our students’

successes. Delgado’s mission realized:

students working towards prosperous futures.

Delgado promotes cutting-edge education.

Delgado prepares learners.

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Delgado’s mission in action.

Delgado received a Title III

Strengthening Institutions

Development grant from the

U.S. Department of Education

for $1.75 million to integrate

student services with curriculum

and instruction by focusing on

core learning and related support

systems to increase student

learning, course completion rates

and retention rates.6

The Delgado Foundation hosted

the Circles of Excellence alumni

recognition program, the Roast

of the Town fundraiser featuring

Lt. Governor Mitch Landrieu, and,

with our Workforce Development

and Education unit, presented the

Champions Awards recognizing

business and industry partners.

Each event generated monetary

support and invaluable good will.

While our academic success is soaring we are also

attracting a growing number of students, which

highlights the need for additional resources to

continue on the path to becoming a leading edge

community college. Our fi rst annual internal gifts

campaign raised $20,000 for Tuition Assistance Program

scholarships—exceeding our goal by $8,000; 41 students received scholarships for Spring

2005 semester. Additionally, support for scholarships and endowments grew to over

$312,000 in donations and pledges from external stakeholders. The college raises 61% of

our operating budget through self-generated funds, including $2.85 million in grants.

Twenty Charity School of

Nursing RN students received

the Workforce Investment

Act (WIA) Individual

Training Account (ITA), a

federally funded program

offered through Jefferson

Parish. The account covered

tuition, fees, books and

supplies for the spring and

fall semesters for 2005.

Funding the future. Success is measured by our fi scal growth balanced with our ability to live the Delgado Mission, the Delgado Core Values and the Delgado Vision.

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Delgado

disbursed over

$43 million

in Federal

Pell Grants,

scholarships

and student

loans last

year – 78% of

our students

receive this aid.

The Tuition Assistance

Program was launched

by the Delgado Foundation

to award scholarships to

eligible students with help

from Hibernia National

Bank and our faculty and

staff, who have contributed

their personal earnings

in the name of the

Delgado values.

The West Bank Campus

expands with its $3.8 million

Student Life Center celebrated

at an April ground breaking.

Plans are in development to

accommodate Louisiana’s

promising fi lm industry in our

proposed 50,000 square foot

Film, Video and Recording Arts

Complex for training crew in the

burgeoning entertainment industry.

Tuition and Fees$20,235,894

(23.0%)

Other self-generated revenue$5,697,983 (6.5%)

OPERATING BUDGET

Federal grants, etc $28,933,877 (31.9%)

State appropriations$33,973,263 (38.6%)

Delgado’s partnerships with Louisiana’s leading businesses and industries provide

essential competitive edge training. Our Workforce Development and Education unit

generated more than $25 million in Louisiana Department of Labor Incumbent Worker

Training grants; 35 Louisiana-based companies and over 5,000 employees received training

in 2004/2005. Additionally, Delgado introduced new degree programs and technical

competency areas to address the state’s economic development potential. Delgado trains

for six of ten industry clusters identifi ed as potential areas for economic growth—Health

Care, Business and Technology, Maritime, Hospitality and Entertainment, Finances, and

Transportation. And, our customized training meets employers’ needs for skilled workers.

Our focus on partnerships and community included:

Teaming up with

St. Tammany

Fire District 12

to launch the

Fire Apparatus

Sprinkler Trainer

(FAST) for region-

wide fi refi ghting

training.

Joining forces with two United Way

agencies – the early childhood

advocacy group Success by 6 and

the Women’s Leadership Initiative

– to provide childcare training that

will enable Orleans Parish childcare

centers to earn accreditation from

the National Association for the

Education of Young Children.

Participating in the Fund for the

Improvement of Postsecondary

Education (FIPSE) grant given by

the U.S. Department of Education

to develop a European exchange

program in international business.

Delgado was one of four colleges

in the United States invited to

participate.

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Partnering with the Regional

Transit Authority (RTA) to provide

customized training taught on-site to

RTA employees. The Partnership

in Motion is a multi-million dollar

workforce training initiative that

trained 1,120 RTA employees in

computer technology, customer

service skills, streetcar and transit

vehicular maintenance and more.

The vision in focus. Partnerships. A competitive advantage in our working economy and a dynamic portion of excellence in learning.

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Launching the Workforce

Training Solutions

Initiative, in collaboration

with Louisiana Technical

College (LTC) – District 1

and Nunez Community

College, to provide affordable

customized training for

business and industry.

For over 80 years, Delgado consistently has provided

transformative education through inventive academic programs.

Delgado now ranks 10th in the nation for the top 50 fastest-

growing public two-year colleges with 10,000 or more students.

An estimated 80% of our graduates stay in the region initially and

contribute to the local economy. The accumulated contribution

of past and present Delgado instruction adds some $370 million in

annual earnings to the Greater New Orleans region (equal to that

of around 11,700 jobs)1. Delgado’s success in turn creates greater

prosperity for the community.1 The Socioeconomic Benefi ts Generated by Delgado Community College, March 17, 2004, CCbenefi ts, Inc.

With an average of 16,700 degree-

seeking students, Delgado has

the third largest undergraduate

enrollment in Louisiana. And, with

another 15,000 or so individuals

seeking professional development

or industry certifi cation through

our continuing education program,

Delgado is a formidable force in

shaping our economy.

Delgado’s Charity

School of Nursing

Self-Study is

being used by the

National League for

Nursing Accrediting

Commission as a

model throughout the

country as a guide to

earning accreditation.10

Delgado’s Charity School

of Nursing ranks 6th

in the nation among

associate nursing

programs. In 2004 the

Louisiana State Nurses

Association bestowed the

honor of “Nursing School

of the Year” to Delgado

Charity School of Nursing.

We rank 28th in the

nation in the number

of associate degrees

conferred to African

Americans. We

attribute that number

to effective cultural

awareness and a

college environment

of respect for others.

Our Allied Health Programs rank

15th in the U.S. out of 1,200

American community and technical

colleges. Approximately 3,300

declared Allied Health majors

are currently enrolled; over the

5-year period ending in 2003 the

division graduated 1,082 health

care professionals, 96.1% of these

graduates found jobs here.

Delgado’s

Maritime, Fire and

Industrial Training

Facility has trained

more than 15,000

marine and

offshore energy

workers from all

over the world

since 2000.

The Radiologic

Technology program

has seen 100% of its

graduates pass the

national certifi cation

examination since 1977.

On a national average,

only about 85% of those

who take this challenging

examination pass it. 11

Our values added. Values learned and earned. Our students walk taller with pride in the Delgado education that empowers them.

Delgado’s long-standing

partnerships with the

automotive industry include

training programs such as

ASSET with the Ford Motor

Company and ASEP with

General Motors, providing

students with supervised

work experience at local auto

dealerships.

Letter from the Chancellor.

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This, our fi rst Chancellor’s Report, was originally slated for publication in September, 2005 just after Hurricane Katrina. The college suffered extensive damage, particularly on the City Park Campus. But our resolve to reopen quickly, and with unbridled support of the faculty and staff, we resumed operations on October 17, 2005. It began with classes for nursing and allied health students, followed by online courses offered in concert with the Sloan Foundation and the Southern Regional Education Board. This period ended on December 23rd with the end of an intersession. In total, 3,000 students were served by these initiatives. And, now, in the spring semester 2006, more than 10,000 students have returned to Delgado and the community! Much work remains in the days and months ahead. In our recovery effort, the institution’s past accomplishments must serve as the basic building block in our efforts.

At the heart of Delgado Community College’s core values is perhaps the most universal one—an understanding of and responsibility to community, state, nation, and the world. As a community college, we live up to that responsibility because we believe everyone deserves to have access to education. Delgado gives that option affordably and fl exibly for all seekers, traditional or non-traditional. Last academic year nearly 34,000 degree-seeking students took us up on that promise. After canceling our 2005 fall semester, we were ecstatic to welcome 10,002 students home to Delgado for spring semester 2006.

Additionally, by pairing students’ options with community needs, we are creating a professional marketplace that benefi ts us all. We have committed to reach out to our diverse population and provide them with necessary, worthwhile skills. We know that offering high-quality job training and multifaceted degrees helps them climb the ladder to better lives. Now, more than ever, educational success is the foundation for rebuilding and improving our world.

This annual report highlights many of Delgado’s achievements over the 2004-2005 academic year. One I am most proud of was to see Delgado nationally ranked in the top ten of community colleges with 10,000 or more students. We will continue to position Delgado to be among the most progressive, leading community colleges in the country.

Our hard work is geared towards meeting the needs of the learner. We understand that it is our responsibility to offer our diverse student body the most affordable, fl exible, and academically strong education possible. In other words, education that works!

Best regards,

Alex Johnson

Now, more than ever, educational success is the foundation for rebuilding and improving our world.

“As the New Orleans region recovers from Hurricane Katrina we look to Delgado Community College to provide the very training we need to rebuild our communities. Our workers are returning, and many need re-training for today’s new economy and the emerging industries of tomorrow.”

–Mark Drennen, President and CEO, Greater New Orleans, Inc.

“Without Delgado’s outstanding academic programs, knowledgeable faculty, fl exible class schedules and tuition affordability, I would not have accomplished all that I have. Delgado has indeed made a difference to me.”

–Alejandro Garcia, Information Technology Analyst

“Delgado helped me develop a sense of pride in the accomplishment of the associate degree program and to some extent, a sense to give back to the community through my teaching at Delgado’s Fire School.”

–Brian D. Johnson, District Chief, New Orleans Fire Department

“Delgado has been able to provide our company with state-of-the-art training for our maritime employees, in turn allowing us to employ a better, more skilled and knowledgeable workforce. With this partnership Delgado has helped us gain that extra edge on being able to retrain employees to compete more effectively in our business. This program has been a huge success and we look forward to continuing our relationship with both Delgado and the Louisiana Department of Labor.... a winning situation for everyone.”

—Troy Gisclair, Safety Manager, Montco Offshore Inc.

“The Incumbent Workers Training Program is an employer’s dream come true.... Our partnership with Delgado is great; the staff members working with us are professional in every aspect of grant writing, curriculum design and development, and interacting with every level of our management staff. The long range benefi ts to our company are immeasurable in terms of improved employees’ skills and morale.”

—Maxine Johnson, Director of Operations Training, RTA

“Delgado sets a standard of excellence in customer service and quality of instruction in a wide range of industries from Maritime to Healthcare. The Department of Labor and, most notably, the Incumbent Working Training Program value this partnership as we strive together to build a workforce that provides our employers a competitive advantage in our growing economy.”

—Jim Henderson, Department of Labor

“Delgado’s Maritime and Industrial Training Center, which one Coast Guard offi cial calls the Cadillac of all training centers,” has established a worldwide reputation.”

—New Orleans CityBusiness

“Being a teacher at Delgado has taught me how important our jobs are as educators. Education is the one tool that allows any student the opportunity for advancement in our society. It gives our students the key to unlocking their full potential as individuals.”

—Peter Cho, Assistant Professor of Music

“The instructors from Delgado were able to get our employees excited about learning! By working with Delgado through the Incumbent Worker Training grant, Gray Line was able to customize training in technology, salesmanship, customer service and the hospitality industry. The curriculum was so good, our employees were excited about learning and were able to apply the techniques they learned to their jobs immediately.”

—Julee Pearce, Director of Marketing and Travel Industry Sales, Gray Line

“Delgado has had a very positive impact on my life both personally and professionally. When I was in school, it was obvious that radiology technology instructors had a burning desire to make Delgado’s imaging program one of the best in the state. That burning desire to be the best infl uenced me while I was at Delgado and continues with me now in my career at Diagnostic Imaging Services. Some of my professors have eventually become friends as well as colleagues who serve as resources for my business and me. Delgado helped me fi nd my identity, which is something I had not achieved until attending Delgado.”

—Alan R. Carson, Allied Health, Diagnostic Imaging Services

Letters from others.

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Special people.Faculty, Staff, and Community Member Donors

James Abanaka

Lester Adelsberg

Yvette Alexis

Donna Alley

Terri Baquet

Mary Bartholomew

Roberta Bartee

Leigh Bates

Gloria Battistle

Iva Bergeron

Gwen Beter

C.J. Blache

Connie Boudoin

Carlene Boudreaux

Gwen Boutte

Latanya Brittentine

Michael Bruno

Ronald V. Burns, Sr.

Joseph Byrd

Kenneth M. Carter

Dawn Cason

Erica Cassimere

Steve Cazaubon

Linda Christofi

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Daniel Clavier

Arnel Cosey

Patrick Cote

Lorraine Crosby

Melanie Deffendall

Ty Delger

Malayne DeMars

James Diamond

Gary Dominique

Linda Donahue

Ronald Doucette

A.C. Eagen III

Preston Edwards

Patricia Egers

Pam Eugene

Bibiana Fernandes

Jack Finn

Ernest Fitzgerald

Kathryn Fleming

O. Todd Francis

Tim Galliano

Harold Gaspard

Raymond Gauthreaux, Sr

Janet Gautier

Malcolm Gibson

Lee Giorgio

Adolfo Girau

Ray Gisclair

Joyce Glapion

Roy Glapion

Carol Gniady

Norm and Michele Gobert

Claudia Gordon

Cedric Grant

Michelle Greco

Denise Griffi n

Peggy Griffi n

Tom Gruber

Peter J. Hamilton, Fr.

Hope Hanks

Shelia Hickman

James Hurrell

Nita Rusich Hutter

Renee Ives

Alex and Daphne Johnson

Mary Johnson

Ralph Johnson

Christy Michelle Johnson

Robert L. Johnson

Jackie Jones

Marius Jones

Danny Lachie

Melissa Lacour

Karen Laiche

Estella Lain

Fran Langlow

Kelly Langston

Shelby LaSalle

Charmaine Lathmann

Sandy Laughorn

Anne LaVance

Debbie Lea

Kathleen Lee

Amelia Leonardi

Thomas Lovince

Dennis Maggio

Natalie Maillho

Terry Markuly

Ed Marshall

Sean Martin

Omar Mason

Charlene McCabe

Marlise McCammon

Beverly McKenna

Rebecca Mercer

Bobby Merritt

Dona Mesquita

Pirooz Mirzai

Kathleen Mix

Missy Mollere

Bessie Montania

Margaret Montgomery

Patrice Moore

Deborah Morgan

Wilson Morton, III

Gayle Nolan

Angela O’Bryan

Mary Anne O’Neil

Donna Pace

Beth Winninger Pesses

Darnell Prejean

Shenika Price

Jerrie Protti

Diane Olsen Rawls

Debra Redfearn

Stuart Redfearn

Duplain W. Rhodes

Suzanne Riche

Lynn Robertson

Bill Rouselle

Pat Roux

Vance Roux

Andre Rubenstein

Ronald Russo

Ashton Ryan

Rufi no Saaverdra

Sylvia Sandberg

Claudia Saucier

Joe Scheuermann

Barbara Schneider

Diane Sehrt

Courtney Sharp

Dave Shroyer

Cynthia Siegrist

Karla Sikaffy

William Sizeler

Edward Skillman

Frank Smith

James Smith

Jeff Smith

Sharon St. Cyr-Talbert

David St. Etienne

George Solomon

Pastor Charles Southall

Timothy Stamm

Nora Steel

Frank Stewart, Jr.

Darryl Talbert

Judy Terrell

Dianne Thames

Irma Thomas

Julie Thompson

Karl Tipton

Michael Toups

Constance Varnado

Vance Vaucresson

Carmen Walters

Suzanne Warren

Margaret Washington

Susan Welsh

Our thanks go to the special people, companies and organizations who gave their precious resources in 2004/2005 to support our initiatives like the Tuition Assistant Program and other scholarship programs, fund raisers, and endowments.

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Everett Williams

Carol Wise

Janet Yochim

Frederick C. Young, Jr

George Yount

Steve Zeringue

Carl Zornes

Company and Group Donors

Acme Truck Line

Albania Plantation

Commission

Alpha Title Company

Agenda for Children

AmSouth

Automatique

Axiom Management

Barnes & Noble

Bartholomew Law Offi ces

Bellsouth

Black Economic

Development Council

Burk-Kleinpeter

Canal Barge Company, Inc

City Business

Coca-Cola

Coleman, Johnson

Com-Tech Industries

Cox Communications

Crescent City Links Development

Delgado Alumni Association

Delgado Classifi ed Association

Delgado Student Government

Association

Discount Zone Management

Dominion

Domini Dei Foundation

Duplantier Harpmann Hogan

(Duplain Rhodes Funeral Homes)

Entergy

G. MC & Co. Advertising

GNO Foundation

General Motors Foundation

Hibernia National Bank

Hotel Management of New Orleans

Jones, Walker

Liberty Bank

Liberty Bank Foundation

The Livingston Group

Marrero Land & Improvement

Methodist Hospital

Midcity Neighborhood Association

Milling Benson

Murphy Oil

N.O. International

Airport

New Orleans

Publishing Group

Northrop Grumman

Nunez Community

College

Omni Bank

Overture

Pendleton Memorial

Methodist Hospital

Prescient Technologies

Sallie Mae

Select Properties

Putumayo Music World

Regions Bank

Simon Inc, LLC

Synchronous

Solutions, Inc.

Textron

Touro Infi rmary

Dave Ware &

Associates

Total Community

Action

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