Delgado Community College (DCC) is a

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, with campuses throughout the

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. Its current campuses are in

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(Orleans Parish) and in Jefferson Parish. The original City Park Campus is located in the Navarre neighborhood adjacent to New Orleans City Park. 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

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in 1980, under the administration of

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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,

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, and

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parishes. A Delgado Community College document stated that, in addition, Lafourche, St. Bernard, and Terrebonne parishes are in its service area.

Campuses

Sidney Collier Campus is in East New Orleans. While located within Orleans Parish, it is in close proximity to both

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and St. Tammany Parish. WXDR-LP broadcasts from the main campus. There were two campuses in St. Tammany Parish: one in

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, 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. The Slidell campus closed in 2016 due to financial issues.

Athletics

The Delgado Dolphins are composed of three athletic teams representing Delgado Community College in intercollegiate athletics, including baseball and men's and women's basketball. The

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s compete in

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Division 1, Region 23. The Dolphins sports teams are members of the Louisiana Community Colleges Athletic Conference. 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

* Billy Kennedy, assistant basketball coach for

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* Steve Theriot, member of the

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(1988–1996) and state legislative auditor (2004–2009) *

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winning artist. *Scott Arceneaux Jr., member of

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Notable faculty and staff

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, 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, historical preservationist and TikTok content creator

Gallery

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References

External links

Official website
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