Delgado Community College (Jefferson Campus): Groundbreaking Ceremony Held For New Ochsner Center At Delgado

Press release from the Delgado Community College Jefferson Campus:

March 31, 2021

This morning, March 31, Delgado Community College celebrated the groundbreaking for
its new Ochsner Center for Nursing and Allied Health. Joining Chancellor Steib and
President Sullivan for the event were Governor John Bel Edwards, Higher Education
Commissioner Kim Hunter Reed, Mayor LaToya Cantrell, Delgado Foundation President
Lee Giorgio, Ochsner Health CEO Warner Thomas, Ochsner Health Board Chairman Andy
Wisdom, and other officials and guests.

Due to COVID-19 social distancing protocols, attendance was by invitation only. The
entire ceremony was live streamed on the Delgado YouTube channel, as well as recorded
by local TV news media who were present. Click here to see the event as captured and reported by WGNO.

The $20 million gift by Ochsner Health is the largest in the history of Delgado Community
College. The partnership it represents is transformational for our Charity School
of Nursing and Allied Health Division. Centrally located at the City Park Campus in
a new state-of-the-art facility, they will be more than ever the choice for students
from across the spectrum of the regional population for healthcare education.

A Fact Sheet describing the new facility can be viewed online with a rendering of the new building.

This press release was produced by the Delgado Community College Jefferson Campus. The views expressed here are the author’s own.