WHAT:         Fall 2011 Commencement Exercises
 
WHEN:         Monday, December 19, 2011, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
 
WHERE:       Lakefront Arena, University of New Orleans
                    6801 Franklin Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana
 
WHO:           Mitch Landrieu, Mayor of New Orleans
                    Ashton Ryan Jr., Delgado Foundation Board Chairman
                    and First NBC Bank President
                    Robert Brown, Business Council of New Orleans Managing Director
                    Deborah Lea, Delgado Community College Acting Chancellor
                    854 Delgado Community College graduates,
                    their friends and family members
 
WHY:     Commencement exercises will include a special focus on the 90th anniversary of Delgado’s 1921 founding. Delgado Community College is experiencing record demand for its educational programs, including associate’s degree and certificate programs; general education for baccalaureate matriculation; and workforce development and education. This fall, Delgado enrolled a record 20,452 students – plus more than 10,000 students in workforce development and education. Delgado is a diverse, multi-campus community college, second only to LSU in student population among Louisiana colleges and universities. In a recent survey of 500 Delgado graduates, more than 90% were employed and 60% earned more than $40,000 per year.