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"United States : Louisiana to invest $2.7 Million in land for L.E. Fletcher Technical Community College." TendersInfo 19 Oct. 2009. InfoTrac Newspapers. Web. 6 Jan. 2010. <http://find.galegroup.com/gtx/start.do?prodId=SPN.SP00&userGroupName=txshrpub100100>. Al Bawaba (Middle East) Ltd.
2009 Community and Development Block Grants for new campus - $2.7M for land. Chancellor Travis Lavigne. New facility will be $21.3M project, 74.2-acre. Near Nicholls State University, sharing faculty with it.
Expansion of Marine Operations, Diesel Marine, and welding programs from $5.1M in state funding.
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Enrollment doubled from 805 in Fall 2004 to 1614 in Fall 2005.
--From web site-- http://www.ftcc.edu/index.cfm?md=pagebuilder&tmp=home&nid=1&pnid=0&pid=203&fmid=0&catid=0&elid=0 "About us"
"As Houma's only technical community college,"
http://www.ftcc.edu/index.cfm?md=pagebuilder&tmp=home&nid=31&pnid=1&pid=205&fmid=0&catid=0&elid=0 "About us - Accreditation"
Accreditation:
- Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
- Commission of the Council on Occupational Education
- 7 career-specific accrediation agencies, including the United States Coast Guard, for Marine Operation courses
http://www.ftcc.edu/index.cfm?md=pagebuilder&tmp=home&nid=32&pnid=1&pid=8&fmid=0&catid=0&elid=0
Campuses: 3 campuses in Houma, Louisiana
Mailing address:
Mailing Address:
P. O. Box 5033
Houma, LA 70361
Main campus:
310 St. Charles Street
Houma, LA 70360
Administration: (985) 857-3655
Administration Fax: (985) 857-3689
Admissions: (985) 857-3659
Admissions Fax: (985) 857-3763
Geolocate: Lat = 29 degrees, 35.7 minutes North
Long = 90 degrees, 44.5 minutes West
http://www.ftcc.edu/assets/docs/AboutUs/FactBook2009-2010.pdf
Fact Book 2009-2010, 12/22/2009, Dept. of Institutional Research & Effectiveness, Fletcher Technical Community Colllege
History:
Est. June 23, 1948, as the South Louisiana Trade School, to provide "vocational training for the populace of an area comprised of the following five parishes: Terrebonne, Lafourche, Assumption, St. James, and St. Charles." At the time, such trade schools were "for whites only" - the enabling legislation reads
| “ | §§2420.57 - 2420.59. — [1949 Cum. Supp.] — Provides for the establishment of South Louisiana Trade School “for the education of white people of the State of Louisiana” to be located at Houma, Terrabonne Parish, La.] [Acts 1948, No. 69, Sec. 1.][1] | ” |
The campus was completed in June, 1951 at a cost of $418,216.[2]
1948 - South Louisiana Trade School created, opened 1951[3] 1977 - renamed South Louisiana Vocationa-Technical School 1990 - renamed to South Louisiana Regional Technical Institute 1995 - renamed to Louisiana Technical College - South Louisiana Campus 1999 - Louisiana Technical College - L. E. Fletcher Campus 2003 - spun off from Louisiana Technical College and renamed L. E. Fletcher Technical Community College.
Current name honors a former director of the college.
Reclassified as a "Technical Community College" within the Louisiana Community and Technical College System 6/1/03. Prior to 6/1/03 it was a campus of the Luisiana Techncial College.
Enrollment: 2003 - 649 2004 - 805 2005 - 1614
- fall 2005: Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
2006 - 1309 2007 - 1296 2008 - 1525 2009 - 1823
2009 enrollment: 1823, 1427.5 full-time equivalent, 52.1% full time, 40 full-time faculty, 20 part-time faculty, 9 associate degree programs, 9 diploma programs, 43 certificate programs. About 84% of enrollment is from two parishes - Terrebonne and Lafourche.
Major areas of study, in addition to general education courses: Business, Marine and Petroleum, Nursing and Allied Health, Manufacturing and Service Technologies. In the fall of 2009, Nursing was the largest single specialized program, with 26% of students enrolled.
In 2009, 63% of students had at least one parent who had never attended college.
Chancellors:
F. Travis Lavigne, Jr., May 23, 2003-date, promoted from Dean of Louisiana Technical College - L. E. Fletcher Campus[4]Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).
Original location:
"South Louisiana Trade School opened on July, 1951 at 310 St. Charles Street in Houma, Louisiana. The facility was built on a seven-acre site owned by the Terrebonne Parish School Board. Harrell P. Willis was the first director of the school and served until 1968. Full-time day preparatory classes were offered in Office Occupations, Drafting, Auto Mechanics, Industrial Engines Mechanics, and Carpentry."
High school dual enrollment programs:
"* college level/degree credit courses
- enrichment/developmental courses
- work skills courses."
Dual enrollment with other colleges: The school has cross-enrollment programs with nearby colleges and universities including Nicholls State University.
http://chfs.ky.gov/NR/rdonlyres/0E4CDC44-1E03-46B4-BD17-586B4D172548/0/KBNReport.pdf Nurse Programs with curricula meeting KRS 214.610, 615, and 620 requirements
Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services Division of Epidemiology Department for Public Health HIV/AIDS Branch 2009-07-27
Nursing program has existed since at least 1990
- ^ Murray, Pauli, Ed. [] States' Laws on Race and Color: Studies in the Legal History of the South, 1997, Univeristy of Georgia Press, ISBN 0-8203-1883-3, orig. published by the Women's Division of Christian Service, Athens, Georgia, 1950. p. 179
- ^ Jackson, Shelby M., State Department of Education of Louisiana: 1952: Bulletin No. 736: One Hundred Second Annual Report for the Session 1950-51, State Department of Education of Louisiana, 1952, p. 35
- ^ Hohensee, Peggy L. and Votaw, Michelle, Professional Development for Teaching Online/Hybrid: Who, What, When, Where, and How did we do?, L. E. Fletcher Technical Community College, accessed 2010-01-06
- ^ First Chancellor Appointed for L. E. Fletcher Technical Community College, Louisiana Community & Technical College System, press release, 2003-05-23