Delgado Community College (DCC) is a public community college in Louisiana, United States, with campuses throughout the New Orleans metropolitan area. Its current campuses are in New Orleans (Orleans Parish) and 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 Louisiana State Legislature in 1980, under the administration of Governor 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, St. John the Baptist, and St. Tammany 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 St. Bernard Parish and St. Tammany Parish. WXDR-LP broadcasts from the main campus.

There were two campuses in St. Tammany Parish: one in Slidell, Louisiana, 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 Dolphins compete in National Junior College Athletic Association 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 Wichita State
  • Irma Thomas, Grammy Award-winning artist

Notable faculty and staff

  • Cameron Henry, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from District 82; former adjunct business professor at Delgado

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File:DelgadoCollegeNOLA1990s.jpg|Isaac Delgado Hall, Delgado, City Park Campus

File:New Orleans 2017 (32791323354).jpg|Delgado Community College, view from City Park

File:Delgado Community College Campus New Orleans April 2017 06.jpg|Delgado, City Park Campus

File:Michael Williamson Center, NOLA.jpg|Michael Williamson Center, Delgado Basketball

File:Rags Scheuermann Field at Kirsch-Rooney Stadium, New Orleans, Louisiana.jpg|"Rags" Scheuermann Field at Kirsch-Rooney Stadium, Delgado Baseball

File:Delgado Community College Student Life Center, New Orleans, Louisiana.jpg|Delgado, City Park Campus, Student Life Center

File:Delgado Community College Campus New Orleans April 2017 08.jpg|Delgado, City Park Campus building

File:Delgado Community College.jpg|City Park Campus fountain

File:Delgado Community College New Orleans campus c. 1991 03.jpg|Delgado, City Park Campus water feature and island

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References

  • Official website