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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. . 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. &mdash; [1949 Cum. Supp.] &mdash; 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.]

The campus was completed in June, 1951 at a cost of $418,216.

1948 - South Louisiana Trade School created, opened 1951 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 2006 - 1309 2007 - 1296 2008 - 1525 2009 - 1823
 * fall 2005: Hurricanes Katrina and Rita

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

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