Tagged: higher education

Construction of an expansion has begun at Fletcher Technical Community College in the Terrebonne Parish community of Schriever.

The Courier reports ground was broken for the BP Integrated Production Technologies Building this past week.

The $5.2 million building, which will house training equipment and classrooms, is partly financed by a $4 million donation from oil giant BP.

An audit of the University of Louisiana at Monroe shows the university is missing funds totaling $58,554 from its Department of Recreational Services as a result of cash control deficiencies.

The audit, released Thursday by the Louisiana legislative auditor, noted that additional funds could be missing because some pre-numbered receipts had been removed from the receipt books and about three months of cash register tapes were not located.

Barbara M. Hanson has been chosen as the new chancellor of Louisiana Delta Community College by the Louisiana Community and Technical College System Board of Supervisors.

The announcement was made Friday.

Hanson is currently the Vice President for Learning at San Jacinto College's Central Campus in Pasadena, Texas. A news release from the Louisiana system said she will assume responsibilities as LDCC Chancellor on Jan. 28. LDCC has campuses and facilities in Monroe and other cities in north Louisiana.

It's been nearly six months since Louisiana Tech University's mascot Tech XX died, and university officials say Tech XXI should be named by this spring if everything goes according to plan.

Jim King, Tech's vice president of student affairs, tells The Times a major part of the delay is Tech's need to obtain a federal permit before owning another bulldog.

King says his office is working with the school's student government association, which owns the animal, to meet requirements of the federal Animal Welfare Act.