Delta College North

We love to celebrate Delta graduates. Shoutout to MIA for this accomplishment. Another successful Practical Nursing graduate from Delta. We are proud of you!

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🌟 Employee Spotlight: Mia 🌟

This month, we’re excited to recognize Mia as our Employee Spotlight!

Mia’s journey with our community has truly come full circle. After spending two years as a Personal Assistant in our Reunion Neighborhood, she left to pursue her dream of completing nursing school. We were thrilled to welcome her back as one of our newest nurses!

Mia’s bright smile, compassionate heart, and positive attitude make a wonderful impact on both residents and team members. She is always willing to jump in and help, and she even brings plenty of joy to the community with her love of karaoke!

Mia’s dedication, kindness, and caring spirit make her a well-deserved recipient of this recognition. Congratulations, Mia, and thank you for all that you do!

The Nightingale Award, given to Latanga Irvin, recognizes and applauds a graduate who has exhibited the characteristics of nursing as established by our pioneer of nursing, Florence Nightingale. This graduate has continually exhibited the following qualities:
• Demonstrates compassion to their patients
• Displays loyalty to their instructors and classmates
• Shows Consistent dedication and diligence in their studies.
While all our graduates have demonstrated the core values of nursing, only one graduate is chosen.

Our Nursing Class of 2026 Salutatorian is Ariel Johnson, pictured with Valerie Noflin. Ariel earned this award by holding the second-highest cumulative grade point average, right behind the valedictorian. An extraordinary achievement for which we congratulate her. Well done!

We are celebrating all our nursing graduates today but want to showcase several who have been awarded our highest honors. Our Valedictorian, the graduate earning the highest GPA, is Jenna Hollingsworth pictured with Valerie Noflin. This award means non-stop hard work and dedication to her studies. Congratulations Jenna!

Congratulations to our 130th Nursing graduating class at Delta College North. Our first graduation was on June 15, 1995. We are so proud of all our graduates!

Delta College North partnered with the LSU AG center to bring attention to a program they are trying to get into the community for our students. Extra Credit was given for their nutrition class by attending and we had a great showing on our first session! If you or someone you know is interested in participating in the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program contact the LSU Ag Center at [email protected]

Vitalant held a blood drive at Delta North today and collected 22 pints. Great work Delta North students and the Junior Day Practical Nursing class

The most recent Delta College Practical Nurse graduating class ceremony was held Thursday, March 12, 2026. This is graduating class number 129. These 27 graduates join over 2,000 PN graduates from Delta College of Arts & Technology North - Since 2003, graduating more PN’s than any other campus in the entire state of Louisiana.
Pictured:
Valedictorian – Krystal Butler with a 4.0 GPA. This a a high honor and representative of very hard work and dedication.
Salutatorian – Deniceya Rener
Nightingale Award – Frances Young
Congratulations and best of luck in our careers!

Delta College of Arts & Technology hosted a visit by Dr. Kirk A. Nooks, President and CEO of our accrediting agency, the Council on Occupational Education (COE). COE is listed by the U.S. Department of Education as a nationally recognized accrediting agency and is a respected authority in the accreditation of non-degree-granting and applied associate degree-granting postsecondary occupational education institutions.

Dr. Nooks met with key college officials including President, Billy L. Clark; Provost, Dr. Christian Vige’; Director of Accreditation, Ms. Carol Hasegawa; and Corporate Practical Nursing Programs Coordinator, Ms. Comelia Jackson Pounds. During the meeting Dr. Nooks gave a quick overview of COE and Mr. Clark gave a history of how Delta enrolled their first students in 1970 and grew into the largest single provider of LPN’s in the state of Louisiana.

Touring the campus, Dr. Nooks stopped to talk to students from many programs before ending the tour at the Practical Nursing Building, where he met with a panel of students to hear their “Delta story”. One student asked Dr. Nooks how he became the President and CEO of an accrediting commission. His answer was quite inspiring, with the theme being never stop writing your story and don’t let your story end before you’ve finished it. Hopefully Dr. Nooks can share his story often.

The tour ended with a small group of PN students giving a skills demonstration in the Nursing Lab. We are grateful for the time Dr. Nooks spent with our folks and the wisdom, vision and inspiration he brings to COE.