Delgado Community College (Jefferson Campus): Delgado Community College And NOLA Gold Rugby Announce Partnership

Press release from the Delgado Community College Jefferson Campus:

March 14, 2022

Delgado Community College and NOLA Gold Rugby are pleased and excited to announce
a new partnership. The NOLA Gold Rugby organization is helping Delgado reach fans
and supporters of the team with messaging about the educational opportunities available
at Delgado’s seven locations and online. Delgado students are experiencing the management
and operations of a Major League Rugby team first-hand through educational experiences
and internships.

The partnership involves NOLA Gold Rugby team members who will share information on
the team’s social media and other marketing channels about academic programs and areas
of study at Delgado. NOLA Gold followers can consider a pathway to these fields or
a career change through education at Delgado Community College.

Fans attending NOLA Gold home games at the Shrine on Airline in Metairie will see
the Delgado brand featured prominently in displays on the field and in the gameday
program, and viewers of the games on television will be encouraged to interact with
Delgado through on-screen promotional messaging.

“The new partnership with NOLA Gold Rugby will enhance public awareness of the high-quality
educational opportunities at Delgado,” said Dr. Larissa Littleton Steib, Delgado Chancellor.
“Sports fans are a very diverse group and Delgado is committed to diversity and inclusion.
We appreciate the efforts of NOLA Gold management to make Delgado Community College
the official higher education partner of NOLA Gold Rugby.”

“NOLA Gold Rugby is very excited about our new partnership with Delgado Community
College--as we grow the awareness of rugby in Louisiana, we believe Delgado’s reach
will be instrumental in achieving this goal,” said Tim Falcon, team owner. “NOLA Gold
Rugby is committed to using our business to help educate young people on opportunities
for jobs in the sports business field. We look forward to learning from Delgado’s
expertise to have a real impact on job training opportunities.”

The NOLA Gold Rugby team and their national organization, Major League Rugby, are
now in their fifth year of play. In addition to New Orleans, Major League Rugby fields
teams in Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Dallas, New York, San Diego, Seattle, Toronto and
Washington, DC.

Twelve countries are represented by players on the NOLA Gold roster—six players have
played on Rugby World Cup teams. The team is providing the state of Louisiana with
an affordable, exciting, and family-oriented entertainment option while cultivating
the growth of rugby and establishing the New Orleans team as proud members of the
community.

There are millions of rugby fans in the United States and the game is popular among
young adults. NOLA Gold reaches more than 40,000 followers on social media and plays
home games in a 10,000-seat stadium in Metairie. Games are televised on the Fox Sports
and NBC Sports networks and on the free digital streaming channel The Rugby Network.

Delgado Community College is celebrating its Centennial in 2021-2022. Generations
of the New Orleans region’s residents know that Delgado provides “education that works.”
The SACSCOC-accredited institution offers more than 100 programs leading to career-focused
degrees, diplomas and certifications. Tuition is affordable and access to the college’s
programs is available to all. There are no admission or non-resident fees.

Delgado also has a large and active workforce development and continuing education
division that delivers specialized training for industry partners as well as a wide
range of self-improvement courses for those interested in broadening their knowledge
and skills for career or personal advancement.

More than 32,000 students experience Delgado’s educational offerings each year. The
college employs 1,250 people at six locations in the New Orleans region. Recent accolades
include ranking #37 among nearly 1,200 community colleges in the nation, having the
nation’s #1 community college science and math and hospitality programs and the #1
business administration associate degree program in the Southeast region.

This press release was produced by the Delgado Community College Jefferson Campus. The views expressed here are the author’s own.