THIBODAUXĀ ā ¹ū¶³APP and Nunez Community College in Chalmette are working together to make it easier for Nunez students to earn a bachelorās degree in petroleum services at ¹ū¶³APP.
On Tuesday, Nov. 27, officials from both institutions signed a Memorandum of Understanding, stating that several of Nunezās industrial technology courses will transfer to ¹ū¶³APPā four-year petroleum services program. Michael Gautreaux, safety technology and petroleum services coordinator at ¹ū¶³APP, says his program has already graduated several transfer students from Nunez, and he hopes that the new agreement will encourage more students to pursue their bachelorās degree at ¹ū¶³APP.
While Nunezās two-year program focuses on process technology and the downstream oil sector (refineries and chemical plants), the four-year program at ¹ū¶³APP prepares students for supervisory positions and focuses on the upstream sector (exploration and drilling).
āWith more interest in offshore and many management-level workers retiring in this field, a bachelorās degree from ¹ū¶³APP will really give our students a shot to move into more advanced careers,ā says Keith Tolleson, process technology program manager at Nunez.
Dr. Thomas Warner, Nunez Community College chancellor, and Dr. Stephen T. Hulbert, ¹ū¶³APP president, sign a Memorandum of Understanding, allowing industrial technology courses at Nunez to transfer to the ¹ū¶³APP bachelorās degree program in petroleum services.