Fishing rodeo funds go to petroleum engineering program

Nicholls State University administrators and faculty members accept a $13,000 donation Aug. 4 from the Morgan City Oilfield Fishing Rodeo on the university’s Thibodaux campus. The funds will be used to improve classrooms and labs for Nicholls’ petroleum engineering technology and safety management program. Pictured from left: David Zerange, assistant dean of University College; Michael Gautreaux, executive director of the Department of Petroleum Engineering Technology and Safety Management; Bruce Murphy, Nicholls president; Tammy Stevens, events coordinator for fishing rodeo; Loretta Dupre, events coordinator for the fishing rodeo; Lynn Gillette, Nicholls provost and vice president of academic affairs; and Neal Weaver, vice president for university advancement and executive director of the Nicholls Foundation.
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