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River Parishes Community College Foundation received a $10,557 donation from Shintech Louisiana, LLC, via its annual golf tournament. The gift will help launch RPCC’s WorkKeys Assessment Program at the Westside campus, boosting workforce readiness for students and job seekers.

The Greater New Orleans Infrastructure Partnership (GNOIP) – a collaborative effort led by Delgado Community College in partnership with Northshore Technical Community College, Nunez Community College, River Parishes Community College, and Greater New Orleans, Inc. – has been awarded $5.75 million by the Department of Labor’s Strengthening Community College initiative. 

Congratulations to the Work Ready Community of St. James Parrish in Louisiana for topping Site Selection Magazine's recent rankings of America's Best Counties for capital investments and jobs created. Other WRCs that made the list include Ouachita in Arkansas, St. Louis in Missouri, Saluda in South Carolina, and Haywood in Tennessee.

According to Site Selection Magazine, St. James Parish topped the list with projects such as FG LA LLC, a member of Taiwan-based Formosa Plastics Group, investing $9.4 billion in The Sunshine Project, an industrial complex for making chemicals and plastics. About 1,200 people will work at the facility when it’s operational.

Jaydon Hamilton spent his entire childhood playing baseball, but something just clicked for him with football once he started high school at West St. John. He was recently honored at a St. John Parish School Board meeting for earning a platinum score on the ACT-WorkKeys.

Think of the high school ACT test and an exam for college-bound students comes to mind. But the organization that puts on the tests also offers one for high school students who plan to go straight into the workforce full time once they graduate.