Nunez Aerospace Advocacy Secures $4 Million from State Legislature
Nunez Community College sta react to the successful launch of the Artemis II mission during a watch party in the STCCC on the Nunez campus. Graduates of Nunez’s Aerospace Manufacturing Technology program played a part in assembling the wiring and electrical systems in the SLS rocket used for the mission. Photo by Enan Chediak, The Times-Picayune
An artist’s rendering of a proposed $9 million Aerospace Building on the Nunez campus. Nunez is currently raising funds to build the facility to host Aerospace alongside other MADE initiative programs including Maritime, Defense manufacturing and Engineering.
Nunez Community College in Chalmette harnessed some of the rocket power of NASA’s Artemis II mission to lobby for a new or retrofitted Aerospace Manufacturing Technology Building on the Nunez campus. The legislative session proved successful, with Nunez ultimately receiving $4 Million in dedicated funds in support of expanding the aerospace, welding and manufacturing programs ($3M) and campus oper…
