Nunez and SME Prepare the Maritime Workforce of the Future

  • Reggie Poché, Nunez Interim Vice Chancellor for Strategic Initiatives and Engagement, presents during SME's Gulf Coast stakeholder kicko meeting in January in the Student Testing and Career Counseling Center on the Nunez Community College campus.
    Reggie Poché, Nunez Interim Vice Chancellor for Strategic Initiatives and Engagement, presents during SME's Gulf Coast stakeholder kicko meeting in January in the Student Testing and Career Counseling Center on the Nunez Community College campus.

    Nunez Community College and SME, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, brought the local Maritime industry together in January to map out student pathways from education to industry.

    Nunez Community College was one of only six colleges chosen by SME across Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama to develop and lead the Gulf Coast Maritime Workforce Imperative in response to projections showing 75,000 new…