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April 5, 2019

                                                                              

CONOCOPHILLIPS DONATES $8,000 TO FLETCHER TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE’S

INTEGRATED PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES PROGRAM

Houma, LA – ConocoPhillips presented a check to Fletcher Technical Community College (Fletcher) for $8,000 Thursday, April 5, 2019. The funds will be allocated towards the IPT BOOST program for students enrolled in Fletcher’s Integrated Production Technologies (IPT) program. The BOOST (Basic Offshore Operations Skills Training) program offers a unique, hands-on learning opportunity that was customized for Fletcher students to deepen their understanding of deep-water principles and expose them to industry culture during simulated “real-world” platform shifts. Fletcher IPT instructors collaborated with Shell trainers to create a curriculum that built upon the theories taught in the IPT program and blended technical classroom instruction with practical hands-on experience.

For the past four years, ConocoPhillips’ donations to the Integrated Production Technologies program have totaled $22,000. Their contribution to the IPT program has assisted many students with scholarships and realistic workforce experience through BOOST. Since 2013, ConocoPhillips has made contributions totaling $43,000 to the College.

“Fletcher Technical Community College is grateful to ConocoPhillips for their very generous gift,” commented Fletcher Chancellor, Dr. Kristine Strickland. “Business and industry’s continued commitment to educating and training the future workforce of Louisiana is vital to our future. This grant will enable the College to ensure that our students have hands-on, real-world training opportunities that will prepare them to enter the workforce.”

Photo caption: The check was presented at ConocoPhillips’ office on Bayou Black Drive in Houma. Left to right: Chandler LeBoeuf, Executive Director of Institutional Advancement & Fletcher Foundation at Fletcher Technical Community College; John Harrington, Director, ConocoPhillips in Houma; Fletcher Chancellor Dr. Kristine Strickland; Gina Fanguy, Senior Surface Land Analyst; Clint Coleman, Fletcher Dean of STEM.