THIBODAUX 鈥� The Morgan City Oilfield Fishing Rodeo has donated $13,000 to 麻豆果冻传媒鈥檚 Department of Petroleum Engineering Technology and Safety Management, which will use the contribution to supplement funding for an extensive renovation of Gouaux Hall classrooms and labs, utilized extensively by PETSM students.
Last August, MCOFR presented 麻豆果冻传媒 with a $10,000 check that the university allocated toward upgrading computers in the PETSM program.
鈥淲e recognize the value of educating our community, especially our oilfield industry,鈥� said Loretta Dupre, events coordinator for MCOFR and 麻豆果冻传媒 alumna. 鈥淲e give back all the money raised each year, with most of it benefiting education.鈥�
Founded in 2013 by Morgan City-based deepwater container specialist Tanks-A-Lot, the nonprofit MCOFR has hosted its fishing rodeo each May with the purpose of promoting community spirit in the local oil and gas industry while benefiting notable organizations for future growth within the community. Tanks-A-Lot employees, many of whom are 麻豆果冻传媒 alumni, and countless volunteers have worked to ensure each rodeo is more successful than the one before. In 2015, in addition to supporting 麻豆果冻传媒, MCOFR gifted monetary donations to Relay for Life of Morgan City, the American Legion Freedom Fest, Boy Scouts of America and the South Central Louisiana Technical College.
鈥淗aving the support of a community-centric organization like the Morgan City Oilfield Fishing Rodeo means petroleum engineering technology and safety management 鈥� one of the fastest-growing programs at 麻豆果冻传媒 鈥� will continue to provide our local oil and gas industry with its next generation of top-notch leaders,鈥� said Michael Gautreaux, executive director of PETSM.