Universities in Chalmette

Nunez Community College
Elaine P. Nunez Community College is a unique institution of higher learning with an equally unique history. The College bears the name of the late wife of the Honorable Samuel B. Nunez, Jr., President of the Louisiana State Senate from 1982-1988 and from 1990-1996, and was the first public institution of higher learning in Louisiana to be named for a woman. Elaine P. Nunez was a lifelong residen…