Del Mar College News

A local veteran from Portland who was nominated by Del Mar College for the 'Transition to Trucking' Award will be honored by the city council on Nov. 15. Ashley Leiva, a U.S. Army veteran, is a November 2021 graduate from the College's Transportation Training Services Program.

Sparks flew Friday morning at Del Mar College as local high school and college students tested their welding skills during the college's first Día De Los Muertos Welding Competition. Around 110 competitor overall, including those from 17 area high schools, along with post-secondary programs such as Del Mar College, Craft Training Center of the Coastal Bend and South Texas Vocational Technical Institute, competed throughout the day.

Del Mar College has rebranded its school mascot. On Thursday, Valdar the Viking rocked the runway at the Harvin Center to show off his new look.

A big reveal took place at Del Mar College as the Valdar the Viking strutted his new look down the runway. The college mascot didn't get one, but three new looks, including a Hawaiian style look for when he hits the beach.

Sofia Jimenez grew up in a household where mental health was not talked about — though several of her family members suffered from mental health issues. On Thursday, Jimenez was on hand at the Del Mar College Counseling Center’s “Spooktacular" mental health and resource fair to help raise awareness of counseling, health services and other resources available to students.

The first DMC “Día De Los Muertos” welding competition set for Nov. 4.

The Texas Commission on Community College Finance has spent the past year working on a set of recommendations to propose to the Legislature. On Oct. 18, the commission finalized its work and tasked the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board with putting together a final report focused on an outcome-based funding model. On the commission were two representatives of Del Mar College, board of regents Chair Carol Scott and college President and CEO Mark Escamilla.

Del Mar College is offering a new program to help those in the medical field reach more Spanish-speaking patients. The college said this training will focus on information for hospital nurses, emergency responders, physicians and physical therapists.

After a two-year absence, the Viking Halloween Carnival will be held at the Del Mar College Windward Campus on Old Brownsville Road on Friday, Oct. 28th from 5-10 p.m.

As we continue to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, a special guest paid a visit to Del Mar College. Award winning author Diana Lopez is known for several books she's published, including "Sing with me: the story of Selena Quintanilla" and the book adaptation of Coco.

Victoria College and Del Mar College entered into a partnership giving Victoria-area students the opportunity to complete Del Mar’s Medical Laboratory Technology Program without leaving the Crossroads. The partnership developed after local healthcare facilities approached Victoria College about their need to hire trained medical lab technicians.

Del Mar College's Career Development Center is organizing a free skills and trades career fair on the Windward Campus on Oct. 19. The event features programs from that campus as well as employers from the Coastal Bend area looking for individuals seeking careers in skills and trades industries. The career fair is open to the public.

Del Mar College is making it easier to pay for school in the Coastal Bend. The College's "800 On Us" grant uses funds from the U.S. Department of Education's Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund II, or HEERF II, and allows the two-year college to provide $800 to students for a three hour course, textbooks and other needs for the second 8-week session this fall. Deadline to apply is Oct. 24, and students must be registered for at least one course during the session.

Two local Toyota dealerships donated a Corolla to Del Mar College's Automotive Applied Technology Program. While automobile donations may not be new things for Del Mar, the program receiving a model as new as a 2018 is. One dealership also donated $15,000 toward scholarships.

Lloyd Niederriter never thought he'd find himself back in a classroom; much less writing about himself. But now, Niederriter and other veterans can feel free to open up in a creative writing class offered at Del Mar College.

Del Mar College will be holding a welding contest for all local welders but this contest has a ‘Día De Los Muertos’ theme. The competition will be held from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the college's Windward Campus at 4101 Old Brownsville Road in the Welding Labs of the Metals Technology Building.

Your smile is part of your first impression and pretty important when it comes to, you know, chewing food. From now until December, Del Mar College's Dental Hygiene program is encouraging people to apply to get free dental services from their students. The Dental Hygiene Clinic at Del Mar offers several different services, for free, to help keep some money in your pocket.

Del Mar College’s dental hygiene program, located on their Windward Campus at 4101 Old Brownsville Road (78405), is helping people in the coastal bend smile a little brighter and keep their wallets a little fuller. Del Mar students are preparing for the workforce as dental hygiene professionals while also providing teeth cleanings and a great smile to the community.

Del Mar College received some extra support for one of its programs. On Sept. 21, Cheniere Energy donated $50,000 to its process technology program.

The Center of Mexican American Studies at Del Mar College kicked off Hispanic Heritage Month on Sept. 15. The school's chapter of Chicanos in Higher Education also launched a photo exhibit of Hispanic culture created by two of Del Mar’s faculty members.

English as a second language, or ESL, programs now exist to help people learn and master English. KRIS' story features both a student and teaching assistant/translator with Del Mar College's English for Speakers of Other Languages as part of their coverage about Spanish-speaking youth in the classroom int he past.