Del Mar College News

A shortage of construction workers is being seen and felt in the Coastal Bend, and Del Mar College is working to help fill that gap by offering a free six-week building construction trades program for 16- to 24-year-olds who are neither attending school nor working.

Texas Senate Bill 2081 has become a law now that it has passed, limiting pre-K class sizes to 22 students in public schools. Del Mar College Child Development Professor Dr. Amy Mintz provided her expertise as part of KRIS/KZTV's coverage of the bill.

A Del Mar College professor has received this year's Dr. Aileen Creighton Award for Teaching Excellence. Benita Flores-Munoz, who's a professor of child development, received the award.

Benita Flores-Muñoz, Professor of Child Development/Early Childhood at Del Mar College, was named the 2021 recipient of the College's prestigious faculty award, the Dr. Aileen Creighton Award for Teaching Excellence.

Del Mar College's Board of Trustees approved an additional $1 million in funding for the South Campus Project on Tuesday. John Strybos, vice president and chief physical facilities officer, presented two requests for approval for the project, funded with the 2016 Bond.

The jury room at the Nueces County Courthouse was filled with judges Thursday afternoon. The judges gathered to award a $2,800 scholarship to Tristyn Taylor Villarreal, who is currently working to get her associate's degree from Del Mar College in court reporting.

Del Mar College, along with the Nueces County Health Department, is offering five on-campus vaccination clinics during August for current and potential students. These free clinics will offer Meningitis, TDaP (Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis), Hepatitis A&B, HPV and COVID-19 vaccines. The COVID-19 vaccine is available on Aug. 21 only.

Del Mar College is partnering with the Nueces County Health Department to offer free vaccines to current and incoming students starting August 14 at the DMC East Campus.

Wondering how to pay for classes this year? Del Mar College Financial Aid Services wants to help. DMC Financial Aid Services will host five Saturday workshops between July 31 and Aug. 28 to provide potential and current students with financial resources and assist with receiving financial aid this fall. The workshops, called "Show Me The Money," are scheduled for July 31 and Aug. 7, 14, 21 and 28.

Thinking about starting your college career this year, but unsure how to begin? Del Mar College is holding a recruitment event Saturday and Sunday, July 24-25, at La Palmera to help potential students enroll for this fall semester. Classes begin Aug. 30.

For many adults, success begins in the classroom, and now that schools are once again gearing up for full-time, in-person learning, getting registered for classes is easier than ever for those who are looking to make the grade. For those who are getting a late start and are wondering whether it is even still possible to be in school this semester, Del Mar College is making it easy to find out. Sara King, the Director of Admissions, told us that school representatives will be set up at the food court at La Palmera Mall this weekend, ready to help with the financial aid process.

Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi along with Del Mar College are among a network of institutes set to explore how A.I. can benefit our community. And, Del Mar College will launch a first of its kind pilot A.I. certificate program this fall.

A shortage of truck drivers is one of the impacts affecting supplies available to restaurants. Del Mar College Transportation Training Services Director John Rojas provides an interview about the shortage as it relates to supplies available to the restaurant industry.

Del Mar College's Corpus Christi Prefreshman Engineering Program (CCPREP) held competitions on July 15 to allow summer campers to demonstrate the knowledge and skills they developed about STEM topics and related activities during the past six weeks.

Del Mar College is offering a chance to get a look at just how immersive their Mexican-American Studies curriculum is for students. The College will host a two-day virtual seminar July 23 and 24 which will feature sessions covering a range of topics such as fine arts, history, and politics among other topics.

La población Mexicoamericana es una de las más grandes en el sur de Texas, y una institución local tiene el propósito de que nos familiaricemos más sobre esta cultura a través de un seminario. Las clases son el 23 de julio y 24 de julio y todavía hay cupo.

Del Mar College’s 249,500-square-foot space construction project on Corpus Christi's southside is currently on schedule. College officials said the project is 67% complete and anticipate the STEM Building will open, as scheduled, in summer 2022. The remainder of the 96-acre campus will open in spring 2023.

What do you do when you want to be part of a music scene, but you live in a small Midwestern city or town, where most culture is slow to filter through? You build it yourself. That's what the book Punks in Peoria: Making a Scene in the American Heartland, published in June by University of Illinois Press, is all about. Written by Jonathan Wright and Dawson Barrett (Del Mar College Associate Professor of History), it's billed as a book about "punk rock culture in a preeminently average town."

The Corpus Christi Municipal Band will be closing their summer season at Del Mar College's outdoor amphitheater this Fourth of July right before the fireworks start at the Bayfront.

Across the state, there continues to be a need for well-trained firefighters. In a dangerous situation, you want to know that they are as prepared as possible to meet the challenge, relying on both experience and training. For many firefighters in the Coastal Bend and beyond, much of that has come from the Del Mar College Regional Fire Academy.

Del Mar College's Dean of Student Outreach and Enrollment Services Gracie Martinez says college-level courses are available for high school students to take while still in high school.

Linda P. Villarreal became the newest member of the Del Mar College Board of Regents on June 11 after she was appointed to fill the at-large position left vacant by the death of Regent Hector “Coach” Salinas. The term runs through 2024.