Del Mar College News

David Zamaron, a friend of Kiwana Denson with DMC Workforce Programs and Corporate Services and mother of the late JeSani Smith for whom a memorial scholarship has been set up with the College's Foundation, will rappel in honor of Smith during the 2019 Over The Edge scholarship fundraiser on Oct. 26.

Del Mar College has partnered with the Coastal Bend College's Pleasanton campus to provide area residents with Class A Commercial Drivers License training by DMC's Transportation Training Services program to ease the shortage of professional truck drivers in South Texas.

As host of the Region 4 National Association of Publicly Funded Truck Driving conference Oct. 3-4, DMC Transportation Training Services included guest speaker and Truckers Against Trafficking founder Kirsta Sohm, who covered the educational resources and role that trucking schools need to teach students to recognize and take action against human trafficking as professional truck drivers.

Del Mar College and Coastal Bend College officials signed a Transportation Training Agreement on Sept. 24 to expand DMC's Class A Commercial Drivers License training to the CBC-Pleasanton service area to address the shortage of professional truck drivers in South Texas.

Many may be surprised to hear that the third most-popular language course taught for college students is American Sign Language. It comes in just behind Spanish, which is taught most often, and French, the second-most popular language, according to a survey from the Modern Language Association.

The trucking industry is short on licensed professional drivers across Texas and the nation with Del Mar College's Transportation Training Services program even getting students from other parts of the world.

On Wednesday, Del Mar College in Corpus Christi celebrated the second graduating class for their Rebuild Texas Carpentry Skills Training Program.

The house may have been small, at just 100 square feet, but it stood tall at one end of the Maintenance Building at Del Mar College’s West Campus on Wednesday. The tiny house was a crowning achievement for students in the college’s free Carpentry Training Program, who showed off their skills Wednesday in celebration of their cohort's graduation this week.

The Rebuild Texas Carpentry Skills Training Program will graduate 30 students from their Del Mar College location on Thursday. The newly trained carpenters started their celebration early today by demonstrating skills they acquired during the 10-week program.

DMC Professor of Radio and Television Mac Aipperspach received the Educator of the Year Award from the Texas Association of Broadcasters for 2019 and was honored during TAB's conference in August.

Del Mar College's Board of Regents approved a strategic plan that outlines the school’s goals for the next five years.

Senator John Cornyn was in town today getting a look at a program that is helping rebuild South Texas in the wake of Hurricane Harvey.

In honor of a recently retired Del Mar College administrator whose tenure covered over 42 years of serv ice, the Claudia Jackson DeFries Scholarship for single parents was established with organizers seeking donations to endow the scholarship to assist DMC students in perpetuity.

The Del Mar College Board of Regents approved the institution's budget for FY2019-20.

Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush is on a trip to visit 50 school campuses across the state. On Thursday, Commissioner Bush stopped at Del Mar College.

The college Board of Regents is in the final stages of budget talks, with plans to approve the budget and tax rate during its Aug. 27 meeting.

Del Mar College entered into a transferability memorandum of understanding with Stark College & Seminary to provide a seamless process for students seeking a Bachelor of Arts in Ministry degree from SCS.

Del Mar College and Stark College & Seminary leadership signed a MOU to make credit transfer from DMC easier for students who want to pursue a Bachelor of Arts in Ministry degree from SCS.

Del Mar College is exploring the possibility of bringing back campus housing and presented very preliminary options to the Board of Regents during the August 2019 meeting for approval to further study the initiative.

Del Mar College is offering a free class at the Coastal Compass Center to help move individuals into the pipeline and petrochemical industry.

DMC Dual Credit Cosmetology students provided free back-to-school haircuts to area youth as part of this annual community project while also receiving hands-on experience in preparation for the real world.

Radio and Television Professor Mac Aipperspach, whose career spans 38 years at Del Mar College, will receive TAB's prestigious honor during an Aug. 8 gala in Austin as part of the association's annual conference.