Del Mar College News

Longtime Del Mar College regent Trey McCampbell has announced his intent to resign from the board, effective Dec. 31. McCampbell has been a regent since 2004 and board chair the past 10 years.

The winners of November's Del Mar College Board of Regents election were recently sworn into office. Hector "Coach" Salinas was elected as a new At-Large regent. Gabriel Rivas was reelected to represent District 1.

After Del Mar College in Texas embedded research into courses in 2011, graduation and completion rates in the biotechnology program increased more than 50 percent, says biology professor John Hatherill.

Last Wednesday, students from Del Mar College’s Early Childhood Club and Child Development/Early Childhood program presented 41 duffel bags, called “sweet cases,” to representatives of the Foster Angels of South Texas Foundation. Each bag was filled with essential items the students collected for local foster children, including blankets, toothpaste, toothbrushes, shampoo, clothing and stuffed animals.

A.J. Barrera and Jeremiah Baldwin became the first students at Robstown and Flour Bluff school districts to earn a college degree before finishing high school. The early college high school students walked the stage at Del Mar College's fall 2018 commencement ceremony Thursday night at the American Bank Center.

News reports of Brightwood College, Corpus Christi, closing its doors just before the end of the fall semester left several hundred local students facing a grim holiday season.

The Nueces County sheriff had one of his first public speaking engagements on Thursday for the Del Mar College 2018 commencement at the American Bank Center.

When 17-year-old Jeremiah Baldwin started taking college classes his freshman year of high school, he says he was little afraid of the idea. However, Baldwin says after he adjusted to the coursework he began to enjoy the challenge.

Flour Bluff High School's Jeremiah Baldwin and Robstown High School's AJ Barrera wait to receive their associate's degree at Del Mar's fall commencement ceremony on Thursday, December 13, 2018.

After a lot of hard work, a ton of dedication and many sleepless nights, a student at Robstown Early College High School is making history. In one week, 17-year-old AJ Barrera will walk across the big stage.

Participants in the Early Childhood Program at Del Mar purchased duffel bags from “Together We Rise,” an organization that helps foster children. Those bags were filled with necessities and toys that were donated by the community.

The bags will go to the Foster Angels of South Texas to help brighten the kid's lives.

Students at Del Mar College showed off that make-up can be really out of this world. Thursday was the final project for students in the college's drama program for students specializing in special effect makeup.

CM Labs Simulations is helping Del Mar College’s Division of Workforce and Economic Development to narrow the skilled labor gap by implementing a Vortex Advantage simulator in its heavy equipment operator training program.

Traditionally, children in foster care are given two trash bags for their belongings as they enter or transition within the state's system, said Del Mar College associate professor Amy Mintz. The experience can be dehumanizing, so some Del Mar College students are stepping in.

Children and members of the Corpus Christi community were out Wednesday learning about Geographic Information Systems at the Del Mar College Economic Development Center.

Robstown Early College High School and Del Mar College teamed up to give students a day dedicated to college and career planning.

College can be rough for students, especially during midterms. Officials at Del Mar College East Campus brought in therapy dogs from Paws Up Inc to help students relieve some stress as they get ready for mid-term exams.

Two new books about U.S. history are readable works that both fill in the blank about a nation whose “official” past omits a lot. They also each depict the country as a multiple personality, a struggling contradiction, and a struggle.

Ava Gibbs-Kamaria is a makeup artist who has worked in film, TV and theatre. She took over the college's drama department makeup class to give out her tips and tricks for the perfect Halloween look.

Ghoulish looks are part of a day in the classroom for these makeup and design students.

Del Mar College is undergoing one of the most significant construction projects in its history. The college is getting a brand new academic and music building which because of a $157 million bond initiative passed by voters back in 2014.