Del Mar College News

February 9th thru the 16th recognizes the profession of court reporting and captioning. Del Mar College's Court Reporting students and staff visited First Edition on Friday to discuss what it takes to be in this profession.

The importance of safety training was on display Wednesday morning at Del Mar College. Representatives with the Texas Mutual Insurance handed over a $100,000 grant to the college for its various safety programs.

Gulf Coast Growth Ventures continued to invest in the Coastal Bend community Thursday by presenting a $60,000 donation for scholarships to students at Del Mar College. The donation will go to students working to earn an Associate's Degrees in the industrial and petrochemical industries.

The 2019 Tax Filing Season has begun, and the deadline to get your return in will be here before you know it. Why spend some of that money before you even get it in the mail, when you can get your taxes prepared for free?

Del Mar College signed an agreement Wednesday to make it easier to transfer college credits to an online university. The agreement was signed with the chancellor of Western Governors University in Austin so students can continue their education online.

Del Mar College and WGU Texas signed an agreement Wednesday to streamlining student transfers. The transfer agreement will streamline the process for Del Mar students to pursue a bachelor’s or master’s degree at WGU Texas.

The Texas college kicked off the NGLA this fall to nurture in-house talent and address an impending void of qualified college leaders. A partnership with Civitas Learning, the yearlong program puts 23 selected employees together in a room one day a month, where they learn about the issues facing colleges today and discuss how to drive change in the future.

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.

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.

At-Large Regent Carol Scott was also elected to board chair and will be replacing Trey McCampbell, who held that position for the last 10 years.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.