Del Mar College News

KIII's Military Matters features the College's participation with the Texas Workforce Commission's Skills for Transition Program after receiving a grant to train active duty military separating from service for jobs in the trucking industry.

KIII highlights Class of Spring 2018 participants as they walk into the American Bank Center to "Pomp and Circumstance."

Caller-Times Editor Emeritus Nick Jimenez covers the issues that the appointed individual should consider once the DMC Board of Regents makes their selection for the vacant District 4 seat.

DMC representatives promote taking summer courses during KIII's Early Edition to help boost enrollment and to encourage individuals' to finish their programs of study early by taking courses over the summer.

Civitas Learning's news story includes DMC President Dr. Mark Escamilla sharing the College's success with the platform and increasing the completion rate by 36% among students at risk of dropping out of school even after finishing 75% of credits toward a degree.

Inside Higher Ed covers Del Mar College's use of the CIVITAS platform to increase the number of degree completers among students who have earned credits but may not realize they are close to or can graduate from DMC.

The Caller-Times posted the process that the DMC Board of Regents will follow to fill the District 4 seat vacated after Guy Watts resigned in April.

OSIsoft LLC donated mover $1 million in software and services to the College's Process Technology Program to prepare students for the area's workforce.

Del Mar College and Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Presidents signed a Memorandum of Agreement for the Viking Islander Program geared toward student success and allows students to access resources at both institutions.

Corpus Christi Business News promotes the Transportation Training Services Program providing free truck driver training to military members entering civilian life through a Texas Workforce Commission grant supporting the TWC Skills for Transition Program.

The Corpus Christi Fire Department references Del Mar College's Fire Science Academy as a training resource for their cadets as well as announces the use of the West Campus Emergency Training Building (dome) for their graduation ceremony tonight (4/27/18).

The DMC Counseling Office held Denim Day as part of international awareness of sexual assault based on a 1999 Italian court case and to make victims aware that there is help available. April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

Caller-Times reporter Beatriz Alvarado asks DMC Journalism majors what they think defines news and the field as well as covers the numerous awards Foghorn staff have racked up this year.

The DMC Fire Science Academy with the Public Safety Education Department held live burn exercises to test the skills and knowledge of the Spring 2018 graduating class, which is required to complete the program.

Local media, including KIII, covered the first "Science Saturday Corpus Christi" held at the Garcia Sciences Building and co-hosted by the DMC and TAMU-CC student chapters of the Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science to encourage minority youth to explore the sciences as potential career paths.

Sen. Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa's Op Ed piece mentions Del Mar College and the support funding the College has received from the Texas Workforce Commission for specific training initiatives. The Op Ed focuses on the need to provide more education and career guidance to high school students as the region prepares individuals for the state's future workforce.

KRIS' Anchor Lee Sausley takes an in-depth look at Continuing Education's six-week noncredit course "Secrets of the Chef" with a close look at what's taking place in the kitchen.

KIII covered the Tenth Annual "Bernie's Famous Crawfish Boil" hosted by the DMC Foundation and Trustee Emeritus Bernie Paulson.

The Texas Workforce Commission awarded a $500,000 Skills Development Fund grant for DMC Corporate Services to train 531 healthcare professionals with CHRISTUS Spohn Health System, the largest health system in South Texas.

KRIS attended the April 10 Board of Regents meeting and interviewed DMC Security Chief Lauren White about the College's initiative to have its own police department.

The Caller-Times covered the College's initiative to have a police department after Security Chief Lauren White provided a report to the Board of Regents duirng their monthly meeting on April 10.

A Texas Workforce Commission grant and their program, Skills for Transition, has provided resources to Del Mar College to train area active duty separating from the military or those who have already been discharged the opportunity to train as truck drivers tuition-free.

KIII covers the services and opportunities that veterans can access through the $1 million Upward Bound program that Del Mar College offers to enable those who served our country to earn their associate's degrees.