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Show allDel Mar College receives bucket truck donation for lineworker training
The Del Mar College Foundation recognized on Sept. 21 a donation from Nueces Electric Cooperative (NEC) of a fully equipped Dodge Ram bucket truck with a 41-foot bucket. The truck will give DMC students preparing for careers as electrical lineworkers n another piece of equipment to help them gain hands-on experience.
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Sep
2026
Del Mar College launching initiative to promote responsible AI use
The College has received a five-year, $3 million federal grant to strengthen teaching and digital learning and help prepare students for a workforce increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence (AI) and other emerging technologies. The initiative kicks off Oct. 1, when the college plans to begin hiring staff for the new resource.
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Sep
2026
Del Mar College 9/11 stair climb honors fallen firefighters 25 years later
Twenty-five years after the Sept. 11 attacks, fire and EMT cadets at Del Mar College climbed in honor of the first responders who rushed into the World Trade Center and never made it home. During a memorial stair climb on Sept. 11, 2026, each participant carried a lanyard with the name of a firefighter killed on 9/11.
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Sep
2026
Photos show memorial stair climb honoring first responders on 9/11
On Sept. 11, 2026, Del Mar College Public Service Department programs and the Corpus Christi Fire Department held a memorial stair climb to honor the 441 lives lost among first responders at the World Trade Center North and South Towers after terrorist attacks 25 years earlier. Both CCFD firefighters and DMC cadets with the college’s Regional Fire and Police Academies and Emergency Medical Technician/Paramedic students carried lanyards with the names of the fallen while climbing the equivalent of 110 stories, the height of each tower, or 28 ascents of the stairs of the DMC Public Safety Complex burn tower.
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Sep
2026