Del Mar College News

As temperatures rise in the Coastal Bend, more children and families are expected to head to the pool or beach. Del Mar College wants to make sure everyone has a good time by preventing childhood drownings.

As people continue to recover from Hurricane Harvey, the Rebuild Texas Grant has teamed up with Del Mar College for a new carpentry program.

KRIS featured Flour Bluff High School seniors Brandon Dunbar and Joshua Loveland, who were Dual Credit participants and completed Del Mar College's Regional Fire Academy this spring. The academy works with several high schools in the College's service area to prepare young cadets for careers as firefighters.

Del Mar College is addressing student hunger with the opening of Viking Food Pantry.

Voestalpine Texas donated $50,000 to provide new, state-of-the-art equipment that enhances training for students in the Process Technology program at Gregory-Portland High School (G-PHS).

Graduates of Del Mar College found out during their commencement ceremony Friday night that they were all getting scholarships to attend Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi.

Dr. Kelly M. Quintanilla, President and Chief Executive Officer of Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, announced to DMC Spring 2019 associate degree graduates that a minimum $500 scholarship was availanle if they started studies at the Island University this fall. She noted that the higher their G.P.A., the greter the scholarship amount would be.

Students who want to compete for jobs in local refineries and the petrochemical industry got a sizeable boost today. Today, “Voestalpine Texas” donated $50,000 to Gregory-Portland High School.

Students at Gregory-Portland High School will receive new equipment for their school that will help them with their futures.

With new industry heading into San Patricio County in recent years, and more on the way, there is a need for qualified workers to fill the jobs those companies are bringing.

The College's Northwest Center in Calallen will highlight programs and courses that residents in the western part of Nueces County and beyond can take without having to commute to either the East or West Campuses. The center offers credit, noncredit and workforce development courses that address students' varied educational needs.

A new program aimed at connecting small-business owners with opportunities to work with the area’s growing industrial base recently kicked off at Del Mar College’s Small Business Development Center. The newly established Contractor Resource Center will help small businesses expand their capabilities to compete in the commercial arena for current and future projects.

Local college students are addressing student hunger with the opening of a fully-stocked food pantry. The Del Mar College food pantry opened Thursday and has food items like canned goods, cereal, drinks and more. And it’s helping any student in need.

Students and faculty at Del Mar College are getting in the helping spirit Thursday with a grand opening of the Viking Food Pantry at Harvin Student Center on Del Mar College East Campus.

Del Mar College is hoping to make life a little easier for students in need with the opening of its new Viking Food Pantry.

DMC students and employees celebrated the College's mascot Valdar's second birthday with the help of several other mascots in the Coastal Bend. Those lovable characters included the Corpus Christi Hook's Sammy the Seagull, the Chick-Fil-A Cow, Izzy the Islander from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, Porky the Javelina from Texas A&M University-Kingsville and Blue the Crime Dog from the Corpus Christi Police Department, among many others from organizations and high schools helping Valdar celebrate his birthday.

The DMC Fire Sciences Academy put 27 cadets' skills to the test by having them extinguish a variety of fires during live burn exercises required as part of their training before graduation.

KIII recognized Curtis Lee, an associate professor with the Occupational Therapy Assistant program,for teaching his students not only how to better assist their future patients but also how to serve as a better leader in the community by volunteering. Lee has volunteered with the Special Olympics for over 20 years.

Del Mar College hosted Nobel Prize-winning scientist, Dr. Mario Capecchi, who served as the keynote speaker during the Natural Sciences Department's Student Research Day.

Del Mar College Assistant Professors James Shollenberger and Nedal Shheber promoted the Corpus Christi Prefreshman Engineering Program (CCPREP), which is a DMC summer camp for young minds who want to expand their STEM knowledge and skills. The program will celebrate 20 years of teaching area sixth- through ninth-graders the wonders of math, engineering and other STEM topics during the six-week 2019 camp.

Del Mar College officials will submit a new plat for the West Campus to the Corpus Christi Planning Commission. That map had to be updated because of the construction projects on the campus.

Last Thursday, Gulf Coast Growth Ventures (GCGV) donated $1.5 million to Del Mar College (DMC) for new, cutting-edge equipment that will enhance workforce training in the Coastal Bend for future generations.