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Natalie Murphy nmurphy@foghornnews.com   Del Mar College President Mark Escamilla is both excited about the college’s future and anxious over how the 2017 legislative session might impact state funding for the school. “We did not fare well in the previous (legislative) session,” Escamilla said. “This will be a very important session for us.” Escamilla is optimistic, however, about the push by the Texas Association of Community Colleges to keep and increase funding for colleges around the state. “I’m going to be spending a lot of time in Austin over the next few weeks,” Escamilla said. “We need to educate the…

Eddie Puente/ Associate Editor The Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) announced that David Abarca, DMC information security program director and assistant professor of Computer Science, has been named a member of a new group of professionals in a statewide council. The Cybersecurity, Education, and Economic Development Council is a new council whose goals, according to Senate Bill 988 enacted in the 82nd regular legislative session, are “improving the infrastructure of this state’s cybersecurity operations with existing resources and through partnerships between government, business, and institutions of higher education and examining specific actions to accelerate the growth of cybersecurity as…