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Nursing program re-opens admissions
* 97 percent pass rate for registered nursing graduates Sarah Adams / Associate Editor Del Mar College President Dr. Mark Escamilla announced an updated passing rate of nursing students completing the National Council Licensure Exam for Registered Nursing (NCLEX-RN) at 97 percent, Nov. 1. With this announcement the Department of Nurse Education (DNE) has now re-opened admissions to the nursing program. According to Dr. Evangeline DeLeon, the new chair of the Department of Nurse Education, the DNE had been put on a Conditional Approval Status due to passing rates falling below 80 percent.
Cosmetology event keeps vets a cut above the rest
The Del Mar College cosmetology program hosted a day of free haircuts for those who have served in celebration of Veterans Day. “This is the second year we’ve done it,” said Lissa Gonzalez, cosmetology instructor. “It is a small token of our gratitude for the tremendous sacrifice that is involved in serving in the military.” Gonzalez estimated that 40 veterans stopped by West Campus to receive a haircut. Dual credit students such as Rebekah Lee volunteered their time to cut hair. Lee is a student at Flour Bluff High School as well as Del Mar. “You’re my first ever client,”…
The dead walked among us
mlopez@foghornnews.com Peeling skin and stab wounds bled onto stage of the Bartlett Theatre during this semester’s gore makeup tutorial. Award-winning makeup artist and Del Mar alumna Denise Garza returned to campus on Halloween to demonstrate her special-effects makeup skills for the cosmetology class. “I look forward to this every year” Assistant Professor of Psychology Beatriz Alvarado said as she waited for Garza to apply a prosthetic to her face. Using Alvarado as her model, Garza began explaining the process of applying prosthetics and how to find inspiration. “You have to look at real injury,” Garza said. “It’s the only way…