Month: April 2014

Campus, Staff

Congrats SGA!

Meagan Falcon

By Tera Elwell / Web-edtior The Del Mar College Student Government Association was named runner-up for Chapter of the Year at the annual Texas Junior College Student Government Association Convention. SGA President Denise Mugabe also won first place in the poetry contest at the convention. “It felt amazing to win as an individual but even more rewarding to win on behalf of Del Mar College,” Mugabe said. Beverly Cage, SGA adviser, was selected as the runner-up for Adviser of the Year and is the new 2014-15 Region VI adviser. Payton Jones, an SGA officer, was selected as the new TJCSGA…

Campus, Community, Staff

Viking Volunteers building a better future

Meagan Falcon

  Campus group works on home for local family By Ramiro Lopez / Reporter Eighteen Del Mar College students and faculty from the Viking Volunteers program turned out early April 19 to help make the Habitat for Humanity vision of “a world where everyone has a decent place to live” a reality for a Maria Martinez and her grandson, Eric. Martinez lost her previous residence when a drunken driver crashed her car into the Martinez home, taking out the kitchen and dinning room. Although no one was injured during the accident, Martinez found herself stuck between an insurance company and…

Campus

Reducing test stress

Meagan Falcon

  Student Success Center offers tips to cut anxiety By Victor Rhodes / Reporter Del Mar College students suffering from test anxiety may receive help at the Student Success Center. Eva De La Garza, coordinator of Student Success Center, holds a recurring workshop called “Test Anxiety and Relaxation Tips.” Garza explained several methods during the workshop. One technique involves taking a deep breath. Another has a student relaxing his or her muscles to ease nervousness. Having a positive attitude is important too. These tips and several other strategies will help students overcome anxiety.

Campus, Community

Age not a factor with education

Meagan Falcon

By Kaliegh Benck / Editor-in-chief If there’s anything Ramon “Doc” Mayfield has to share with those inspiring to go back to school it’s that it’s never too late to learn. At the ripe age of 82, Doc is the oldest student in Del Mar College’s industrial machining program. Set to graduate this spring, Doc has delved himself back into the college scene for the second time in his life. Doc graduated from Del Mar’s chiropractic program in 1958, too far back for the campus database to pull up his previous records. Randy Glasson, instructor of Industrial Machining Applied Technology, brags…