Day: March 3, 2015

Campus

Del Mar celebrates court reporting week

Meagan Falcon

Meagan Falcon Web editor   Students celebrated National Court Reporting and Captioning Week with a day of learning and celebration on Feb. 19 in the Venters Building on East Campus. Students interested in court reporting had the opportunity to spend a day learning what life is like as a court reporter and as a court-reporting student. Nicole Medrano, a first-year student, started gaining interest in court reporting when she worked at the courthouse in San Antonio. “I was there for nine years and when I met the court reporters from there I started getting a real interest in it and…

Education

Career Kiosk opens at Del Mar

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  Meagan Falcon Web editor Robert Gonzalez Reporter   Del Mar College is offering students a jump-start on their career planning with the new Career Kiosk located on the first floor in the Harvin Center on East Campus. Students, staff and administrators gathered for the Feb. 24 unveiling of the new center, which is meant to help students research their academic careers and provide them with the skills needed to prepare them for the workforce. The kiosk provides students with six touchscreens, 20 Acer tablets and the Focus 2 career assessment software, which can serve as a guide when choosing…

Health

Students line up to save lives during on-campus blood drives

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Sarah Fecht Reporter   The Coastal Bend Blood Center visited Del Mar College’s East Campus Feb. 16-18 seeking blood donors. The Mobile Blood Drive Department comes to East and West campuses at least once a month and stays for two to three days in hopes that students and faculty will be willing to donate blood to give life to others. “Giving blood is important because blood cannot be manufactured, it can only be taken from someone else,” said Megan Hunt, a lobotomy assistant for the Coastal Bend Blood Mobile and a Del Mar College nursing student. “By each donation, people…

Art

Annual art show names winners

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Lexy Garcia Reporter   The winners of Del Mar College’s annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture show were announced Feb. 20 during the show’s opening reception in the Joseph A. Cain Memorial Art Gallery. The Joseph A. Cain Memorial Purchase Award of $2,000 was awarded to Kurt Dyrhaug for the cast iron, small sculpture piece “Tonka Buster.” The White Library Purchase Award, also for $2,000, was awarded to Philip Laber for his multidimensional sculpture “Betrayed by Geometry and Time.” Margi Weir was awarded the DMC Permanent Collection Award and its $1000 prize for the piece “Variety Store.”     Honorable…

Technology

Phase 2 of new app to debut in March

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Cayce Berryman Reporter   Since Del Mar College’s release of the VikingGo app in October 2014, the Web Services Department has worked hard to release Phase 2 of the project. Several new features have been incorporated into the upcoming update, which aims to make student life more convenient. The main features of Phase 2 include registration, map highlights, schedule at a glance, employee directory and the ability to view holds and grades. The registration icon, labeled “registrar,” allows students to search, add and drop classes when registration opens. For students who have trouble navigating around campus, the answer will be…