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Dolores Huerta, a prominent Chicana labor leader who has received numerous awards for her advocacy and community service, will share her experiences with Del Mar College on Oct. 23. Huerta, the co-founder of United Farm Workers, has advocated for the rights of workers, immigrants and women, earning her the Eugene V. Debs Foundation Outstanding American Award. Contributed photos Huerta is also a two-time United States Presidential Award recipient. In addition, Huerta received the Eleanor D. Roosevelt Human Rights Award from President Bill Clinton in 1998. Huerta received the Medal of Freedom Award from President Barack Obama in 2012. The Medal…

TRIO, a nationwide program that has been at Del Mar College since 2001, will end at the college on Aug 31. In its time at Del Mar, the TRIO program helped first-generation students, as well as students with low-income, disabilities or veteran students. Services offered by TRIO included financial assistance, college course help, tutoring and more for a limited 160 students per year. According to Cheryl Garner, the dean of Student Engagement and Retention, Del Mar’s loss of the TRIO program stems from the Department of Education’s search for newer colleges and universities that will benefit from the program. “We…