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Day of the Woman promotes health and happiness
Local leaders attend event geared toward women’s well-being Around 200 community leaders and other professionals helped celebrate Day of the Woman with a symposium Oct. 26 at the Center for Economic Development. The event, held with the Laura W. Bush Institute for Women’s Health, Gloria Hicks and the Del Mar College Foundation, aimed to notify women about emotional, physical and nutritional health. This was the second year for Del Mar to partner with the Laura W. Bush Institute for Women’s Health. They wanted to notify women of all ages to “Be Your Own Best Friend,” and basically how to get…
Garcia named to TASFAA Hall of Fame
Staff Reports / Foghorn With over thirty years of service to Del Mar College’s Financial Aid administration, Enrique “Henry” Garcia, Jr. has been inducted into the Texas Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators Hall of Fame. The annual TASFAA conference was held in Corpus Christi this past October. The honor was presented to Garcia after a presentation in which fellow members of the association shared comments of praise for the new inductee. Linda Gonzalez-Hensgen of El Paso Community College delivered the presentation. “In my professional life I have rarely seen the kind of commitment that this person demonstrates. His ability…
Board of Regents passes tentative budget
Mark Young myoung@foghornnews.com The Board of Regents passed a tentative budget for the 2017-18 school year at their Aug. 31 meeting, with the key word being “tentative.” The new budget is expected to see a 9 percent increase from last year’s budget, with an emphasis on salaries, maintenance and various other departments. The budget, which has been worked on for the majority of the summer, was expected to be passed in full on Aug. 31, but has seen some discomfort from some of the regents. Regent Ed Bennett expressed his discomfort after noticeable errors were seen on the Powerpoint presentation…