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Get in gear with automotive technology
Unlike many labs in Del Mar College, the automotive lab is a large open bay. It is loud, drafty and well-lit with shop lights and sunlight. In this bay,18-year-old Alicia Gutierrez stands out in what is mainly a male-dominated field. She started the semester with two other female students and is the last woman standing in a class full of males. A fear of being over-charged and taken advantage of has led her on the automotive journey. “I’m always going to have a vehicle, and I never want to get used because I’m a woman and I don’t want them…
Suicide Prevention Symposium offers support, resources
Del Mar will host its eight annual Suicide Prevention Symposium beginning tonight in the Harvin Center on Heritage Campus. Special guest speaker Gabe Alvarado will address the crowd during the first part of the event at 6 p.m. in the Retama Room. Alvarado, who lost his left arm and was burned over 60% of his body in an oil refinery explosion, will share the story about how he realized life was worth living again. Although the road to recovery was long, Alvarado has now created his own foundation in hopes of helping others who are dealing with thoughts of suicide.…
$100K given to scholarship funds
Michelle Mirelez Gene Seaman’s eyes filled as he told of what inspires him and his wife to give so much to students. “We were from Buffalo, New York. I had worked on a farm as a boy to do hard labor, and barely made it through high school. In fact, I flunked algebra and flunked geometry” Seaman said. Seaman shared his story after presenting the DMC Foundation with a $100,000 endowment check for The Gene and Ellen Seaman GED Scholarship on April 10 in the Health Science Building at the West Campus. The Seamans have been providing 5,000 a year…