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Campus, Sports

DMC lifeguard sets sights on Chicago triathlon

Meagan Falcon

There is nothing more satisfying than accomplishing one of your goals. For Jeff Gutierrez, one of Del Mar’s most accomplished students, making it to the World International Triathlon Union (ITU) Grand Final in Chicago is one goal he never thought he would finally reach. Gutierrez, who originally hoped to become a firefighter, returned to school to earn his associate degree in fire science and improve his chances of landing a job. His work in the Kinesiology Department, however, led him to discovering one of his greatest unsought passions — triathlons. Jeff Gutierrez, a fire science major, stands proud with his…

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TRIO program set to end

Cayce Berryman

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…

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8 cadets, 3 fires, 1 goal

Samantha Douty

Soon-to-be firefighters battle blazes to complete training Eight fire cadets completed the final requirements of training to become firefighters in front of their friends and family on July 30 on Del Mar College’s West Campus. “The cadets have to complete two semesters of the fire academy, one semester in basic EMT and have a clean criminal background,” said Walter Thieme, assistant professor and director of the DMC Regional Fire Academy with the college’s Department of Public Safety Education. “Today the cadets had to put out a car fire, a propane fire and a dumpster fire.” In this class of cadets…

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DMC honors faculty, staff who served in military

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Cayce Berryman cberryman@foghornnews.com Del Mar College President Mark Escamilla kicked off Independence Day early by awarding faculty and staff who served in the military special lapel pins July 1 in the Veterans Center on East Campus. “We’ve been celebrating our independence for 239 years — longer than other countries in the world,” Escamilla said. “Our freedoms can’t be taken for granted. They have to be defended.” Navy veteran Tammy Micallef, director of the Veterans Center, joined Air Force veterans Carlos Garanzuay, College Relations office coordinator, and Sandra Valerio, assistant professor of English, to accept lapel pins and represent employees who…

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Roof goes up on new FEMA Dome

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West Campus structure gets covered in just 20 minutes Samantha Douty Editor-in-chief Crews inflated the roof of the FEMA Dome at the Del Mar College West Campus on Friday afternoon. Inflation was temporarily delayed while workers removed excess water from the roof. Crews also had to monitor the wind to make sure the roof didn’t rip during inflation. “There are so many things that you can change in your life that you make mistakes on, but a building is forever,” said architect Brad Cutright. “That’s why all the time and effort put into the project is worth it in the…