Category: Campus

Campus, Sports

Recreation center expands hours for fall

Nieves Guajardo

Pool closed as department seeks student lifeguard; position pays $13.50/hour Students looking to use the recreation and fitness facilities on Heritage Campus will have more options this year as the facilities remain open into the evening.  “This is the first semester within the past few years that the recreation and fitness facilities have been fully open,” said Kristy Urbick, intramurals director. “It will be open later on Tuesdays and Thursdays until 6:30 p.m., which has students pretty excited about the change.” The Heritage Campus features an eighth-mile track, gymnasium, racquetball courts, tennis courts and an indoor pool. The pool is…

Campus, Health

Suicide Prevention Symposium offers support, resources

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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.…

Campus, Featured

Ceremony honors former DMC professor

Miranda Lisette Medina

College dedicates plaza to former English instructor Anzaldúa, who died in ’12 Former students and faculty showed their admiration for their late professor at a ceremony to dedicate the Mike Anzaldúa Plaza on April 21. “He was our King Arthur, our Socrates, our Zeus,” said Bret Anthony Johnston, a 1994 Del Mar College graduate who now serves as director of the James A. Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas. Johnston said the plaza will be a place to remember Anzaldúa’s legacy. The ceremony marked the official opening of the plaza, along with the 141,429 square foot General…

Campus, Community

Donation of $1M benefits students

Philip J. Perez

First-generation Del Mar College students now have another opportunity to help pay for their education thanks to a new scholarship. The Legamaro Family Endowed Scholarship is a $1 million gift in appreciated stock that will be used to support first-generation students in specialized fields of study. “This will take students all the way through their programming here at Del Mar, particularly in those areas that help get good jobs in the community,” said Mary McQueen, executive director of development for the Del Mar College Foundation, when making the announcement on April 14. “It also can help them through a bachelor…

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Nursing career fair held at Windward

Philip J. Perez

Over 20 local companies in the health care field participated in the Nursing and Allied Health Career Fair on April 21 in the Coleman Center on Del Mar College’s Windward Campus. The event, put together by the Career Development department, allowed students to get information on the many fields under the health care umbrella and in many cases, fill out applications for work and talk to hiring personnel.  Among the many companies represented were the Nueces Center for Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities, Kids First Pediatric Homecare, South Texas Health Systems and Christus Spohn Hospital.  This was the first in-person…

Campus, Music

Feel the rhythm with MWF Jazz Band

Nichaela Shaheen

Del Mar College’s MWF Jazz Band took the stage to end the spring semester on a smooth note.  With solo moments within ensemble pieces, the band gave a performance that jazzed up the night and for some musicians it was there final bow and last concert before graduation. “It felt so good. It felt like I was back home doing what I’m supposed to be doing,” said Mikayla Garza, a music education instrumental major.  The MWF Jazz Band is under the direction of Assistant ProfessorDaniel Miller.  According to Miller jazz is the birthright of all Americans. “It was birthed here…

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Change starts with your vote

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Americans have been fighting for the right to vote since the early 1800s.  That right began to expand to more Americans with the 15th Amendment in 1870, giving Black men the right to vote, and 19th Amendment in 1920, finally giving women the same right. Unfortunately, those “rights” were on paper only due to the nearly 100 years of a Jim Crow era that included intimidation, protests, literacy tests, poll taxes and violence that kept many away from the polls.  The struggles for voting rights continued throughout history with Native Americans getting the right to vote in 1924 and Chinese…

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Foundation announces large scholarship

Philip J. Perez

Funds will help first-generation students First-generation Del Mar College students now have another opportunity to help pay for their education thanks to a new scholarship. The Legamaro Family Endowed Scholarship is a $1 million gift in appreciated stock that will be used to support first-generation students in specialized fields of study. “This will take students all the way through their programming here at Del Mar, particularly in those areas that help get good jobs in the community,” said Mary McQueen, executive director of development for the Del Mar College Foundation, when making the announcement on April 14. “It also can…

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Several colleges visit Del Mar

Miranda Lisette Medina

Universities help answer students’ questions about transfer process, next steps When the end of a semester is near, many students anxiously think, “What’s next?”  Del Mar College made it one step easier with College Day on March 29 at the Harvin Center, where students had the opportunity to meet with numerous universities and their recruiters. Noah Sanchez, who started at Collegiate High School in 2021, said that opportunity has helped prepare him to further his education once he graduates. Sanchez spoke with recruiters of several colleges at the event. “The medical field draws my attention because there’s so much about…