Category: Campus

Both hope to become counselor after graduation Sarah Fecht / Reporter Del Mar College’s Addiction Studies Program helps students who want to counsel individuals who struggle with chemical dependency. This program has a unique set of students who are set to graduate this month. A father and son are graduating from the same program with the same degree. George Ramirez, a single father and a licensed cosmetologist who owns his own business, decided he wanted to go back to school to pursue his associate degree through the Addiction Studies Program to become a licensed chemical dependent counselor, or LCDC. In recovery…

Students have another option to get bachelor’s degree in Coastal Bend Maria Lara / Reporter The semester has nearly come to an end. Soon many students will be walking the stage and celebrating their huge accomplishments that they have worked so hard for.  The next step for many is working toward a bachelor’s degree. The options in the Coastal Bend are limited so many students will be going to either Texas A&M University in Kingsville or Corpus Christi. The University of the Incarnate Word is another option, located at Del Mar College at the Cetner for Economic Development. UIW is a satellite…

Rilwan Sanusi / Reporter Del Mar College students have had a mostly positive reaction to the new RTA bus schedule, which was changed last spring. While routes used to include stops every 30 minutes, several, including those that hit East Campus, now arrive every 15 minutes. Joshua Guajardo, a 25-year-old Del Mar College student, has been riding the bus for two years. The changes have made his trip to and from campus much easier and quicker, he said. Another student, Kyle Velasco, who has also ridden the bus for two years, agreed that the bus goes much faster and the time…