Sen. Cornyn explores carpentry program at DMC
Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, visits with Rebuild Texas Project Manager Arnold Mendez during a tour of Del Mar College’s Rebuild Texas Carpentry Skills Training Program on Aug. 30.
Category: Community
Big Texas photo exhibition hits campus this semester
The Texas Photographic Society is a non-profit organization that celebrates the photographic arts, inspires the creative development of its members, and provides opportunities to engage with diverse audiences.
Local writing workshop aimed to help all
Sarah K. Lenz founded the Writers’ Studio in Corpus Christi this year. She hopes to help the community with writing and creativity.
Mariners learn safety tips
Maritime workers learned basic survival skills at Del Mar College on June 20 as part of a five-day training course. Students learned to put on immersion suits, how to enter the water properly in an emergency and other lessons in the course, which is required for all mariners. A $25,000 donation from the Port of Corpus Christi and a grant from Texas Mutual Insurance Co. covered the costs of the 15 participants taking the course. Besides water safety, students also learned firefighting, personal safety and social responsibility, and first aid/CPR. Scroll through the gallery below to see more pictures from…
Novelist Oscar Casares reads from new book
Award-winning author Oscar Casares recently visited Del Mar College to read from his new book, “Where We Come From,” a novel about a Mexican-American family in Brownsville that becomes involved in smuggling immigrants into the United States. Casares, who was born and raised in Brownsville, also signed books during his visit, sponsored by the Mexican American Studies Program and Department of English and Philosophy on May 30 at the Center for Economic Development. Casares said “Where We Come From” is influenced by the immigration that occurs in his hometown and how the first couple of generations struggle after their families…