Category: Education

Erika Locke, a new geology professor at Del Mar College, developed a love of geology at a young age when she lived in Montana. Her grandfather would tell her to go out into the woods and find rocks for them to examine. “He would tell me to bring him rocks, crack them open and bring them to him,” she said. Fascinated by the fact that there were sea fossils in a place where there was no ocean nearby, her interest in geology sparked. “I always kept a big box of rocks with me so I kind of knew,” she said.…

Students used to studying in the library may need to shift their routines this semester, as both the East and West campus facilities now have shorter hours. The White Library and Barth Learning Resource Center will each be open seven fewer hours each week, with only one open at a time on the weekends. The change was made after a yearlong survey concluded that less than 50 students would be affected. “If it had been a large amount [of students] we would have stayed open,” said Sally Bickley, librarian head of the reference services. Bickley has been with Del Mar…

College reps can help students make the next step Sometimes applying for college isn’t as simple as expected. Fortunately, the Career Development Center aims to ease the process with Transfer Day. The event, coordinated by Vanessa Adkins with Del Mar College’s Career Development office, brings more than 50 colleges to campus to talk to students about their next steps. Adkins, whose job is to help students make that next jump in life, said she enjoys finding the resources to help them succeed. “I know growing up I was a first-generation, low-income student, and I didn’t think it was realistic going…