Category: Health

Campus, Health

Get help managing stress

Philip J. Perez

 Students can find ways to manage their holiday stress during an upcoming webinar hosted by the Texas Association of Chicanos in Higher Education along with the DMC Counseling Center.  The webinar, Managing Stress for the Holidays and Beyond, will be streamed on Microsoft Teams from noon to 1 p.m. Dec. 8.  DMC Counselor Heather Garcia, the presenter for the event, said the COVID-19 pandemic still continues to add stress to everyone’s lives ahead of the holidays and with the new Omicron variant, even more concerns arise.  “There are so many things that we are going to have to deal with…

Community, Health

EMT students help vaccinate community members

Leah Johnston

Volunteers assist at clinics throughout county Del Mar College’s Emergency Medical Technician program has played a key role in helping Nueces County residents get vaccinated. Students in the program began assisting the Corpus Christi Fire Department in January with mass administrations of the vaccine. Since then, EMT students have assisted wherever they are needed. They have helped deliver vaccines to homebound seniors and assisted with vaccine clinics at Driscoll Children’s hospital. “At one point there were students vaccinating every day,” said Cooper Woodard, an EMT student and Corpus Christi Fire Department cadet. “The pace has slowed down to a couple…

Campus, Education, Health

Board passes resolution in honor of Gabe Rivas

Leah Johnston

Longtime regent died at 66 of COVID-19 complications Del Mar’s Board of Regents unanimously adopted a resolution to honor Gabe Rivas during their Aug. 11 meeting.  Rivas, the first vice chair of the board, died Aug. 5 from complications of COVID-19. He was 66. The resolution will be signed by the regents then given to Rivas’ family.  Each regent then took time to honor Rivas, a longtime community activist, and share their memories of him.  “When I look at this resolution, I see the number of years Gabe served with dedication,” Regent Susan Hutchinson said during the meeting, conducted over Zoom. “What I remark though,…

Campus, Education, Health

College board member Gabriel Rivas dies from COVID-19 complications

Leah Johnston

Professional photographer was well-known for community activism Del Mar College Regent Gabriel Rivas III died Wednesday, college President Mark Escamilla confirmed Thursday. He was 66. Rivas, a longtime community activist, died of complications from COVID-19, his cousin Maria Elena Aguirre Mendez posted on Twitter late Wednesday. “Gabe touched each and everyone in some form, way or fashion. He was a great civic leader to the city of Corpus Christi,” Mendez said. Rivas was elected to his first six-year term on the college’s Board of Regents in 2000 and served four years as board president, according to Escamilla. He was also…