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Preliminary plans for the proposed Southside Campus include several features for students, including a pond, tennis courts, fitness center and even a biking and jogging trail. But it’s the plan for parking that students may be most excited about. Design and architecture company Gensler showed the preliminary plans for the campus at the Board of Regents’ Feb. 9 meeting.   Illustrations provided by Del Mar College The regents plan for the culinary school to be the focal point on the Southside Campus. Option B and C feature the culinary school on a pond. All of the preliminary plans contain two…

When she came to Del Mar five years ago to lead the Veterans Services department, Tammy Micallef didn’t have many resources. “This was not a department when I got here, this was one person,” said Micallef, a former chief in the Navy. She helped develop the department from a solitary worker in the registrar’s office to a solid department with a staff of seven.  Micallef will be moving on in January to become the director of veterans education at the Texas Veterans Commission.  “Leaving this job is about the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do,” Micallef said.  Micallef described…