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It’s called the Success Center for a reason

For many students at Del Mar College, there are numerous re- sources for academic growth and development for almost every subject. Help is always available on campus for any problems or concerns that a student may have. Two such resources are the Stone Writing Center in the White Library, dedicated to providing students with help in English courses, and the math center in the Coles Classroom building for those seeking extra clarification. These helpful centers are housed with professors and teacher’s aides with years of experience in the subject matter, but for some students this can be a little intimidating.…

Stepping outside your comfort zone

Katie Babbitt kbabbitt@foghornnews.com Looking back at the Texas Intercollegiate Forensics Association tournament, every day was different in its own special way — and incredibly intense. First off, I volunteered to do an event on Nov. 1 that would last me all day Nov. 3, one I knew nothing about. I did this because my debate partner’s teammate had to cancel at the last minute. This event was NPDA, or team debate. I felt terrible virtually the whole day. I will not lie and say I kept it together; there was more than one time I wanted to cry and did.…

DMC recieves STEM grant

Eddie Puente/Associate Editor Del Mar College has recently received news that the college will receive two HSI (Hispanic Serving Institutions) Title V grants. The first grant is the HSI STEM, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Success Initiative grant totaling $869,656,000 for the first year.  This grant is scheduled for five years with a total amount of $4.34 million dollars. DMC Director of Title V/ Student Success Center Agnes Flores was contacted last week by the office of The Honorable Randolph “Blake” Farenthold, U.S. Representative for Texas’ 27th congressional district informing  her of the serendipitous decision to make available these opportunities…