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Anyone can become a Viking Volunteer
Kira Hays / Associate editor The Viking Volunteers program was formed a little over a year ago, giving students an opportunity to get involved in the community. Its mission is to teach students the value of civic engagement while demonstrating compassion and care in and around the community through volunteer work. “Dr. (Mark) Escamilla, our college president, asked the Student Government Association, or SGA, to come up with a program that will give the students an opportunity to give back their time and expertise while also learning the value of civic engagement,” said Denise Mugabe, president of the SGA. “We have a…
A look at Del Mar’s own mariachi group
Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday afternoon, the Richardson Performance Hall is filled with Del Mar’s mariachi ensemble. The mariachi group has grown over time, and it’s thriving as a proud part of campus life. Today, it gives students a chance to express their heritage, grow musically, and share the spirit of mariachi with the community. Del Mar’s mariachi program originally began in the early ‘90s and quickly gained attention after placing in the Mariachi Extravaganza in 1999 which was very meaningful to the program. But after a few strong years, the group went inactive until 2014. Del Mar brought the…
Enrollment down 2.3% from last fall; credit hours up
Board of Regents also hears about plans for new police department building The Board of Regents learned of the latest enrollments numbers at its Oct. 5 meeting. There are 10,401 students registered this fall, down 2.3 percent from fall 2020, which had 10,678 students. One likely cause of the drop, officials said, is that the fall 2021 semester began at the height of the COVID-19 delta variant. Even though the number of students was down the college credit hours were up 4.6% from last fall, enrollment figured showed. “It’s significant to point out that contact hours are up from fall…