Students with aptitude for science flock to Del Mar biology degree

Increase of $3 per credit hour approved, set to start in fall 2018 DMC Regents voted to raise tuition by $3 per credit hour starting in the fall at their Feb. 13 meeting. The vote passed with a 5-3 vote, with Regent Carol Scott not present. Regents Gabriel Rivas, Ed Bennett and Guy Watts voted against the proposal. Bennett earlier in the meeting raised concern after a loss of enrollment from Hurricane Harvey had not been recovered. This would raise the overall cost of a student enrolled in 12 credit hours to about $36 more per semester. This will lead…

Jonathan Garcia jgarcia@foghornnews.com   Going from the Marines to helping veterans at Northern Virginia College was a nerve-wracking experience for E.J. Goodroe. “When I started working with veterans at the community college, it really helped me with my transition,” said Goodroe, Del Mar College’s new director of Veterans Services. He hopes to make that transition easier for Del Mar students, too. Goodroe recently replaced Tammy Micallef, who took a position with the Texas Veterans Commission. Goodroe spent six years in the Marines as a radio satellite communications operator deployed to Afghanistan supporting Operation Enduring Freedom in 2010, and said his…