Author: Stephanie Young

Campus

Del Mar hosts volunteer fair in Harvin Center

Stephanie Young

Volunteering is what made us “Texas Strong” after Hurricane Harvey, but there’s always a need for people willing to give up their time to help others. Del Mar College held a volunteer fair Sept. 24-25 to urge students to spend time doing something good for others. Programs such as the Purple Door, the Coastal Bend Food Bank, Coastal Bend Disaster Recovery Group and more were there to recruit volunteers. Sylvia De La Cerda, the volunteer coordinator for The Coastal Bend Food Bank, was eager to sign students up. Volunteer duties include food inspection and separation, mobile pantry distribution and special…

Campus, Education

Library makes changes

Stephanie Young

Students used to studying in the library may need to shift their routines this semester, as both the East and West campus facilities now have shorter hours. The White Library and Barth Learning Resource Center will each be open seven fewer hours each week, with only one open at a time on the weekends. The change was made after a yearlong survey concluded that less than 50 students would be affected. “If it had been a large amount [of students] we would have stayed open,” said Sally Bickley, librarian head of the reference services. Bickley has been with Del Mar…