Author: Meagan Falcon

Students and colleagues recognize Hatherill for merits Del Mar College has nominated John Robert Hatherill, Ph.D. and professor of biology in the Natural Sciences Department, as the college’s 2017 Piper Professor nominee for consideration of an award from the Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation. The Piper Professor Award recognizes professors for outstanding academic, scientific and scholarly achievement and for dedication to the teaching profession. These awards are intended to provide increased recognition of teaching excellence, although the foundation’s selection committee also considers research, publication and related activity. Organized in 1950, the Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation is a nonprofit, charitable corporation focused…

Del Mar College joins with TAMU-CC today with Transfer Day. Several departments from the college of business to the college of military service offered advising to students interested in transferring over to the university. “We love the Del Mar students,” said Dr. Jerilee Milligan, who helps in the Islander Transition Center at TAMU-CC. “We want to help them and not let them be nervous when they are ready to transfer.” Texas A&M does Transfer Day once a year to help students with any questions for the next step after Del Mar College. “We want students to talk to us early…

Bill Eaves beaves@foghornnews.com If death and taxes are the only things guaranteed in life, the college equivalent could easily be long lines and paperwork. Students registering for fall 2016 encountered both, but the wait times were not as long as in previous years thanks to several steps the college has taken to ease the registration process. Peak registration days were Aug. 23-24, and hundreds of students packed the Harvin Center on East Campus both days. Aside from some technical glitches the first day, the process was somewhat smooth, albeit still slow as students waited to see an adviser, register, seek…