Category: Student Spotlight

Del Mar students expanded their journalism knowledge and celebrated their previous work, bringing home 30 awards, including five best of show entries, at their annual student journalism conference. On March 18-21, 12 DMC students and three advisors attended the annual conference for the oldest collegiate press association in the nation held in Denton. The Texas Intercollegiate Press Association conference took place at the Embassy Suites Denton Convention Center. Forty-four schools from throughout Texas brought 343 attendees between them to participate in live contests, workshops, seminars and a career fair and trade show. DMC students experienced real-life journalism scenarios to further…

Del Mar College Vocal Vikings continue to find success at multiple speech and debate tournaments, led by team captain Elyda Vasquez, who has brought back trophies from every tournament she has attended since the fall semester.   In the Fall, Vasquez won second place in Poetry and Prose at the TIFA competition and first place at Nations in Programmed Oral Interpretation (POI) at the Off-Broadway Speech Tournament in New York. Vasquez has been competing in speech and debate competitions since the seventh grade.  Winning first place in five competitions along with second in another five within her history on the…