Del Mar College News
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- Supporting the Census (KRIS-TV Corpus Christi)
posted on March 12, 2010 at 10:53:49 pm
CORPUS CHRISTI - Area leaders in government, business, and education are urging south texans to fill out their census forms. They held a news conference todat at the Del Mar College Economic Development Center. Speakers included State Representative Able Herrero, who talked about the importance of getting an accurate count of the population here. As he noted, the numbers are used to draw the ... - Civic Minded Talent Show (KRIS-TV Corpus Christi)
posted on March 12, 2010 at 04:08:55 am
CORPUS CHRISTI - Dozens of talented students performed for a packed house at tonight's third Annual "Civic Minded Talent Show". The students who belong to the civic-minded organization at Moody High School, South Park Middle School and Del Mar College filled the Moody High School cafeteria with music Thursday evening. The program included musical performances by groups and individuals singing ... - Del Mar Students Get Ready For A Safe Spring Break (KRIS-TV Corpus Christi)
posted on March 11, 2010 at 10:24:05 pm
CORPUS CHRISTI - Spring Break is next week for most area students, but it won't be a party if safety isn't a priority. That was the message today on the campus of Del Mar College. The Student Leadership Team hosted a pre-spring break bash with activities like a hula hoop contest and prize wheel. It wasn't all fun and games though. Students received important information on the dangers of ... - 13 Del Mar College nuclear medicine technology applications stolen (Corpus Christi Caller-Times)
posted on March 11, 2010 at 03:27:00 pm
Applicants have been notified, instructed on how to avoid identity theft - Seminar to raise awareness of date rape (Corpus Christi Caller-Times)
posted on March 10, 2010 at 01:43:00 am
CORPUS CHRISTI —A free workshop focused on sexual assault and date rape prevention is set for Wednesday at Del Mar College. Those working in the nightclub and hospitality industries are encouraged to attend to learn warning signs of predators and how to identify predatory drugs, according to a news release from the Corpus Christi Police Department.Police are hosting the event, from noon to 2 p.m ... - A&M-Kingsville partners with Calallen ISD (Corpus Christi Caller-Times)
posted on March 8, 2010 at 08:00:00 pm
CORPUS CHRISTI —Calallen ISD students could complete one or more years of college by the time they finish high school.It’s part of a new dual enrollment partnership between the Calallen Independent School District and Texas A&M University-Kingsville that starts in the fall.Students will earn both high school and college credit for two courses per semester. Rex Gandy, provost and vice president ... - Texas A&M-Corpus Christi students create book selling Web site (Corpus Christi Caller-Times)
posted on March 7, 2010 at 09:23:00 pm
CORPUS CHRISTI —Two students at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi have created a Web site they hope will help students sell their college textbooks as well as help children in El Salvador attend school.Hailey Curran a sophomore at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, founded www.payitforwardbooks.com — a Web site where students can post their textbooks for sale with ... - Corpus Christi, Port A officials plan for spring break enforcement (Corpus Christi Caller-Times)
posted on March 6, 2010 at 03:13:00 am
CORPUS CHRISTI —Get a beach parking permit, but leave your dog and furniture at home.That’s what Corpus Christi officials hope beachgoers remember as they hit the sand during spring break.There will be no refusal for alcohol testing from Thursday to March 21, police officials said. The no-refusal program allows police to perform blood tests should drivers refuse to take breath tests. And police ... - Del Mar College makes administration changes (Corpus Christi Caller-Times)
posted on March 5, 2010 at 10:33:00 pm
CORPUS CHRISTI —Del Mar College is reorganizing by eliminating a vice president position and adding two dean positions as part of its five-year strategic plan.Claudia Jackson, college spokeswoman, said with the elimination of the vice president of student services position, several other month-to-month employees also have been notified about changes in their positions but it is unclear how many ... - Higher Education Conference Taking Place In CC (KRIS-TV Corpus Christi)
posted on March 4, 2010 at 10:53:37 pm
CORPUS CHRISTI- Transforming higher education for African Americans is the theme of a three day conference going on in downtown this week. The Del Mar College Chapter of the Texas Association of Black Personnel is sponsoring the event. Dr. Sylvia Carey Butler, director of the Enrollment Management Program with the United Negro College Fund was the guest speaker Thursday. Her focus was ... - Swing dance Friday to help cathedral youth choirs reach Rome (Corpus Christi Caller-Times)
posted on March 3, 2010 at 06:36:00 pm
CORPUS CHRISTI —You can swing dance Friday to Glenn Miller Orchestra and help 93 Corpus Christi youth choir members get to Rome and sing for the Pope.“It’s an honor the Holy Father invited us as a top Catholic choir,” said Lee Gwozdz, Cathedral Concert Series executive director. “It will be a life-changing event for some kids who have never been on an airplane.”A portion of ticket sales and ... - Local theater beats the movies any day (Corpus Christi Caller-Times)
posted on March 2, 2010 at 04:43:00 pm
CORPUS CHRISTI —Our quest for significance through expression largely has come from live theater, composing music and creating visual images. Your favorite TV show? Your latest song download? Buying a T-shirt with a cool design? They are all descendants of these classic arts. Today , our star is live theater.My love of theater began when my parents took me to the Harbor Playhouse’s opening night ... - Nueces County Republican Primary polling places (Corpus Christi Caller-Times)
posted on March 2, 2010 at 06:03:00 am
CORPUS CHRISTI —Precinct 1 First Presbyterian Church (activities building), 430 S. Carancahua St.Precinct 2 Windsor Park Elementary School (music room), 4525 S. Alameda St.Precinct 3 The Lakes Master Association, 7502 Venice DrivePrecinct 4 Kostoryz Elementary School (music room), 3602 Panama DrivePrecinct 5 Hamlin Middle School (cafeteria), 3900 Hamlin DrivePrecinct 6 Ethel Eyerly Community ... - Moms and daughters share time at school (Corpus Christi Caller-Times)
posted on February 28, 2010 at 08:23:00 pm
CORPUS CHRISTI —For Veronica Sepeda and her twin daughters to make it out to Martin Middle School in the evening, some things had to be put aside — namely Veronica’s husband and her teenage son. She whipped up a quick dinner, put it on the table and then the girls left home. “We were running out the door and my dad was asking where we were headed, we just told him ‘it’s a girl thing,’” said ... - Two Corpus Christi power plants go live in March (Corpus Christi Caller-Times)
posted on February 28, 2010 at 09:53:00 am
CORPUS CHRISTI —Two Corpus Christi power plants are expected to give a 700-megawatt boost to the South Texas power grid by the end of March.That amount of electricity can power 600,000 homes, according to Barbara Clemenhagen, a spokeswoman for Topaz Power Group.The company has been testing equipment at the Barney Davis Power Plant in Flour Bluff and the Nueces Bay Energy Center on Navigation ... - Veterans Resource Fair set for Saturday (Corpus Christi Caller-Times)
posted on February 25, 2010 at 02:09:00 pm
CORPUS CHRISTI —Veterans and their families can learn Saturday about resources and services available to them at a Veterans Resource Fair.The fair, sponsored by Rep. Solomon Ortiz , Jr., D-Corpus Christi, is 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Del Mar College Economic Development Center at the corner of Kostoryz Road and Staples Street. More than 20 representatives of local, state and federal veterans ... - John Crisp: College, a library or a factory? (Abilene Reporter-News)
posted on February 24, 2010 at 01:01:00 am
One time in graduate school at the University of Texas at Austin, I found myself in a third-year Latin course, the sort of course that our pragmatic culture might be tempted to dismiss with a scoff: Who needs to know Latin these days?Even the professor, a classic academic who wrote Latin verse in his spare time, inadvertently revealed one day the gratuitous nature of the work we were about: as ... - Local business datebook: 02.21.10 (Corpus Christi Caller-Times)
posted on February 23, 2010 at 07:17:00 am
COASTAL BEND —TUESDAYCC Chapter of PMI holds joint meetingCoastal Bend Chapter of the Project Management Institute will hold its monthly joint chapter and branch meeting via internet connection beginning at 6 p.m. at the Railroad Seafood Station, 1214 N. Chaparral St. Chapter and branch business will be conducted separately beginning at 4:30 p.m., but portions of the chapter meeting and all of ... - Conference aims to increase number of health professionals in area (Corpus Christi Caller-Times)
posted on February 22, 2010 at 10:23:00 pm
CORPUS CHRISTI —Deandra Atkinson said having a close-up look at her heart and liver in 2009 got her hooked on pursuing a nursing career.Atkinson, 18, now a Del Mar College student, was a part of a sonogram demonstration last year at a student health conference sponsored by the Texas A&M Health Science Center-Coastal Bend Health Education Center. “I had not had one let alone seen one,” Atkinson ... - Tuition hikes tough but needed (Corpus Christi Caller-Times)
posted on February 21, 2010 at 09:01:00 am
Community colleges are sometimes thought of as the poor relations of higher education institutions. Some still call them “junior colleges,” as if they were less than those “real colleges,” the ones with ivy-covered brick and gold-plated tuition bills.But if community colleges were gauged by the actual number of students they teach versus the A&Ms or the UTs, then there might be acknowledgment of ... - Religion Calendar - Week of Feb. 20, 2010 (San Antonio Express-News)
posted on February 20, 2010 at 06:13:17 am
ISLAM AND HISTORY: A four-week film and discussion series on Islam’s contribution to African American history will kick off at 7:15 p.m. at the MAS Youth Center, 96 Crossroads Blvd., Suite 100. The first event, “Roots: The Gift,” focuses on the original “Roots” series. - Del Mar College flex courses now offered in Northwest Corpus Christi (Corpus Christi Caller-Times)
posted on February 18, 2010 at 12:45:00 am
CORPUS CHRISTI —Those in the city’s Northwest area who want to speed up the learning process now can take advantage of Del Mar College’s flex schedule spring courses in Annaville.The classes are offered in six- and eight-week periods online, on campus and at the former Annaville Elementary School, 3901 Cliff Crenshaw St.College officials will have counselors available on Friday and Saturday to ... - Teens Try (And Fail) To Break Into Two Homes (KRIS-TV Corpus Christi)
posted on February 17, 2010 at 07:53:35 pm
From the CCPD Press Briefing CORPUS CHRISTI - Two teenage Hispanic males, one wearing a white hooded sweatshirt, the other wearing a blue hooded sweatshirt attempted to break into a residence in the 1100 block of Florida and also the 1100 block of York shortly before 3:00 p.m. Tuesday afternoon. They were unsuccessful and last seen by a mailman running across Naples towards the Del Mar College ... - College Financial Aid Fair Happening Friday (KIII Corpus Christi)
posted on February 17, 2010 at 05:53:53 pm
Just a reminder for all you college hopefuls - we hope to see you at our KIII studios on Friday. - Del Mar adds two business counselors (Corpus Christi Caller-Times)
posted on February 17, 2010 at 10:26:00 am
CORPUS CHRISTI —The Del Mar College Small Business Development Center announces two new business counselors: Eric Bolusky and James “Jamey” Jones. Both men will serve as business consultants and will help individuals seeking assistance with starting or growing their business or who find their business in trouble. Bolusky has assisted companies in financial trouble by recommending and ... - Refocus on college teaching (Ventura County Star)
posted on February 17, 2010 at 02:42:00 am
A “Calvin and Hobbes” comic strip arrived via e-mail: Calvin, the impertinent, manic, sweet brat, tells Hobbes, the calm, rational stuffed toy tiger, that he’s discovered the purpose of writing: “to inflate weak ideas, obscure reasoning and inhibit clarity.”In fact, with a little practice, Calvin says, “writing can become an intimidating and impenetrable fog.” He produces his book report ... - Del Mar College tuition will increase 13 percent (Corpus Christi Caller-Times)
posted on February 16, 2010 at 11:23:00 pm
CORPUS CHRISTI —Del Mar College Regents increased student tuition and fees by 13 percent in the fall to avoid eliminating college services, they said.At Monday’s meeting, regents voted 7-1 to increase its tuition from $38 per semester hour to $43. Trustee Guy Watts abstained from the vote.Building and general fees both will increase from $10 to $12 per semester credit hour, and a flat ... - Blood drives 02.15.10 (Corpus Christi Caller-Times)
posted on February 15, 2010 at 11:24:00 am
CORPUS CHRISTI —Coastal Bend Blood Center will have blood drives at these locations. Information: 855-4943.Monday: 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Nueces Power Equipment, 7510 Interstate 37; 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Texas A&M University-Kingsville, 700 University Blvd., Kingsville; noon to 6 p.m., Falfurrias High School, 100 Jersey Lane, Falfurrias; 1:30 to 4:30 p.m., AEP Texas, 539 N. Carancahua St.; 4 to 8 p ... - Gleaned fruit feeds area hungry (Corpus Christi Caller-Times)
posted on February 15, 2010 at 06:23:00 am
CORPUS CHRISTI —A professor and herb gardener have found a solution to hunger growing untended in yards throughout Corpus Christi.They launched Harvest Corpus Christi in November and are seeking folks with fruit trees or vegetable gardens not fully picked, and they need volunteers to gather the goods for delivery to food pantries and shelters.“Feed people not ’possums!” is their slogan.“Many ... - Texas Governor's race: Hutchison, White win our endorsement (Corpus Christi Caller-Times)
posted on February 15, 2010 at 06:01:00 am
CORPUS CHRISTI —Running in the March 2 primary for the Democratic nomination for governor of Texas are former Houston Mayor Bill White and Farouk Shami, a Houston businessman who immigrated from Palestine in 1965 and made a fortune in hair products.Our endorsement goes to White, who has the brains and ideas to help Texas deal with the challenges of the future and a solid record to prove itBorn ...