May 2011 Commencement Program

Del Mar College75th Spring Commencement

Ceremony

May 13, 2011American Bank Center

Message to the Class of 1943 from Dr. E.L. Harvin, Dean of Corpus Christi Junior College (Del Mar College) 1938-1946 and the first full-time College president from 1946-1961.

Dear Graduates, Families and Friends,

Today, your graduation ceremony becomes an important part of Del Mar College’s history. This 75th Anniversary Commencement is our opportunity to celebrate the more than 750,000 students whose lives have been changed forever through our credit and noncredit programs.

Our speaker tonight is the nationally-recognized President of the American Association of Community Colleges, Dr. Walter Bumphus. I’m pleased that he agreed to provide your Commencement Address because his words of wisdom help set the national agenda for higher education.

Del Mar College asks, “What’s your dream?” We ask this question purposefully, to provoke and inspire you to step out of your day-to-day existence and think about where you want to go in life. I encourage each of you to indulge the creative side of your mind and consider the fantastic opportunities that await you.

Now is the time to consider all the things that you might do in the future with your new Del Mar College diploma. You have never been better positioned to take on new challenges. Use the momentum that you have developed and set your goals high. Go ahead. Look in the mirror and tell that person looking back at you that you will achieve your dreams!

With the support and encouragement of educational leaders such as Dr. Bumphus, my dreams of becoming a college president have come true. But the larger dream of coming home to my alma mater as the President and serving the community where I was raised surpassed anything I could have imagined. Del Mar College allowed me to reach my dream. I am confident Del Mar College has prepared you to make your dreams come true as well.

Congratulations,

Mark Escamilla, Ph.D.President

Message from the President

1935Dr. Charles Philip Yeager spearheads movement to establish a junior college in Corpus Christi, securing approval from the State Board of Education.

Voters approve the creation of a junior college district within the Corpus Christi Independent School District and a tax of 20 cents per $100 property valuation to support it. On September 11, 1935, Corpus Christi Junior College opens its doors to 154 Depression-era students.

Sixteen faculty members, primarily public school teachers, teach academic classes, adult education classes and noncredit classes three evenings a week from 3 to 11 p.m. at Corpus Christi High School.

Dr. Earnest H. Hereford, CCISD superintendent, becomes first College president.

Tuition set at $100 per year, payable in $25 installments.

La Giralda, Spanish Club, is the first student club to organize.

Bimonthly student newspaper, The College News, which the following year becomes The Foghorn, prints its first issue.

1936First class of 13 students graduate at Clark Field.

Blue and Silver chosen as school colors.

Nell Tribble Bartlett establishes the speech and drama department.

1937The College moves to Lou E. Jones Educational Building of the First Methodist Church.

Student nurses from the Fred Roberts Hospital are granted a tuition rate of $75 for five courses.

Phi Theta Kappa, honorary fraternity, is chartered as the Gamma Sigma Chapter.

PROCESSIONAL

Pomp and Circumstance .............................................................................................Edward ElgarDel Mar College Concert Band

Darrell Brown, Director

Presentation of Colors ....................................................................................................Color GuardDel Mar College Regional Fire Academy

National Anthem .................................................................................................... Francis Scott KeySung by Jessie Marie Alexandra Monsivais

Collegiate High School and Del Mar College Student

75th Anniversary Alma Mater ......................................................... Music - Kristopher Pickle Lyrics - Allen Roberts

Sung by Del Mar College Chamber Singers

Welcome and Remarks .....................................................................................Dr. Mark EscamillaPresident of Del Mar College

Keynote Address..........................................................................................Dr. Walter G. BumphusPresident and CEO of the American Association of Community Colleges

Certification of Graduates ....................................................................... Dr. Fernando FigueroaProvost and Vice President of Instruction

Awarding of Diplomas.......................................................................................Dr. Mark EscamillaPresident of Del Mar College

Special Presentation ............................................................................................ Trey McCampbellChairman, Del Mar College Board of Regents

Alumni Council Invitation ............................................................................ Joseph C. “Jay” WiseDel Mar College Alumni Council Chairman

RECESSIONAL

Music by Mariachi Del Mar ...................................................................Darrell Brown, DirectorFaculty Marshal

Dr. Loyd E. Poplin, Interim Chair, Department of Natural Sciences, Professor of Chemistry, 2010 Recipient of the Dr. Aileen Creighton Teaching

Excellence Award

Student Processional Leaders with 75th Anniversary Banner:John Michael Cave, 2011 Hall of Fame

Roger Santoya, Dr. Howard Barth Memorial Scholarship Awardee

Photographs taken by the College at this event may be published in print and electronic media.

Order of Ceremonies

KEyNOtE SPEAKERDr. Walter G. BumphusPresident and CEO, American Association of Community Colleges

“I’m very passionate about the difference community colleges make in people’s lives. I look around at our various communities, our cities, our states and actually across the country, and I’m convinced that if community colleges are not going to be that lifeline for many of our citizens, serving as that on-ramp to the middle class, then I think as a nation, we don’t have a Plan B. If community colleges are not going to do that, who is?”

Those are the sentiments of Del Mar College’s Spring 2011 Commencement keynote speaker, Dr. Walter Bumphus, who is President and Chief Executive Officer of the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC). From its Washington, D.C., headquarters, AACC represents over 1,100 associate degree-granting institutions and some 12 million students.

From 2007 to January 2011, Dr. Bumphus served as a professor in the Community College Leadership Program and as Chair of the Department of Educational Administration at The University of Texas at Austin. He also held the A. M. Aikin Regents Endowed Chair in Junior and Community College Education Leadership.

Previously, he served as President of the Louisiana Community and Technical College System from 2001 to 2007. The Louisiana system later conferred upon him the title of President Emeritus of the Louisiana Community and Technical College System. From November 2000 to September 2001, he was chancellor of Baton Rouge Community College.

Prior to joining BRCC, Dr. Bumphus worked in the corporate world serving as President of the Higher Education Division of Voyager Expanded Learning. Voyager provided innovative reading and other curricula to over 1,000 school districts in 45 states.

Six years prior his Voyager position, Dr. Bumphus served as President of Brookhaven College in Dallas County Community College District.

“I’m convinced now more than ever that community colleges are playing a vital and critical role; and when you talk to business leaders, there’s no doubt in their minds about the value of a community college education. Businesses have long looked to community colleges as their preferred provider of higher education.”

Dr. Bumphus holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in speech communications, a Master of Arts degree in guidance and counseling from Murray State University and a Ph.D. in higher education administration from the Community College Leadership Program at The University of Texas at Austin. In 1992, Dr. Bumphus was recognized as a distinguished graduate from both Murray State University and The University of Texas at Austin.

Dr. Bumphus holds the distinction of being one of the few leaders in the field of education to receive the National CEO of the Year Award, chair the AACC Board of Directors and receive the AACC National Leadership Award.

1938Student Hall of Fame is established.

College purchases a stucco frame building and moves to Wynn Seale Jr. High Annex for its Day School. Curriculum includes physical education, English and public speaking, foreign languages, social sciences, chemistry, business administration, math, physics, home economics, education, and secretary.

“The function of Corpus Christi Junior College since its inception has been bilateral: it has trained for the practical affairs of life and for more advanced studies in higher institutions. Attention to individual needs is our major objective.” H. U. Miles, Registrar.

1939College contracts with the Civil Aeronautics Authority for pilot training in ground instruction.

Lamar Club, local chapter of Future Teachers of America, is created.

Ars Vestis, home economics club, hosts first get-acquainted social in the lobby of the Junior College.

Student Samuel Mayerson, who later becomes a State Supreme Court Justice of California, pursues liberal arts studies.

First Viking football squad is organized.

The Viking mascot makes its first appearance in the Cruiser, the College yearbook.

Mrs. Russell is in charge of the College Tea Room. Glee club spreads cheer among students, and the College sponsors Halloween Ball.

Summa Cum Laude

Donald Lee Anderson, Jr.Heather A. BogartJeffrey Martin BollomKeri A. CariagaRay L. DurrentMaricela FontanaTamara M. GriffithsCurtis C. JenkinsRebecca E. JonesLarry MedranoPatrick Anthony MorinCarlos ObregonJamie Lee PearsonMaria Belen PenaKathryn M. PowellThurmon A. PriceGerardo M. ReyesMichael J. RiesTomas Eric RinconNichole C. RitterRoxanne RobledoEdward R. RodriguezCheyenne Marie SchuchartAngela M. SchwenglerCozette D. SevierAna Sofia ValdesJay Bradley Womack

Honors GraduatesMagna Cum Laude

Jessica Jane AguirreBrenda D. AlemanDana Ilene BrownKimberly Ann ConnellyHollie Denise DavisLincoln Wayne DavisRobert Charles EverettCody A. FryNichole Lee GarciaSamantha R. GarzaEric GonzalezJames O. GrabbsElaine L. GrantJoe Anthony HernandezSayrah Ayn InnocentiShawn Robert KeeneyRacheal A. KingBianca Danielle McNelisMisty Wynn MeadowsRaymond L. ParkerLilia Rocio RamosEdward Rivas, Jr.Selina SaldivarNeal John SessionsSamir TejaKatie Lynne ThompsonAshley Jo Wiggins

1940College acquires first permanent land – a corner lot at Baldwin and Ayers – covered with three-foot-high Johnson grass blowing in the South Texas winds.

Mary Johnson is first Fine Arts instructor.

The “Three Musketeers” – Bernard Moore, Horace Humphrey and Milton Boerum – run successful track season.

1941Students gather to hear President Franklin Delano Roosevelt ask Congress to declare war on Japan.

Boundaries of the College District are changed to be the same as Corpus Christi Independent School District.

W.B. Ray, President of CCISD School Board, breaks ground for the new junior college building.

Lloyd Herbert “Pete” Hughes, active student, would later be posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for heroic acts as a pilot during World War II.

During initiation party for the Mystery Club, the largest student club on campus, new members suffer through an evening of eating raw oysters and walking on molasses to prove their “stickability.”

1942

First main Administration Building, which houses every branch of the college, is built. This building is now the Memorial Classroom Building.

College employees who enter armed forces have Board approval to return to former positions at prevailing wages.

Enrollment is 340 – 225 in Day School and 115 in Night School.

October 14 is “Barefoot Day” for sophs beaten by lowly fish at football.

Photos from the sophomore class of 1941.

Cum Laude

Christy Rebecca AcevedoTara E. BartlettBill Martin BossLisa Marie CantuWendy Kay CartwrightMelina R. CavazosSamuel Rey ChavezMarcos J. CuevaMelissa Ann-Tracy CunninghamBridget Evelyn FloresSara Neill FosterMichael Damian GuzmanCarol Norman HankinsLyra Marie HendryMatthew J. HuebnerPaul R. InfanteDavid Paul JaureguiKristina LardnerCody Vaughn LopezMalcolm A. LujanCriselda M. MartinezJessica Ann MartinezAmanda Renee MatheausJennifer Lee MathewsonChristopher Charles McFaddinJose Antonio Mejia

Honors Graduates

Abigale MondragonCandice Ellen NeiuwenhuisStacie Lynn OrnelasJoshua J. OrtegonTania OrtizDorothy Anna PallottiMichelle Lee PalmerGuadalupe Itzel RamosNicole Kristi RiojasJennifer N. Risi-HereimSarai SalazarDante Saldana IIAristeo SalesRoxanne Amanda SilvaMichael Brian SmithDebbie TangRamsey TorresVirginia Maria TorresCrystal Marie ValdezDebbie Ferguson Van SlootenMichael J. VasquezRegina Kristyne VasquezNicholas B. Yeargin

1943Salary schedule is set. A teacher with a doctorate’s degree with 11 years of service earns $2,700; a teacher with a master’s degree with only one year of service earns $1,800.

Mayor A.C. McCaughan writes an open letter to students: “…I know how your City feels about every one of you…Here’s wishing you the greatest success in the many ventures in a new life that will come to you all in the future…”

1944 College forms courses of study whereby student nurses of local nursing schools can receive Junior College diplomas when they complete training.

Local school teachers allowed to sit in on College classes for free.

Frosh and Sophs particpate in the Victory Loan Campaign to help the war effort.

Students brave windy days waiting to ride the Nueces Transportation Company bus home after classes.

Hackley’s Store for Men and Boys is home of the Scuttlebutt Lounge.

1945College celebrates 10th Anniversary.

Student body represents 17 states, one territory (Hawaii), and 33 different Texas towns.

Student clubs abound on campus including Le Cercle Gaulois French Club, Sigma Epsilon science club, and YMCA/YWCA clubs.

Corpus Christi Symphony Orchestra, jointly sponsored by the College and the Symphony Society, debuts under the direction of C. Burdette Wolfe with Eunice Padis as guest soloist.

Texas A&I extension courses are taught at the Junior College.

1946World War II veterans wash over campus, pushing enrollment to 600.

College is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

Board unanimously agrees to award Associate in Arts Degree to graduates.

Dr. E.L. Harvin becomes first full-time president of the College, fourth in succession.

Junior College closes its doors for a week to comply with city’s polio quarantine during which Naval Air Station planes spray 1,000 gallons of DDT over the city.

First permanent vocational programs – auto mechanics, radio repair, welding, machine shop – are added to Night School.

Baldwin Boulevard is paved.

21 men and one “girl” enroll in new mechanical drawing engineering course.

Baptist Student Union organized.

1947Second permanent structure is built – the Vocational Building.

Due to overcrowding in the two unairconditioned buildings, old boards are used to build tables just to get a place to work.

School of Music admitted to Texas Association of Music Schools.

113 Blacks enroll in the Solomon Coles Junior College, taking evening English classes at Solomon Coles High School.

Viking Squad of 40 football players complete training at Cuddihy Field using “T” and “Box” formations. The first game…freshmen vs. sophomores…is at Clark Field with 2,000 specatators.

Walter Furley, head columntator for The Foghorn, writes, “One of the few good movies to receive my 40 cents lately is ‘Magnificent Doll.’”

1948Samuel Frech, speech instructor and 1938 Hall of Fame student, submits winning entry for a college name contest. Del Mar, which means “of the sea” in Spanish, is chosen.

Three-year old School of Music becomes the youngest member ever admitted to the National Association of Schools of Music.

Viking football, interrupted during the war years, has first season in newly organized South Texas Junior College Conference.

Prospective Graduates - May 2011

Division of Arts and Sciences

ARt AND DRAMA

Associate of Arts in TeachingMichelle MartinezAngela Michelle Schwengler PTK

Associate in ArtsAngela Michelle Schwengler PTK

Jesus Angel Valdez

COMMUNICAtIONS, LANGUAGES, AND READING

Associate of Arts in TeachingIsis Cirila Del RosalMelisa Dawn GonzalezDenise Arlene MedranoAlicia MolinaMonica MunozYvonne M. Rangel

Associate in ArtsRaul Arvizu-ColchadoRigoberto BarajasSulayne Eulanda BonelliErica Elaine BrownBianca Maricela CalderonLorraine J. CiccarelliAna Luisa CruzIsis Cirila Del RosalSarah DuenasJose D. Enriquez IIIIrene Veronica FloresCarlos Antonio GaranzuayMelissa Patricia GonzalezJustin M. HernandezAmanda Marie Howeth PTK

Adriana Patricia InfantePriscilla LambMario Alberto LongoriaMisty Wynn MeadowsApril Rene MooreSarah Elizabeth PorrasLilia Rocio RamosTomas Eric Rincon PTK

Nichole C. Ritter PTK

Stephen RobeauHernan RodriguezAngela Michelle Schwengler PTK

Elisa Sabrina Solis

PTK Member, Phi Theta Kappa - International Honor Society of the Two Year College ABG Member, Alpha Beta Gamma® - International Business Honor Society

Brittany Kay VillivaChanti Lee Vong

ENGLISH

Associate of Arts in TeachingJoe Anthony Hernandez PTK

Melissa Marie LopezSamantha Brooke Tyree PTK

Amy Lea Wright

Associate in ArtsPearl E. BrockBaldemar EsparzaCarlos Antonio GaranzuayAngela Denise JuarezKristin Michelle McGrew

KINESIOLOGy

Associate in ArtsJorge Sebastain AguasLaura Ann BroussardAlberto HernandezCourtney LaRay LuckersonMichael E. MarquezRafael SalinasChristina J. TalamantesMargarito TrevinoRudy Lionel Valenzuela

LIBERAL ARtS

Associate in ArtsAlejandro J. AlmendarezKristina Marie Alvarez PTK

Belinda Jean ArredondoRaul Arvizu-ColchadoRigoberto BarajasBrianna Lynn BarronSylvia Ann Garza BellfieldSulayne Eulanda BonelliMercedes BonillaAmber Rose BrittainMaricruz CantuKeri A. CariagaErnesto CarrizalezKim K. CasarezPaul Andrew CastanedaJoshua S. CavazosMelina Renee Cavazos PTK

Orlando Cavazos

Football players serve as part time firefighters at Cuddihy Field.

Adult Education Program establishes extension classes for training veterans in basic high school subjects.

First uniformed Viking Band.

Juan Martinez, 30-year-old WWII veteran and father of two, with no public school education, enrolls as freshman in academic courses by passing required entrance exams.

1949First class of practicing nurses graduates.

“The Pot Boiler,” one-act play, wins superior rating at Hillsboro Junior College Play Festival.

Veterans Administration Office established.

Trade and Industrial Education begins.

Barbara Berman Barrie, goes on to star in such movies as Breaking Away, Private Benjamin and in the TV sitcom Barney Miller, is in her second year of drama studies at the College.

1950Alma Mater is written by student Ray Chiorgno as part of a contest sponsored by the Music Club.

College wins Junior Sugar Bowl in Kansas and the Gulf Bowl in Mississippi.

Ye Olde Blue Goose, the College bus, is kept parked in Cuddihy Field. Athletes push the bus to keep head coach and dorm supervisor, Ox Emerson, from waking up when they sneak out on dates.

The Del Mar College School of Music is the largest community college music school in the nation.

Jazz student Henry Cuesta, in his second year of music studies, later becomes band director of the Lawrence Welk Show.

1951College separates from CCISD, legally the Corpus Christi Junior College District.



Mikiala Nicole CisnerosHunter Lee CockrillDavid Caro Connell PTK

Isaac Humberto Winfred ContrerasAna Luisa CruzJessica CuellarDaniel Joe DavisMiranda Renee DeLaCerdaAshley Christine DominguezSarah DuenasRay L. Durrent PTK

Bradley S. EnglemanChristina E. FloresAlexis Michelle FooteHeidi A. FossMelissa Marie FrancoCody Allen FryChristopher Sureeya GallegosJason GalvanCarlos Antonio GaranzuayDylan GarciaJacqueline Orpha GarciaJonathan L. Garcia Kathleen Mickela Garcia PTK

Miranda Concepcion GarzaSamantha Rae Garza PTK

Victor M. GaxiolaDonald B. Gerdes PTK

Twyla Tanaye GoldEric Gonzalez PTK

Melisa Dawn GonzalezMelissa Patricia GonzalezSamantha N. GreenCassandra Guerrero Jessica GuerreroDana Michelle GunterGaston GutierrezJulie D’Lynn HesseltineAmanda Marie Howeth PTK

Crystal Celeste HuertaMelisa Denae HurstClara Alexandra JassoDavid Paul Jauregui PTK

Shawn Robert Keeney PTK

Cristina Ann LancasterChristopher Brandon Lara PTK

Frank LealMichael LermaRoy Sherman Lindley IIICody Vaughn Lopez PTK

Crystal Marie Martinez PTK

Jennifer Lee Mathewson PTK

Bianca Danielle McNelis PTK

Angelita MedinaFrances Renee MellBenjamin T. MilfeltPaul David MirEric MondragonJessie Marie Alexandra MonsivaisMichael R. MontesMichelle M. MontoyaAdrienne Christine MooreApril Rene MooreAlbert MoranErin Gloria NavarreteVictor R. NavarreteMelissa Marie NikirkMara Wendolyn NolteJoshua J. Ortegon PTK

Tania OrtizJaime Gonzalez PadillaDorothy Anna Pallotti PTK

David Kedar PalmerMichelle Lee Palmer PTK

Raymond Stephen Perez PTK

Ashley Kym PinkertonSarah Elizabeth PorrasTasheina PorterBrigitte Alexandria PradoAdela Gonzalez PuenteJerome Reynaldo RabanzoGuadalupe Itzel RamosLilia Rocio RamosValerie Marie RangelJennifer N. Risi-HereimStephen J. RobeauBrittany Tara RoblesJacob E. Robles PTK

Alejandro RodriguezAshley Nicole RodriguezGina Nicole RodriguezHernan RodriguezOrlando Andrew SalasSandra SalazarDante Saldana II PTK

Selina Saldivar PTK

Staci Elizabeth SalinasDaniel Anthony San MiguelDallas Kristianna SilvasStacey Marie SinorChristina Cecilia SmithElisa Sabrina SolisJazmin SotoBrittany Marie Steward


Ava Lynn StorbeckDebbie Tang PTK

Paul TansleyKeelan A. Taylor-SmithAlejandra Romero TellezMisty Lee Ann ThomasAna Sofia Valdes PTK

Desirey Jo ValenzuelaAdam Roy VelaChanti Lee VongDaniel P. WilkersonSammantha L. WinstonJohn Christopher WolfeKelsy M. WordBrittany Ann YepezAfroz Zyaei

MAtHEMAtICS

Associate in ArtsRicardo E. Rosales PTK

Associate of Arts in TeachingPaula J. Sanchez

Associate in ScienceWon Chol ChungDonald B. Gerdes PTK

Christopher Brandon Lara PTK

Joshua J. Ortegon PTK

MUSIC

Associate in Applied ScienceDaniel Vasquez

NAtURAL SCIENCES

Associate in ArtsMoriah L. HoveyMichelle Renee Wheeler

Associate in ScienceShelly Colette Ballard Meghan Janae BeltranTeah Andrea BishopGuillermo Lee CastilloWon Chol ChungAlberto GarciaRose Ann GerstenbergerChristopher Martin HernandezMoriah L. HoveyChristopher Brandon Lara PTK

Joshua J. Ortegon PTK

Brittney L. SalinasDaniel Trevino

Associate in Applied ScienceJennifer N. AuslandTamara M. Griffiths PTK

Carlos Ramos PTK

CertificateJennifer N. AuslandKristina Lardner PTK

SOCIAL SCIENCES

Associate in ArtsEvan Dwight ArnoldErica A. BenavidesMelina Renee Cavazos PTK

Ana Luisa CruzMarcos Juarez Cueva PTK

Maria G. Deras-RejinoMark D. FarleyJason GalvanAlfredo GarciaKathleen Mickela Garcia PTK

Samantha Rae Garza PTK

Melisa Dawn GonzalezDaniel G. GuajardoSamantha L. HansonPatty Louise HarperMisty HitchcockReid W. KarstensErika C. KingsburyJustine Marie KomparaCyrus W. LightseyKaty Morgan McClendonDane Magnus MorrisonGenesis Lynn MoyaJamie Lee PearsonJennifer Nanette PerezRachel R. Reyes PTK

Dante Saldana II PTK

Perla Z. SegoviaChristina Cecilia SmithTiffany Marie TrevinoAna Sofia Valdes PTK


Nine-member Board of Regents is appointed. Judge Charles Clark is first chairperson.

First college in the U.S. to coach co-ed tennis teams.

Joseph A. Cain, art chairperson, organizes, equips and commands first Marine Corps Combat Art Team during Korean War, resulting in 16 paintings.

First annual Recognition Day, honoring outstanding students, is held.

1952Board votes unanimously to allow Blacks to enroll in academic courses in the Day School – two years before the national Topeka vs. Brown decision of ‘separate is not equal.’ First seven Blacks enroll.

Medical Technologies training begins.

Job Placement services are offered.

It costs $45 a month to reside in the dorms, including meals!

1953New registration system cuts down confusion.

“Scribonauts” Writer’s Club is formed.

Vikings take the South Texas Conference Football Crown.

1954Harper’s magazine covers voluntary desegregation of Del Mar in the article, “When Negroes Entered a Texas School.”

First woman takes machine shop.

College football team beaten by Wharton College for the South Texas Conference title, snapping a three-year, 22-straight home game winning streak.


Division of Business, Professional and technology Education

ALLIED HEALtH

Associate in Applied ScienceSylvia Jauregui AdameBrenda D. Aleman PTK

Deborah AllenAlyssa G. AnguianoDavid AyalaTara E. Bartlett PTK

Lois G. BellMaria Teresa BenavidesDoris F. CabreraAnabel Campos PTK

Veronica Gonzalez CandelaArmando CavazosJeffrey Vermund B. CentenoLorrie Keith ChampionSandra Mabel Camarillo ChapaKyleigh Marie ClarkRobert Kenneth ClarkKimberly Ann ConnellyMonica A. CruzRolando Cuellar, Sr.Melissa Ann-Tracy Cunningham PTK

Hollie Denise Davis PTK

Lincoln Wayne DavisDenise A. DeLeonVeronica C. DominguezJoseph ElliottSelma Estella EscobedoRobert Charles EverettBridget Evelyn FloresRobert Flores, Jr.Jerry Lee Franco PTK

Edith Ybarra Gallardo PTK

Danny GarciaErin Elizabeth GarciaKeshap Chandra GautamPablo H. GonzalesMelva Ann DeLaRosa GonzalezRosemary GutierrezCelia L. HerreraDarjon M. HillThomas Louis HouckJohnny IkottRebecca E. Jones PTK

Calli-Jo KilkerRacheal A. King PTK

Edward Daniel KirchnerAldo Allen Landin

Kimberly Michelle LopezMalcolm A. LujanDanny Lynn LutherAmanda Renee MatheausMelissa Gail McDougaldAl MelendezJose Antonio MejiaMelody Marie MendezCandice Marie MirelesValana L. MitchellChristina A. MoodyJanet MoralesAdam T. PeeblesCynthia Maldonado Pena PTK

Mallory M. PerezMonica Reyes PerezKenysha Lamon PickensKathryn M. Powell PTK

Esther ReyesRobert Rodela, Jr.Erica Nicole SaenzAristeo SalesMaria Annabel SalinasNeal John Sessions PTK

Omega M. SifuentesPedro H. SoaresNicole Alyse StocktonFabian Ruben Tobar, Jr.Amber Rachelle TorresDebbie Ferguson Van SlootenRegina Kristyne VasquezDorothy VelaNorma L. VillanuevaLyndy Michele WestermanRuben YbarraNicholas B. YearginKandise LeAnn Young

CertificateMonica A. CruzAldo Allen LandinChristina A. Moody

BUSINESS

Associate in ArtsAmy Marie AlvaradoRandal Kathryn Bego ABG

Brandy N. BellAnthony T. ByrnesNoel C. CamposNathaniel Andres CantuAnalisa Michelle Dominguez


1955James R. Dougherty, Jr. School of Nursing is established by Spohn Hospital and the College.

Arcade walkway is built joining Auditorium to Memorial Classroom Building.

Veteran student enrollment surges to 600 because of Korean War.

Betty Noble (Turner), with a bachelor’s degree from Vassar, enrolls in government class. Later serves as Corpus Christi mayor.

1956Dr. Edith Parker, who wrote the U.S. Declaration of War in 1941, becomes chairperson of the history department.

Del Mar Technical Institute (West Campus) opens to meet the city’s need for young people educated in technical fields.

Venetian tile mosaic mural adorning Fine Arts Center is designed by art teacher Mary Sloan and constructed by a glass factory in Mexico. It is the largest of its genre in the country.

Dr. J.A. Carroll, history teacher, wins the Pulitzer Prize for his noted biography, George Washington: First in Peace.

Helen Erwin, sophomore voice major, wins National Association of Teachers of Singing six-state competition. Known as Helen Donath, she becomes one of the leading lyric sopranos of her generation in the German repertoire.

1957Harvin Student Center is built, a modern Danish building, with wired music.

The Vikings are the number-two ranked community college football team in America.

First speech banquet has Beatnik theme.

Del Mar sophomore Rudy “Baby” Valdez knocks out opponent to win the Texas Bantamweight Boxing Championship.



Samuel G. Esquivel PTK ABG

Ruben Rene Figueroa ABG

Andrew GamboaMichael J. GuzmanJohann Alexander HajekDaisy Ann HernandezJesse Ochoa MaciasCrystal Elizabeth McMillanElizabeth Corinne Mulholland ABG

Michael A. NurreCarlos Alberto ObregonMichelle M. OrrickChristopher Jameson PaulEleazar Perez IIISamantha Blake PettisTanis Merelyn PettisThurmon Allen Price PTK ABG

Angela Elizabeth QuintanillaBobbie Jean RamirezPatricia Soliz RodriguezCorben A. RutterOrlando Andrew SalasSergio Antonio Santoyo ABG

Felicia SibounheuangKatie Lynne ThompsonValyncia Jade TurnerGlenn A. WilkinsonThomas Nathaniel Wilson

Associate in Applied ScienceFlorencio Arjona, Jr.Twyla Dee BazalduaBritny Lee BoehmeMadeline C. BooneAlicia Marie BrooksRebecca Lee ChatwellTania Pimentel ClaudioTena Lanette Crocker ABG

Nydia Laurel CruzDarlene DavilaElizabeth S. DavisPaige R. DoranTracy B. EnriquezLawrence C. FarahMariela Fontana ABG

Stephanie A. Funk ABG

Angela M. GarciaAntonio Jose Garcia ABG

Mandy Marie GomezAbel Omar GonzalezStephanie L. JimenezDevary Brooke McWhaErik Melena

Abigale Mondragon PTK ABG

Stacie Lynn Ornelas ABG

Miranda Anne Potvin PTK

Isidoro U. PradoBobbye Lea RamirezEsmeralda S. ReyesMelissa K. Sauce PTK ABG

Joel Tienda

CertificateJessica Jane AguirreBritny Lee BoehmeKristina A. CanalesLisa Marie CantuTarahjae CoxJavier DeLeonReno Del BosqueEric Nanez EnciniaBlanca Z. EspericuetaAudra Nicole FloresJoshua FloresMaria Benitez GallegosAntonio Jose Garcia ABG

Victor M. GarciaJennifer GarzaAbel Omar GonzalezElaine L. Grant ABGErika T. GuajardoSarkhan GurbanovStephanie L. JimenezNatalie Alexandra LaraRebecca Lee LongoriaAbigale Mondragon PTK ABG

Roshan Alyce OrdnerStacie Lynn Ornelas ABG

David Kedar PalmerCrystal G. SaldanaMichael R. SuarezJohn M. TorresCynthia A. Trevino

Marketable Skills AwardJavier DeLeonJoshua FloresAntonio Jose Garcia ABG

Elaine L. Grant ABG

John M. Torres

COMPUtER SCIENCE

Associate in ArtsRoberto R. ArandaSean Davidson Ashcraft

1960College celebrates Silver Anniversary.

Katharine Evans, English professor, is the first recipient of the Minnie Stevens Piper Professor Award.

Del Mar Jazz Club sponsors concert in the Auditorium. The event evolves into annual official Texas Jazz Festival, the only major jazz festival that is free to the public.

It snows! Students go crazy.

Playing cards in the Student Center is outlawed until 1 p.m.

Guy Watts heads largest sophomore class, 400, in history of college. Later serves as Regent.

1961Grady St. Clair becomes fifth president.

College begins shift from intercollegiate to intramural sports. For the first time without a football team, Del Mar renews interest in other sports. Basketball becomes the game of the year.

Administration Building built on Tech Campus.

First production of Del Mar Theatre, a recent merger of Music Theatre and the Red Masque Club.

First exhibit of immense historical importance is shown in the Fine Arts Center, a priceless collection of Italian, English and French Old Masters.

Deskettes, a business and secretarial club, organizes.



Delfino Benavides IINicole BensonSanket R. BhaktaVictoria LeAnn Carbajal ABG

Christopher Daniel CoxRandall DoyleMiguel Angel GomezChristopher David HernandezScott David HurtaJaclyn N. JacksonJimmie Franklin LocklearLarry Medrano PTK ABG

Brian A. MontantesPritesh PatelJoshua ReyesMichael J. RiesBenjamin RobackErnesto Rodriguez IIIJay “Cameron” RomerMaria Alejandra SanchezSarah Lynn ShaferMatthew David StueverRichard Ian TiongsonJavier C. Wilburn

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Pritesh PatelJoshua ReyesErnesto Rodriguez IIIJay “Cameron” RomerSarah Lynn ShaferJavier C. Wilburn

DENtAL AND IMAGING tECHNOLOGy

Associate in Applied ScienceChristy Rebecca Acevedo PTK

Jeremy F. AlemanSara Elizabeth AndresMaida Aminta BenavidesElaine Louise BerlocherDana Ilene Brown PTK

Francesa A. BrownAlison Rae Cervantes PTK

Rebecca V. ChampionRoxanne P. ChildersKyla Michelle Conway PTK

Kasie Nicole CrumptonLucrissure LaShay EllisonSarita EscobarRoxanne M. EscobedoLeAnn Renae FloresCatherine A. Foy PTK

Jennifer M. GonzalesAmber Elaine GonzalezChristina GonzalezRachel Katherine GregoryCarolina Lorraine GuerreroMichael Damian Guzman PTK

Shewit B. HaileLyra Marie HendryKathy Dianne HindsSayrah Ayn Innocenti PTK

Crystal Lynn KeigherThalia Michelle LaraAlexis Nicole MataBeverly Jo Miller PTK

Cordelia NashKaela Jennae NeumanCandice Ellen Nieuwenhuis PTK

Deborah Kahalaomapuana Lilly NikoAlfred Robert OlivarezPamela Janelle Palacios PTK

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Tracie Anne Schroeder PTK

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Michael Brian SmithRobbie Catheryine Tabler PTK

Virginia Maria TorresSandy WarrenAshley Jo Wiggins PTK

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HUMAN SERVICES

Associate of Arts in TeachingTeresa A. BrittSabrina Nicole McBride CothamSusan Elizabeth LangCriselda M. Martinez PTK

Denise Arlene MedranoChristine M. SmithMartha S. Solis

Associate in Applied ScienceLizbeth Aguilar

1962Another first for the city – Del Mar introduces theater-in-the-round during its production of “The Adding Machine.”

Charter is granted for local chapter of Phu Mu Alpha Sinfonia, national male music fraternity, with 20 members.

Phi Sigma, a coed fraternity, reorganizes as a women’s honorary music sorority.

College wins Gulf Coast Basketball Conference title.

Geography club explores Big Bend and Carlsbad Caverns.

1963Del Mar offers first Foodservice Program in Texas with Texas Restaurant Association as its supporter.

LVN courses approved by State Board of Vocational Nursing Examiners.

George Dunson, freshman from Brooklyn, NY, is second highest scorer for the Cager basketball team with 520 points. Carl Clark is high scorer with 525 points.

B.E. Schulze, physics, receives Piper Award, second for the College.

Governor John Connally officially dedicates new Science Building, one week prior to JFK assassination.

1964Young Democrats on campus work to repeal the poll tax.

Restaurant Management Building added to Tech Campus.



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Cozette Danne SevierPTK

Jon Mark ThurmondCrystal Marie Valdez PTK

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Sabrina Marie PenaRoxanne RobledoMarissa Nicole RodriguezWendy Marie Rukes PTK

Sarai SalazarAudra N. SenterfittJuan P. TapiaKimberly Marie West

INDUStRIAL AND tECHNICAL EDUCAtION

Associate in Applied ScienceDonald Lee Anderson, Jr.Patrick John Lamanero BediaDrew H. BoggessJeffrey Martin Bollom PTK

Pedro Contreras, Jr.Justin Charles DeblerRamon Prieto DeLeonRichard James DeLeonIvan Catarino DuronJason L. EscamillaJessica GarzaJonathan Tino GarzaTerrance C. GentryRicardo GuajardoSamuel Brent HargroveJoshua C. HeddenDarren Lamar HermanMatthew J. Huebner PTK

Richard LugoPaul D. MartinezChristopher Charles McFaddin PTK

Patrick Carlton McFaddinScott M. McKennaAlberto Ortega, Jr.Dawn Starr Parker PTK

Raymond L. ParkerJuan Antonio Ramirez, Jr.Linda Diane RamirezRichard Mirelez ReyesLir Finn RobinsonAnthony RodriguezViviana G. RodriguezLisa R. SanchezJaime SernaHunter Stanton SimpsonMichael Lee SuttonSamir TejaCecilia V. Thomas

CertificatePatrick John Lamanero BediaDrew H. BoggessJeffrey Martin Bollom PTK

Emilio CarrilloRuben Vincente CastilloSamuel Rey ChavezJustin Charles DeblerPatrick A. DuffyIvan Catarino Duron

Patty Witt (Isensee) graduates with an associate’s degree. Later serves as Regent.

College hosts first Invitational Tennis Tournament at HEB Tennis Center.

1965Baby Boomers hit campus – College experiences 23% increase in students.

Flato Technologies and Diesel Mechanics Buildings are completed on the Tech Campus.

Columbia recording artists Pozo Seco Singers – Don Williams, Susan Taylor, Lofton Kline – perform at Del Mar Lions Club.

1966Dr. Jean Richardson becomes sixth president of the College.

Dr. P.E. Smith, chemistry, is third Del Mar instructor to receive prestigious Piper Award.

Pepe Serna, sophomore and former freshman class president, spends summer in New York attending drama school. He goes on to become a successful Hollywood actor playing in such movies as American Me, Scarface and Ballad of Gregorio Cortez.

Pre-vocational program, GED, is offered for first time to high school dropouts at Tech Institute.

1967

Largest single development of physical facilities in College history is completed: a Maintenance Building, four paved parking lots, renovations to History Building, and a site is prepared for the Library Building.

Del Mar Technical Institute is unified with main campus.

Registered Nurse Education begins.

National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, only such show held at a community college in the U.S., is established.

First disabled veteran signs up for classes under new GI Bill passed by Congress the previous year.



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Patrick Carlton McFaddinScott M. McKennaPatrick MondragonGabriela Alexis MontemayorMaginda C. MonteroJosie Deleon Morales PTK

Alberto Ortega, Jr.Dawn Starr Parker PTK

Gilbert PenaJesse PerezMartin A. Perry, Jr.Daniel P. PikeJuan Antonio Ramirez, Jr.Gerardo M. ReyesRichard Mirelez ReyesGustavo ReynaEdward Rivas, Jr.Anthony RodriguezEdward R. RodriguezSean Eric RodriguezDaniel R. SaldanaSamuel Deleon SilvaHunter Stanton SimpsonJavier E. SolisMichael Lee SuttonSamir TejaCecilia V. ThomasRamsey TorresAnthony John TrevinoBarret Nash TurnerMichael J. VasquezMichael A. Vela

Curtis Wayne WatsonJay Bradley Womack

NURSING

Associate in ArtsKirsten Marie HajekAfroz Zyaei

Associate in Applied ScienceAbigail Garcia AlanizJan Philip AlignoRebecca AlvaradoJessica M. AndradeRebecca G. AnzalduaJesenia Koine AvilaHeather A. BogartKandace Marie BrownWendy Kay CartwrightBrigitte Alana CervantesSandra Mabel Camarillo ChapaSabrina Marie ChavezDarren Coleman CorleyLiliana Yvette Corpus Maria Cristina DeLunaScott A. Dinkens PTK

Lorie L. ElkinsGlenda Cordova EsquivelJahziel FabieMarisol FalconMandy DeLosSantos FloresSara Neill FosterAurora Teresa GarciaStephanie Leigh GonzalesMaria Anita GonzalezTomas GonzalezElsa Marie GregoryFlavia Olivia GuajardoCarol Norman Hankins PTK

Nash Angelica HarrisStephanie Eschete HernandezRosalinda IbarraPaul R. Infante PTK

Sally Mesa JohnsonJessica Jamie Knutson PTK

Shauna Michelle KurzChristina Rocio LomasDesiree Celese LongoriaBlanca Nelly LopezGerald Wayne LorfingKatrina Denise MaldonadoDaniel MartinezDee Ann Martinez

Students ride out Hurricane Buelah in their dorms by singing, playing games and eating.

“Don’t be a weenie, buy a beanie!” The Blue and Grey Beanie is mandatory for freshmen student club members.

1968First Corpus Christi Young Artists Competition is organized.

Dean system is put into place for each of the College’s divisions.

Vice presidential candidate Spiro Agnew squelches student hecklers.

1969Students wear black armbands to honor Viet Nam Moratorium nationwide.

Clark Adkins, Del Mar freshman, signs four-year contract with Boston Red Sox.

Dr. Jean Richardson signs agreement making College one of only four in the nation to develop Associate Degree Completion Program (ADCOP) for the military.

1970Women’s Movement hits campus – young women wear pants to class.

Afro-American Student Union is organized.

Newly created Audio-Tutorial Biology Lab decreases “flunking” by half.

Students participate in first Earth Day celebration.

College captures Texas Intramural Handball Tournament in doubles and singles.

1971Dr. Aileen Creighton, English, receives Piper Award, fourth for College.

Hall of Fame student Debbie Blackmon later is founder of Former Students’ Association.

College’s net loss from Hurricane Celia is only $2,177.

Swamis in orange saffron robes swarm campus preaching Hare Krishna love.

Del Mar College is flooded with Viet Nam vets – 20 times more veterans than in 1965 and two times more than in 1955.

1972Outreach Counseling Program is established.

Administration Building on East Campus is constructed.



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PUBLIC SAFEty

Associate in ArtsBelinda Jean ArredondoBill Martin BossJames A. CaroHeather Nicole DeLeonMalory Alyssa DeLeonAlbert Anthony GarciaDaniel G. Guajardo

Yareli Y. GuzmanDavid C. HomanYezeniah R. LimasAngelica Maria MaldonadoMartha Jane MooreFernando David PerezJennifer RamonRobert A. RamosSumer RayMerissa Yvonne RodriguezShauna Lynn RoperJennifer Lynn SaenzGabrielle R. SalcidoCynthia SantosRobert ValdezNatalie Vasquez

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Pedro R. MaldonadoJoe W. McQuaryJacque Winn NashGabriel Ramon OrtegaGloria Hinojosa ReynaMario Alberto RodriguezChris T. SantosHeidi StewartStefanie Jo Terry PTK

Larry Donnell Young

CertificateJoey F. AllengerAlejandro J. AlmendarezMatthew Chase AndrewsLeroy Barrera, Jr.Wesley Allan BelcherNicholas R. BesedaPhil Joseph BradshawAustin Blaine CarterJeffery B. CaseyJarred J. CopleyStephen Eric CumberledgeChristian J. EsparzaAlfredo Franco

First Navy WAVE (Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service) enrolls in ADCOP.

1973Del Mar is one of 33 colleges to introduce work-study, the “Mid-Management Program.”

Mental Health Program is added.

Faculty and students debate dredging the Port of Corpus Christi.

1974Frances Dushek, mathematics, is fifth instructor to receive Piper Award.

Real Estate Program established at request of Real Estate Education Foundation of South Texas.

Fire sweeps Harvin Center, causing $150,000 in damages.

Baldemar Huerta enrolls for a second year. Using the name Freddie Fender, he later signs with CBS Records singing such hits as “Wasted Days” and “When the Next Tear Drop Falls.”

Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI) begins.

1975Senior Citizens Program is implemented. College’s first “grandma,” Gayle Cooper, age 70, enrolls in typing class after being out of school 40 years!

First Fall Carnival is organized to help student clubs raise money.

Coleman Center is built on the West Campus.

English Learning Center is established.

Operating Room Technology is new one-year program.

West Campus fills oil industry’s need for qualified field hands by providing classroom instruction and on the job training at local oil rig sites.

1976Local chapter of the Daughters of the American Colonists presents Bicentennial gift of a framed copy of the Declaration of Independence.

Carnegie Hall performer Javier Calderon is hired to head guitar program.

Early Childhood Specialist program begins.

A coed physical education department is created as result of Title IX federal regulation mandating equity in women’s athletics.

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Jonathan J. MortonJohn G. Muniz

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Marketable Skills AwardRosalie M. LopezPatrick Anthony Morin PTK



27% of women enrolled at the College are 28 or older.

Terry Labonte, who becomes nationally-recognized NASCAR driver, enrolls for business studies.

1977Only community college in the country to offer Marine Communications program.

First language lab is established.

First Mime Crew is organized.

Richard Morrow, Tech Institute former student, invents blood pressure instrument that can be worn like a watch.

1978Lupe Rangel, former skit writer for Sesame Street, becomes English instructor.

The “Amazing Edward” attempts one of Houdini’s most famous escapes, bound in a regulation straitjacket while hanging outside from the roof of the Harvin Center.

73-year-old Trudy Murdoch, year-round Del Mar swimmer, wins three gold, one silver, and one bronze medal at the National Masters Swim Championship.

1979Faculty and staff spend the day as persons with disabilities in College-wide

project to remove barriers from buildings and walkways.

Attendance booms in evening classes.

Dizzy Gillespie, jazz great, performs with MWF Jazz Band.

Future projections for the College’s student body include part-time, older, and female.

Stylistics, cosmetology club, organizes.

1980Radio/TV broadcasting program is born.

Automotive Mechanics Building is constructed.

Flour Bluff native Lou Diamond Phillips excels in music theatre class at Del Mar and goes on to star in hit movies La Bamba, Stand and Deliver and Young Guns.

Del Mar College75th Anniversary Alma Mater

Thousands of dreamsWhich you helped giveTransforming lives, what a special giftSince you began, you have stayed trueHail Del Mar College, Silver and BlueA Shining lightFor the world to seeHail Del Mar College, sing praise to theeYou take the weak, and make them strongSo we lift our head up, and sing this songFor many years, you have givenA source for hope and educationEver changing always givingA shining light from the beginningOh hail Del Mar Always stay trueHail Del Mar CollegeWhere dreams come true

Lyrics by Allen RobertsMusic by Kristopher Pickle

Spring 2010

Del Mar College Administration 2010-2011

Del Mar College Board of Regents

2010-2011

trey McCampbellChair

Elva EstradaVice Chair

Minerva P. ArriagaSecretary

Dr. Nicholas L. AdameAssistant SecretaryGabriel Rivas IIIParliamentarian

James B. (Jim) BoggsParliamentarian

James Matthew DuerrRegent

Susan E. HutchinsonRegent

Guy Leland WattsRegent

Dr. Mark EscamillaPresident

Dr. Fernando FigueroaProvost and Vice President of

Instruction Dr. Lee W. Sloan

Vice President of Administration, Finance and Student Services

Bud HarrisExecutive Dean of

Intergovernmental and Business AffairsClaudia Jackson

Executive Director of Community and Legislative Relations

Lenora KeasExecutive Director of

Strategic Planning and Assessment

Dr. Jonda L. HalcombDean, Division of Arts

and SciencesDr. Larry D. Lee

Dean, Division of Business, Professional and Technology Education

Dr. Leonard RiveraInterim Dean, Student Outreach

and Enrollment ServicesSandra Valerio

Interim Dean, Student Engagement and Retention

Mary C. McQueenExecutive Director of Development

yvette LaraAssistant Director of Alumni Services

Dr. Ann thornFaculty Council Chair

Del Mar College Foundation, Inc.

Board of trustees2010-2011

Wayne M. SquiresPresident

Sandra AlvarezVice President

Gary L. MaloneTreasurer

Lisa HancockSecretary

todd M. WalterSpecial Projects Chair

S. Loyd Neal, Jr.Member At-LargeSteve Woerner

Member At-LargeBob Crow

Past President, Committee on Members Chair

Del Mar College Alumni Council Chair: Joseph “Jay” Wise

Boards and Administration1981Former student and Foghorn photographer Larry Price is awarded the Pulitzer Prize in news photography for his series of a mass execution in Africa printed in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

Viking Soccer Club is formed, featuring internationally-renowned players.

National Music Camp performs original music by Del Mar instructor William Schroeder.

1982Driscoll Foundation/Dr. McIver Furman Del Mar Lectureship in the Health Sciences is established.

Youngest freshman, Laura Collins, age 16, enrolls.

Lavernis Royal, ’54 Hall of Fame student, designs metal sculpture “Desert Flower” for Harvin Center.

1983The Reverend Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader, holds voter registration rally and talks about the Rainbow Coalition.

Clotilde P. Garcia Health Sciences Building is dedicated.

Del Mar College Foundation is chartered to further the charitable and educational purposes of the College.

More than one-third of students are older than 25.

Kathy King, high school dropout, reenters college and becomes “A” student in computers.

1984Dr. Ed Biggerstaff becomes seventh president of College.

College appears on “Good Morning America” for 50th Anniversary Celebration.

Dr. Ronald Williams, engineering technology, is sixth Piper Professor.

57% of total students enrolled are women.

Academic RegaliaThe academic costume worn at official functions today originated in the universities of the Middle Ages, when a warm gown and hood were useful for scholar and cleric in unheated buildings. By modern times, the growth in the number of universities caused a great deal of confusion in academic regalia, and in 1894-95 a commission brought some order into the chaos. The American Council subsequently effected more improvements in 1959-60.

The mortarboard cap, which generally prevails in the United States originated at Oxford, Cambridge. Most European universities and some Latin American universities use other types of caps, which are, of course, legitimate for wear in any American processional when the individual holds his degree from one of these institutions.

Gowns are generally black, although some few universities depart from this practice. The bachelor’s gown is simple, with long pointed sleeves. The master’s gown will have either long sleeves with narrow wrist openings or long sleeves with the arm emerging from the sleeve at about elbow length. The doctor’s gown is fullest cut; it has velvet panels down the front and around the neck as well as three bars of the same material on the bell-shaped sleeves.

The hood indicates the level of the degree, the discipline in which it was given, and the institution that granted it. Degree level is indicated by length: the master’s hood is three and a half feet long, and the doctor’s hood is four feet long. The velvet trim on the exposed edge of the hood is three inches wide for the master’s degree and five inches wide for the doctor’s degree. The color of the trim indicates the field of study. A color, or color pattern, between the trim indicates the university that granted the degree.

Hood trim colors indicate the following fields:

White – Arts, Letters, and Humanities

Drab – Commerce, BusinessLilac – Dentistry

Copper – EconomicsLight Blue – EducationOrange – Engineering

Brown – Fine ArtsCrimson – Journalism

Purple – LawLemon – Library Science

Green – MedicinePink – Music

Apricot – NursingSilver Gray – Oratory (Speech)

Blue – PhilosophySage Green – Physical Education

Golden Yellow – ScienceCream – Social Science

Citron – Social WorkScarlet – Theology

College purchases watering tank to cut water consumption for city’s mandatory water conservation.

1985Business Division is created.

Voters approve $20 million bond program to fund capital improvements.

Chester Rupe, player with the Bob Hope Show and Les Brown Show, is improvisational jazz guitar instructor.

PM Corpus Christi, a news magazine about Del Mar College, airs its first show.

1986First telecourse, English 601A, airs on cable TV with 40 students.

Tuition increases from $4 per hour to $10 per hour, largest jump ever.

Board adopts College Master Plan prepared by Bennett, Martin and Solka Architects.

The Pantry, West Campus restaurant, opens.

Hands Across Campus, antidrug campaign, attracts 1,000 students who hold hands from History Building through Harvin Center to Administration Building.

1987Buddy R. Venters, ’56 graduate, becomes eighth president of College.

Former journalism student Steve Nesbitt, voice of NASA during Space Shuttle Challenger explosion, speaks to students.

Del Mar Jazz Band tours Europe.

Del Mar welcomes Liu Gin, native of Peking, China and business major, who is considered too old at the age of 25 to enroll at the University of China.

Students participate in first Beach Clean-Up.

1988Peace Pole, a gift from Japan, is erected on East Campus by the new International Student Club.

Comedian Dabney Coleman takes a “Stroll Down Memory Lane” to benefit the Spaces Capital Campaign to furnish and equip College buildings. Star of such movies as 9 to 5 and Tootsie, and TV shows Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman and Buffalo Bill, Coleman took classes at Del Mar in 1950.

Class RingsDel Mar College’s officially-sanctioned class rings provide graduates with a lasting reminder of their time at the College. These rings announce to the world each graduate’s individual dedication and hard work, as well as their place in the Del Mar College family.

These rings are available for order in the Del Mar College Bookstore in the Harvin Student Center, Del Mar College East.

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1,300 additional parking spaces are provided on East Campus; campus lighting, landscaping and signage are improved.

First daytime Outreach class held at Rockport.

Kevin Saunders, student and wheelchair athlete, wins the Gold Medal at Seoul, Korea, Olympic Games.

Faculty, staff and students march along Bayfront to raise funds for Danny Bradley, student in need of heart transplant.

New Learning Resources Center on West Campus features high-tech teleconference facilities to serve business and industry needs.

1989State mandated Texas Academic Skills Program is implemented.

College signs $1 million contract with the Job Training Partnership Act.

College for Kids program, exposing youth to the college setting, begins.

Unique faculty minority recruitment program, Academic Fellowship, is launched.

Business Building with specialized teaching labs is opened.

“Comprehensive Community Education Meeting Individual Needs” is adopted as values statement.

1990Del Mar is the only community college in Texas accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design.

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools reaffirms 10-year accreditation.

Instructional Television Fixed System installed to allow telecourses to be broadcast outside city limits.

English for Speakers of Other Languages college-credit program is initiated.

Texas Architect hails dynamic Fine Arts Center, including the recent additions of Cain Memorial Art Gallery and Bartlett Theatre, as a “major architectural statement.”

First Del Mar Drama Shakespeare Fest is held.

1991Voters overwhelmingly approve expansion of Del Mar College District to include Calallen, Corpus Christi, Flour Bluff, Tuloso-Midway, and West Oso Independent School Districts.

State-of-the-art interactive computer and laser-disc programs are donated to Registered Nurse lab by Louise Millican.

Registered Nurse Education students set record passing rate of 97% on the national licensure exam.

A $46,000 peer-to-peer Computer Network is installed in Business Building.

Elderhostel Program, international program for older students, is first in city and attracts an amazing 800 visitors.

College renovates HEB store into Multiservice Center to house purchasing and receiving, testing, and continuing education offices.

1992Former music student Ram Chavez directs the Corpus Christi Veteran’s Band in performance at the Presidential Inauguration in Washington, D.C.

College ranks 3rd in the state in Hispanic enrollment with 5,825 Hispanic students.

College opens satellite offices at Naval Air Station and Naval Station Ingleside.

Student Michelle Ann Rios wins National Collegiate Minority Leadership Award.

College’s restaurant management program enters 2+2 agreement to offer four-year hospitality degree, only the sixth such bachelor’s degree in the state.

1993Community College Week ranks Del Mar 9th in nation in granting associate degrees to Hispanics.

Mary Seals Thorpe, geology, is seventh Piper Award recipient.

College Foundation assets reach $1 million mark.

Thomas “Ed” Lewis, sexagenarian, is GED valedictorian.

New telephone registration system, PRONTO, is on line.

College pilots training program with Corpus Christi Army Depot.

One of the largest classes ever, 28 peace officer graduates complete the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education at the College.

College receives U.S. Department of Navy grant for Oral History Project of community and Naval Air Station during WWII.

1994CPL presents College a $207,800 check in energy savings due to new thermal energy storage facility on the East Campus.

First Texas Association of Chicanos in Higher Education (TACHE) scholarship from the College’s chapter is awarded.

“College Bound” begins – innovative program using computer technology to keep at-risk youth in high school and enroll them in college.

First month-long celebration, ARTful, is organized highlighting the College’s nationally-recognized fine arts programs.

The College’s Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) Merit Shop Training Program, is the first of 81 in the country to receive national accreditation.

New Tejano dance class, taught to the latest music of Tejano artists, is filled.

Art students create 12 Christmas ornaments for the White House at the invitation of President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Arline Francis, her daughter Lorraine Knowlton, and son William Francies, all receive their nursing pins from the Registered Nurse Education program.

1995Dr. Terry L. Dicianna becomes ninth president.

Del Mar College Web site (www.delmar.edu) is launched.

College celebrates 60th Anniversary.

According to The American College Teacher, Del Mar faculty lead the national average in the number who engage in progressive instructional methods and express a commitment and sensitivity to diversity issues.

Board of Regents vote to make Del Mar a gun-free campus.

First-ever Virtual Labs for English students are implemented.

First national Citizenship Test by U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Services is administered by the Testing Office.

Travel and Tourism program launched.

Interpreter for the Deaf program launched.

Center for Business and Community Education opens.

Channel 6 establishes first KRIS-TV Memorial Endowed Scholarship to honor late Tejano star Selena Quintanilla-Perez.

1996Former student Barbara Berman Barrie, actress on NBC’s comedy Suddenly Susan, names her TV character in honor of her favorite English professor, Dr. Aileen Creighton.

Hailed by national music critics from AUDIO and Acoustic Guitar magazines, Philip Hii, assistant professor of music, premieres works on his second CD.

Distance Learning is new option for students.

Emergency Call Boxes installed on both campuses.

Dr. Norman Delaney, professor of history, earns Minnie Stevens Piper award.

Board of Vocational Nurse Examiners reports 100% pass rate for nursing students.

Weekend College is launched.

“Without a single doubt, the knowledge and skills I acquired while I was a student at Del Mar College have served as the educational foundation for what I have achieved in my personal life.” – Honorable Hilda Tagle, Judge of the 148th District Court.

1997Fifth floor of William F. White Library is completed and furnished.

College is one of only three institutions in Texas accredited as a training facility for precision soldering.

Del Mar College is elected president school of the Texas Junior College Student Government Association.

SWAT Team initiates new police training obstacle course built on West Campus.

DMCNet, computerized library system, is introduced.

Dental Assisting students take first place at Texas table clinic competitions.

1998Demolition of Skills Enrichment Center begins.

Graduates of the Interpreter for the Deaf Program are chosen to serve as interpreters for U.S. President Bill Clinton during a visit to South Texas.

MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) classroom and lab is created for Music Program.

Occupational Therapy Assistant and Physical Therapist Assistant programs begin.

Vocational Nurse Education program celebrates 50th anniversary and graduates 4,000th LVN student, Angela Franks, who is the third generation in her family to complete the program.

Occupational Safety and Health degree offered.

Shift change classes implemented to provide flexibility to shift workers.

Puente Del Mar, a college-wide mentoring program, is launched.

Digital Media interdisciplinary degree is offered.

1999College gets approval to expand taxing district.

Dr. Jose Limon, former student and U.T. English professor, is named one of 20 most “impressive, intriguing, and influential Texans of 1999.”

Students across the U.S. and even as far away as Germany take DMC online courses.

New degrees in chemical laboratory, health information technology and process technology are offered.

Freshman Seminar is launched.

Auto Body students refurbish black 1965 Chevy Impala for custom car show.

Rapid Track is new accelerated option for completing degrees.

2000League for Innovation in Community Colleges honors Del Mar College as a Champion Learning College.

U.S. Department of Education grants Title V designation, thus securing a $1.2 million grant to expand technology-based services.

Morris L. Lichtenstein, Jr. Foundation gives $1 million gift to build College’s $3.5 million Center for Early Learning.

New general classroom building on East Campus is named for late African-American educator Solomon Coles.

Billionaire businessman and former student Red McCombs is keynote speaker at graduation.

Del Mar becomes the only college in Texas to teach Culinary Arts to chefs in the U.S. Navy.

Entryway off Baldwin Boulevard opens and becomes the first “front door” for the East Campus.

Journalism Program is recognized as highest rated two-year school in Texas Intercollegiate Press Association Division II competition.

Online registration is introduced.

Aviation Maintenance Technology Program is approved.

2001Dr. Gustavo R. Valadez Ortiz becomes College’s first Hispanic President.

College and City build new $1.3 million kitchen facility on West Campus to serve meals to senior citizens and to provide lab space for Culinary Arts program.

English Learning Center, aka Writing Center, celebrates 25 years of service since 1976.

New Death Investigation Program begins, only one of its kind in the nation.

Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board designates Colleges as a model institution for distance learning programs.

Summer Spanish Language Institute is organized.

Students get access to Virtual College of Texas: online courses taught at all Texas community colleges.

2002$108 million in capital improvements funded by voters.

Morris L. Lichtenstein, Jr. Center for Early Learning opens.

Tornado strikes West Campus, damaging facilities and resulting in the fatality of an adjunct faculty member.

College’s first major gifts campaign, [email protected], is kicked off by DMC Foundation.

Dr. Ken Weatherbie, professor of history, becomes ninth faculty member to be honored as a Piper Professor.

Barnes and Noble Bookstore opens on campus, offering DMC memorabilia. Portion of profits fund scholarships.

College to provide Anti-Terrorism Force Protection Training to more than 3,000 U.S. Navy personnel over next five years.

2003Dr. Carlos A. Garcia takes over as President.

DMC students participate in NASA’s Community College Aerospace Scholars Program at Johnson Space Center; math major James Dobson designs winning Mars Rover.

Kelly White, director of Environmental Health and Safety, serves in U.S. Navy in Kuwait, earning a Navy & Marine Corps Commendation and “Sailor of the Year” from the Naval Coastal Warfare Group.

Dr. Norman Delaney becomes second recipient of the newly established Dr. Aileen Creighton Award for Teaching Excellence.

Theatre Practicum II-Field Studies in New York is added to Drama Program.

Noncredit workforce development courses offered for first time in Sinton.

2004Del Mar Drama receives first-ever accreditation by the National Association of Schools of Theatre.

Country western legend Don Williams performs at the first “Come Home to Del Mar College” fundraiser event sponsored by the DMC Foundation.

College begins implementing $108 million Capital Improvement Program.

College unveils its official class ring.

Mike Anzaldúa, professor of English, receives third Dr. Aileen Creighton Award for Teaching Excellence.

College leads successful community initiative, “Even One Dropout Is Too Many.”

Former student and author Bret Anthony Johnston returns to share from his critically-acclaimed book Corpus Christi: Stories.

RTA (Regional Transportation Authority) offers free bus rides to Del Mar students.

Health Care programs, in partnership with American Red Cross, train area health care professionals to respond to bioterrorism attacks.

2005College enrollment exceeds 12,000 students, an all-time record.

14 academic programs earn “exemplary” status during Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board visit.

$4.8 million Center for Economic Development officially opens; property provided by generous gifts from local philanthropists Eugene Bouligny and William “Dusty” Durrill.

Students displaced by Hurricane Katrina are offered discounted tuition.

Del Mar GED graduate Mayor Henry Garrett addresses GED Class of 2005.

Mary Holder, graduate of the new Coding Specialist Certificate, is the first DMC graduate to be nationally certified.

Jackie Ganschow, professor of speech, is awarded Piper Professor Award, 10th such award for College faculty.

Dr. Irma Woods, professor of childhood development, receives fourth Dr. Aileen Creighton Award for Teaching Excellence.

Dental Hygiene students provide free dental healthcare to disadvantaged school children.

Two biology students attend summer internships at Berkeley National Laboratory in California researching microbes, and a third pre-med student attends Summer Medical and Dental Education Program at U.T.

1,600 preschoolers attend Fifth Annual Children’s Book Festival on campus, featuring renowned children’s authors David Davis, Jan Peck and Lupe Ruiz-Flores.

2006New $11.9 million Public Safety Complex is completed on West Campus.

New $29 million Health Sciences and Emerging Technology Complex is built on West Campus.

New $9.2 million Industrial Education Complex is added to West Campus.

$5.1 million in renovations are completed on the Richardson Auditorium on East Campus. Facility is rededicated as Richardson Performance Hall.

Larry Gatlin and The Gatlin Brothers are first to perform in renovated Richardson Performance Hall, helping raise $734,000—a single-event fundraising amount unprecedented in College’s history.

Out-of-District fees increase, impacting area enrollment.

Collegiate High School, a unique partnership with CCISD and funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, launches on campus.

Jackie Ganschow, professor of speech, receives fifth Dr. Aileen Creighton Award for Teaching Excellence.

National Works on Paper and Small Sculpture Show celebrates 40th anniversary.

English Learning Center is officially renamed and dedicated as the Stone Writing Center, honoring the late Dr. Virginia Stone.

Due to bandwidth issues, College blocks MySpace.com from campus computer network.

MyDMC, powerful Web portal, is launched.

Alternative Certification for Teachers is introduced.

2007Open House is hosted on West Campus to showcase new multi-million dollar facilities to community.

$7.3 million in Garcia Science Building renovations take place on East Campus.

$3.4 million in renovations and additions to Kinesiology Aquatics/Gym occur on East Campus.

Additional renovations to existing buildings on East Campus total $3.5 million, including St. Clair Building.

$2.7 million is invested in Coleman Center, Barth Learning Resources Center and Flato Technologies Building.

Lighthouse art sculpture, located on corner of Baldwin and Ayers, is donated by local community leaders Sam and Dusty Durrill.

East Campus parking lots get much-needed face lift.

Sarah Chandler is youngest certified court reporter in Texas at age 18.

Sarah Contreras, associate professor of speech, receives sixth Dr. Aileen Creighton Award for Teaching Excellence.

College initiates an Associate Degree in Electroplating.

Largest-ever class of Registered Nurse Education students graduates 100 new nurses.

Board of Regents approve two new Associate in Applied Science degrees—Biotechnology and Sound Recording Technology.

2008Del Mar College Alumnus Dr. Mark Escamilla named President.

In one of his last pubic appearances, U. S. Senator Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) speaks in Richardson Performance Hall in support of Presidential candidate Barack Obama.

Sueng Ho Song is first student to earn Federal Aviation Administration accreditation in Airframe Applied Technology.

College celebrates “100 years of Nursing,” 60 years of teaching vocational nursing and 40 years of registered nursing producing more than 8,000 licensed graduates in the nursing field.

South Texas Broadcasting, KEDT locally, announces its intention to build facilities and move to the College’s Center for Economic Development with lead gift of $750,000 from H-E-B Corp.

May Commencement Ceremony airs on DMC-TV public access channel and streams live on Web for first time.

BoldFuture for the Coastal Bend, community-visioning initiative led by Del Mar College and other community partners, kicks off two-year schedule.

$5 million National Science Foundation grant fuels National Geospatial Technology Center for Excellence at Del Mar College.

College holds first-ever Fall Semester Commencement.

1954 Hall of Fame Inductee, and one of College’s first African American students Lavernis Royal’s contributions are memorialized upon his death.

2009College offers new government course, Mexican American Politics.

History Professor Brian Hart receives the 2008 Creighton Award for Teaching Excellence.

Following $8 million expansion/renovation, College re-dedicates former health science building as the Garcia Science Building in memory of late Regent Dr. Clotilde P. Garcia.

College celebrates national accreditation of three fine arts programs, Music, Art and Drama.

Bernie’s Famous Crawfish Boil raises scholarship funds and celebrates DMC Foundation Trustee Emeritus Bernard Paulson.

Regents cut out-of-district fees by 50 percent to expand access to excellence.

College students, faculty and staff spend Friday afternoon sprucing up campuses as part of College Campus Pride Friday.

College Concert Choir and community Master and Children’s Choirs are invited to perform in Lincoln Center in New York City.

Students and employees prepare for H1N1 flu virus outbreak; College experiences minimal impact.

Students in new Biotechnology program utilize $2.2 million laboratory.

Fall enrollment hits all-time high of 12,129 credit students.

Culinary Arts programs’ Sugar Art Showcase features nationally-recognized judges.

Colleges launches Access to Excellence, Strategic Plan for 2009-2014.

Associate degrees in business now offered completely online.

2010New Alumni Association holds first mixer, Decadence, featuring delectable desserts from the Culinary Arts program, art and sculpture from the Art Department.

Mathematics Professor Exie Hall receives the 2009 Creighton Award for Teaching Excellence.

Regents approve new Associate in Science Degree in Engineering and Associate in Applied Science Degree in Engineering Technology.

Student Success Center and CCISD’s Collegiate High School share newly renovated St. Clair Building, the result of a $3 million investment.

College’s leadership of BoldFuture for the Coastal Bend yields 250 actions to improve regional economy, education, environment, safety, health, planning and leadership.

First 85 graduates of Collegiate High School earn high school diplomas; more than 60 earn College degrees and certificates before high school graduation.

Two biotechnology majors intern at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.

College launches 75th Anniversary Celebration with 75 Distinguished Alumni, South Texas Alumni Round-Up and other events.

College recognizes 750,000th registrant since 1935 with books, computer and reserved parking space.

Judicial Real-time Captioning laboratory is unique in higher education.

50th Anniversary Texas Jazz Festival kicks off in Harvin Student Center, where it all began.

GED program graduates more than 100 with high school equivalency.

Round-the-Clock Registration leads to all-time high fall enrollment of 12,249.

College President Mark Escamilla, Ph.D., attends White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics, witnesses Executive Order signing ceremony.

DMC Title V Program and Student Success Center receive $1.4 million U.S. Department of Education grant to increase student achievement through academic support, services and on-campus internship program.

Del Mar College Alumni Association holds South Texas Round-Up Celebration as part of the institution’s 75th Anniversary and nets over $25,000.

DMC biology graduate Jennifer Robles represents College’s Department of Natural Sciences and beats out Ivy League students during national Science and Energy Research Challenge by presenting research from internship at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

Local businessman and philanthropist Eugene Bouligny challenges other community benefactors, campus community to match proposed $1 million gift by end of September 2011.

2011DMC Alumni Association awards first 10 scholarships to full- and part-time students taking courses during the spring 2011 semester.

Del Mar College and Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi sign articulation agreement that allows College’s engineering majors with mechanical option focus to transfer associate degree credits toward bachelor’s degree from university.

Stone Writing Center’s Roxy Writer attracts blog readers from around the world seeking free tutoring services, including users from Russia, the Netherlands, United Kingdom, India, Malaysia and other.

Anonymous donor pledges full scholarship for five semesters in College’s welding technology program for W. B. Ray High School junior with spina bifida.

Del Mar College buries 75th Anniversary time capsule with items from the 2010-2011 academic year with plans to reopen container in 2036 to commemorate 100th Anniversary.

College “raises the curtain” to announce new $10.5 million Fine Arts Center capital improvement expansion plan that includes new 340-seat proscenium theater and more instructional space for drama, art and radio/tv programs.

Throughout the 2010-2011 academic year, Del Mar College has proudly celebrated 75 years of serving the Coastal Bend. Here are some of the ways in which we’ve commemorated this milestone.

Recognized 750,000th Registrant • Austen Turner with prize package including laptop computer, tuition scholarship, book and food court vouchers, and reserved parking place

Designed and distributed 75th • Anniversary lapel pins

Supported DMC South Texas Alumni • Round-Up, barbecue, silent auction, and dance

Raffled 75th Anniversary Barbecue • Pit, created by welding students

Recognized 75 Distinguished Alumni•

Sponsored 75th Anniversary Alma • Mater $500 Scholarship Contest—music by Kristopher Pickle, lyrics by Allen Roberts

Sponsored 75th Anniversary Poster • $500 Scholarship Contest—winner Michael Diamonte

Photographed 75th Anniversary • Convocation

Danced to Alumni 1950s Sock Hop • with Funky Veterans Band

Generated support to sponsor • Municipal Band 2011 summer performance schedule

Participated in Turkey Bowl flag • football game

Branded vehicles with 75th • Anniversary Parking Stickers

Supported 5K Alumni Fun Run•

Produced 75th Anniversary • memorabilia: “It’s all Business in the Kitchen” cookbook, note cards,

Del Mar College 75th Anniversary Highlights

diploma frames, posters, coffee and travel mugs, etc.

Sponsored 75th Anniversary Writing • Contest—Melissa “Mickey” Saldana winner

Redesigned College stationery, to • use more cost-effective supplies

Supported Former Students’ • Association Celia Cruse Memorial Scholarship Bowl

Promoted Music Faculty Concert • Series

Facilitated 75th Anniversary • Proclamations from Texas Legislature

Provided St. Louis Brass Concert • to community through the Corpus Christi Chamber Music Society at no charge

Hosted 50th • Anniversary Texas Jazz Festival Kick-Off Party

Produced • President’s 75th Anniversary message, promoting education to low-income students (Pell Grants)

Provided DMC • Float featuring Mariachi Del Mar for festival parades

Displayed 75th Anniversary banners • on campus and off

Buried 75th Anniversary Time • Capsule to be opened on the 100th Anniversary

Produced “Economic Impact of Del • Mar College” publications

Promoted TACHE Book Scholarship • Barbecue and 75th Anniversary picnic table drawing

Celebrated 75th Anniversary as • featured on cover of Southwestern Bell Phone Book

Sponsored nationally-recognized • Commencement Speaker, Dr. Walter Bumphus, President and CEO of American Association of Community Colleges

Celebrated Music Department’s • Composition Symposium and world premiere of “The New People,” a cantata combining the words of E. R. Flory and music of Dr. Neil Flory

Hosted President’s Heroes and • Honorees Commencement Reception

Anniversary Steering Committee:Claudia Jackson, chair, assistant to the president for community relations

Dr. Larry Lee, business, professional and technology education

Sonny Vela, business, professional and technology education

Dr. Tammie Burger, arts and sciences education

Linda Eubank, arts and sciences education

Frances Jordan, student development division

Chuck Tines, business and finance division

Yvette Lara, assistant director of alumni services

Beverly Cage, interim director of student leadership and campus life

Allen Roberts, student, Phi Theta Kappa and Student Government Association

Pages from the program for the Commencement Ceremony of the first graduating class of Corpus Christi Junior College (Del Mar College) in 1936.

© 2011 Del Mar College. All Rights Reserved.Del Mar College is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Institution.

This Del Mar College 75th Anniversary Commencement marks an important celebration for the College that provides access to excellence in higher education. We appreciate your participation in this anniversary celebration. The 75th Anniversary Committee has arranged several special opportunities tonight.

75th ANNIVERSARY GRADUATION GIFTS

FREE• : The Del Mar College Alumni Council has a special gift for each of tonight’s graduates. Invite your graduate to stop by the Alumni Council table in the concourse for their free DMC Alumni Keychain.

Memorabilia Available for Purchase in the Concourse Tonight

Official Del Mar College Diploma Frames• , briarwood black frame with a silver and blue mat and adorned with the Del Mar College logo on a metal plate. Proceeds benefit Alumni Council scholarships and programs—$55.Del Mar College 75th Anniversary Poster• created by student artist Michael Diamonte. Proceeds benefit student scholarships—$10.It’s All Business in the Kitchen• cookbook produced by the Business Administration Department in memory of the late economics instructor, Ed Cohn. Proceeds benefit student scholarships—$15.Set of vintage College note cards• with photos selected from past Cruiser College yearbooks. Proceeds benefit student scholarships. Set of 10 cards—$10. 75th Anniversary Commencement Ceremony Video• on DVD format—preorders $10 plus $2 shipping.

75th Anniversary Photo Opportunity

A 75th Anniversary Banner is on display in the hallway outside Room C106 in the American Bank Concourse. Feel free to use this background to take your own personal graduation photos with family, friends and teachers.

Documents

May 2011 Commencement Program