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.
1993 Community College Week ranks Del Mar 9th in nation in granting associate degrees to Hispanics.
1995 Dr. Terry L. Dicianna becomes ninth president. Del Mar College Web site (www.delmar.edu) is launched. College celebrates 60th Anniversary.
First Del Mar Drama Shakespeare Fest is held.
Mary Seals Thorpe, geology, is seventh Piper Award recipient.
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.
1991
College Foundation assets reach $1 million mark.
Board of Regents vote to make Del Mar a gunfree campus.
Thomas “Ed” Lewis, sexagenarian, is GED valedictorian.
First-ever Virtual Labs for English students are implemented.
New telephone registration system, PRONTO, is on line.
First national Citizenship Test by U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Services is administered by the Testing Office.
Voters 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.
1992 Former 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 pilots training program with Corpus Christi Army Depot.
Travel and Tourism program launched.
One of the largest classes ever, 28 peace officer graduates complete the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education at the College.
Interpreter for the Deaf program launched.
College receives U.S. Department of Navy grant for Oral History Project of community and Naval Air Station during WWII.
Channel 6 establishes first KRIS-TV Memorial Endowed Scholarship to honor late Tejano star Selena Quintanilla-Perez.
1994
1996
CPL presents College a $207,800 check in energy savings due to new thermal energy storage facility on the East Campus.
Former 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.
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 nationallyrecognized 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.
Center for Business and Community Education opens.
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.