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The Coastal Bend Food Bank is proud to have Del Mar College partner with us to open the Viking Food Pantry. The Viking Food Pantry will help to support Del Mar College students who are food insecure. The availability of having a food pantry on campus will help students no longer have to choose between paying their bills or paying for their next meal. Students will be able to attend the Viking Food Pantry twice a month and will be allowed to take up to 35lbs of food at each visit. For more information on the Viking Food Pantry and how to receive assistance as a Del Mar College Student please contact the Office of Student Engagement and Retention at 361-698-1277. If you would like to help keep the Viking Food Pantry stocked you can donate at https://coastalbendfoodbank.org/donate/ or donate non-perishable food items at the Coastal Bend Food Bank located at 826 Krill St.

The Viking Food Pantry is now open 🎉 Here's how you can use this new service 👇🏽1️⃣ Must be a current student with a present DMC ID. 2️⃣ Must be referred via the Viking Food Pantry referral form. You can refer yourself. 3️⃣ Meet with a Viking Food Pantry representative. ℹ For more info call 361-698-1277 or email foodpantry@delmar.edu

Thank you to everyone who helped us blow out the candles at Valdar's birthday party today 🎂

Register now and get the classes you want at the times you need 🙌🏾 Summer I registraion closes on Wed., May 29th ☀️

Do you have a 2.0? Are you planning on taking at least 6 credit hours? Then you qualify for scholarships 👩🏾‍🎓👨🏻‍🎓 Apply now ➡️ https://t.co/VNDdJALVPy

Over 33 awards have been brought home this Spring by our student journalists with the student newspaper Foghorn News and magazine Siren 🎊

Vikings, you still have time to get help on that scholarship application or term paper at the Stone Writing Center 💤 They can help you elevate your writing skills in the first appointment 📝 Hours 👇🏾🗺White Library 4th Floor 📅Monday-Thursday ⏰8 a.m. - 8 p.m. 📅Friday ⏰8 a.m. - 1 p.m. 📅Saturday ⏰10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Closed Sundayℹ️Bonus you can submit your writing assignment to the Stone Writing Center for help thru Canvas? Start by going here ➡️https://bit.ly/2GA33gx

Making progress on our West Campus 🏗

Vikings, have you voted for your favorite East Campus or West Campus professor yet?Vote here ➡️ https://bit.ly/2I5Wq5c

#didyouknow that registration is open for Summer and Fall courses ☀️Now is the time to start working toward your dreams 🌌

Thank you to all our sponsors, donors and volunteers that came out last night to support student scholarships with the Del Mar College Foundation and Alumni 🦞You made the 11th Annual Bernie's Crawfish Boil a success and you are all making dreams possible 🎓

Vikings, you've almost conquered the Spring semester 💪🏽But if you need an extra boost in math don't 💤on the Math Learning Center 👇🏽ℹ️East Campus 🗺Coles Bldg. room 117 📅M-Th ⏰8am - 8pm 📅Fri ⏰8am - 1pm 📅Sat ⏰10am - 3pm ℹ️West Campus 🗺HS1 Rm. 203 📅M-Th ⏰2pm - 6pm

Vikings, join our 2019 Spring Volleyball Tournament in the DMC Gym 🏐🏐Games will be played Monday and Wednesday 🏐3 to 5pm 🏐Sign up by 4/1 🏐Games run April 1 thru April 17 🏐4 games plus playoffs 🏐Looking for team captains

Vikings, the Stars Scholarship deadline is Friday, March 29th 👏🏼 The DMC Foundation matches this scholarship each semester and the Stone Writing Center on the 4th floor of the White Library can help you write your essay 🎓

Looking back over my studies here, I wish I had taken the time to learn more about scholarships. Applying for scholarships seemed to be for other people. I thought only special students got scholarships. I didn’t know that you only need to have a 2.0 GPA or above to be eligible. I thought you had to be a perfect student or had to fit into a stereotype to qualify. I was wrong. Last year I was hired by the DMC Foundation as a Federal Student Aid Student Worker, and I learned some important lessons. Firstly, the qualifications are really different from what I thought. The qualifications come from the people who donate the funds for scholarships. Some donors want to help students in nursing, welding, or business majors. Some donors want to help people in math, art, or science programs. However, some donors want to help any students who are enrolled at Del Mar College. There are so many different types of scholarships, and there would have been one for me, but I did not apply. Secondly, I was lucky. I’m a veteran and had benefits from my time in service. Also, I qualified for Federal Student Aid. And even though those funds helped, I really could have benefitted from scholarships for times when life got complicated. Lots of students are not so lucky, but they still don’t apply for scholarships! The best advice I could give to anyone on the fence about applying for scholarships is to prepare properly for your education by applying for scholarships. One scholarship at the right time could make a world of difference and the Del Mar College Foundation has your back.-Michael MazaApply now ➡️ https://bit.ly/2TjjkvR