Student-Parent Resources

Fall 2024

Check back here for updates on dates and locations!

September

National Student-Parent Month!

Family Engagement Night

Date, Time, & Location Coming Soon!

Join us to hear from a panel of student-parents on what resources have helped them be successful while attending college! Campus & community resources will also be on-site for our Resource Fair - connecting our parenting students to services in one stop.

October

Viking Fest

Friday, October 25 | Time TBA | Windward Campus

Bring out the family & costumes! Join Del Mar College programs and organizations for this fun-filled, family-friendly event that will include a Car Show, Games, Food, & More! 

November

A Focus on Food & Nutrition

Date, Time, & Location Coming Soon!

Learn more about campus and community resources to help provide nutritious food to your family! Representatives will be on-site from Valdar's Market, the Coastal Bend Food Bank, Department of Health & Human Services (SNAP/WIC application assistance), and more. Join us for a fun, family-friendly food demonstration!

December

Details coming soon!

Del Mar College offers comfortable, private areas for milk expression or breastfeeding. All rooms are secure and equipped wit locks, seating, and electrical outlets.

Heritage Campus

White Library

Coming Soon!

Oso Creek Campus

Main Central Building

3rd Floor, Rm. 332 (Library)

STEM Building

3rd Floor, Rm. 305

Windward Campus

Health Science 3 Building

3rd Floor, Rm. 330

View our campus maps here to locate the rooms!

I just found out I’m pregnant, where do I start?

You can connect with our Pregnant and Parenting Student Liaison, Dr. Sara King. Sara will guide you through your rights as a pregnant student and provide information about other campus and community resources you can take advantage of.

Student Parent Liaison
Dr. Sara King
Director of Student Engagement and Retention
Sking10@delmar.edu
(361) 698-3931

What kinds of accommodations can I receive as a parenting student?

Students experiencing pregnancy or pregnancy related conditions are entitled to reasonable accommodations for the health and safety of their pregnancy. Students requesting each protection or accommodation under this policy can contact the Student Parent Liaison. Some examples of common reasonable accommodations include:

• Excused absences,
• Opportunity to make up missed assignments or assessments,
• Additional time to complete assignments in the same manner as is allowed for other temporary medical conditions,
• Pregnant students are provided access to instructional materials and video recording of lectures for classes which the student has an excused absence,
• A larger desk or different seating arrangements.

Are there scholarships or other forms of financial aid available for pregnant and parenting students?

Perkins Grant Funding might be available for single parents, including single pregnant mothers. Learn more about the types of funding and additional eligibility requirements here.

The application for the DMC Foundation Scholarships opens every year and is available for students with a GPA above a 2.0. Some scholarships specifically aim to support parenting students. Find the application here.

Make sure to complete the FAFSA each year, even if you’ve been found ineligible for aid previously. Find the FAFSA application here.

Lean more about these, and other, forms of aid through our Office of Financial Aid, here.

I feel that faculty/staff are discriminating against me due to my pregnancy. What can I do?

If you are experiencing incidents of pregnancy or parenting discrimination, you can submit a formal complaint to the Title IX Deputy Coordinator for Students or Pregnant & Parenting Student Liaison, listed below. Please be aware, to initiate the Title IX complaint resolution process, complainants cannot remain anonymous.

Rita Hernandez
Dean of Student Engagement and Retention
Title IX Deputy Coordinator for Students
Rhernandez18@delmar.edu
(361) 698-1277

Dr. Sara King
Director of Student Engagement and Retention
Pregnant & Parenting Student Liaison
Sking10@delmar.edu
(361) 698-3931

B7.34.1 Purpose and Authority 

Del Mar College establishes this policy and related procedures and processes in its continuing effort to seek equity in education and employment, and consistent with its legal responsibility and authority to take measures to address, report, investigate, and prevent discrimination against students due to their pregnancy or parental status, as required by Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, as amended, 20 U.S.C. § 1681, et. seq.; Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e; Texas Education Code § 51.982 (Tex. SB 412).

This policy is intended to inform students of their rights if they are subjected to discrimination, including the complaint procedures and available support services.

B7.34.2 Statement of Policy

This policy protects student parents or legal guardians of children under 18 from discrimination including: requiring pregnant or parenting students to take a leave of absence or withdraw from the student's degree or certificate program; limit the student's studies; participate in an alternative program; change the student's major, degree, or certificate program or refrain from joining or cease participating in any course, activity or program at the institution. 

B7.34.3 Definitions

• B7.34.3.1 Parenting student: a student who is the parent or legal guardian of a child under 18 years of age.

B7.34.6 Supporting Measures: Supportive measures are non-disciplinary, non-punitive individualized services offered as appropriate, as reasonably available, and without fee or charge to the complainant before or after filing of a formal complaint or where no formal complaint has been filed.  Supporting measures may include,  but are not limited to, counseling, extensions of deadlines or other course-related adjustments, modifications of work or class schedules, and leaves of absence.  Del Mar College must maintain as confidential any supportive measures provided to the complainant to the extent that maintaining such confidentiality will not impair Del Mar College's ability to provide the supportive measures.  The appropriate Title IX coordinator or designee is responsible for coordinating the effective implementation of supportive measures.