Del Mar College is partnering with Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi to offer a local licensed architect transfer program, keeping students in the Coastal Bend to pursue their architectural dreams.
New architect pathway keeps Coastal Bend students closer to home
The new partnership creates one of only nine licensed architect transfer programs in Texas. Students will complete their first two years at Del Mar College, with TAMUCC faculty teaching years three through five.
“It’s difficult to put in a nutshell the importance and value that architects hold. We build the habitat for the human environment,” said Laura Wright Bienek, director of architectural drafting technology with Del Mar College.
Wright Bienek grew up in Corpus Christi and dreamed of being an architect. But without a transfer program, she had to leave. In 2011, when a program coordinator job opened at Del Mar, she jumped at the opportunity…