DMACC is about to transform into a destination community college campus. At least, that is the plan after the construction of a new state-of-the-art YMCA facility right here on the DMACC Ankeny campus. Construction of the new $15 million YMCA building is set to begin right after the end ofRead More

DMACC has a new courting reporting program that was launched in August, 2014 on the Newton campus. Dr. Patricia Ziegler is the program’s professor and chair. She was program coordinator at St. Louis Community College before coming to DMACC. According to Ziegler, students develop to write 225 wpm with 95Read More

For years there has been a battle raging behind the scenes of the death penalty.  Both sides of the argument are passionate about their beliefs, but which side is standing on the right side of the fence? Sister Helen Prejean, author of the award winning novel and movie, “Dead ManRead More

The most common police response to student housing is “disturbing peace and quiet,” according to information from Ankeny police. Campus Town, Campus View and Prairie Pointe are all considered student housing. All three apartments are relatively new. Campus View opened in 2012, while Campus Town and Prairie Pointe opened inRead More

DMACC’s Honors Program has struck a new deal with Iowa State University’s Honors Program. The relationship between the two means that students in DMACC’s Honors Program who plan to transfer can now take six honors credits to ISU with them where they previously could not take any. This gives DMACCRead More

DMACC announced a formation of an IT industry partnership to better address the growing demand for IT jobs. According to the Iowa Workforce Development, projections show an estimated 4,000 IT jobs by 2022, one of the reasons DMACC plans to reorganize its IT programs. DMACC president Rob Denson announced theRead More

There was a noticeable buzz on Forest Avenue Friday afternoon, Oct 10, for the Bruce Braley Iowa Votes Rally. More excitement than the typical midterm election campaign rally might produce. The reason the line was around the block an hour before the doors opened was simple: the first lady ofRead More

The third annual World Food Prize winner for field research, Dr. Bram Govaerts, spoke at DMACC on October 15 to a captivated crowd. Dr. Govaerts was selected on September 18 as this year’s recipient of the “Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application.” The award honors agricultural leaders underRead More