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Q&A with KCCI Producer Alex Payne

Q&A with KCCI Producer Alex Payne

December 11, 2020 at 1:46 pm 0 comments

I had the chance to sit down virtually with Alex Payne, a producer for KCCI and former DMACC student and editor of The Campus Chronicle, and talked to him about how COVID-19 has affected his everyday life and what he’s learned from his experience at DMACC. This interview has beenRead More

Starting on a high note: DMACC’s new music director James Thompson

Starting on a high note: DMACC’s new music director James Thompson

November 28, 2018 at 11:51 am 0 comments

Interested in completing a music program here at DMACC? Don’t fret. DMACC’s new Music Department Chairman James Thompson plans to compose the now-minor music education program into a major transferring opportunity. After finishing his degree in Doctor of Musical Arts at the University of Iowa in 2013, Thompson had theRead More

New ICI program director looks to spice things up

New ICI program director looks to spice things up

September 19, 2018 at 12:33 pm 0 comments

Iowa Culinary Institute’s new program director, Chef John Andres, almost led a very different life.  At the age of 3 he started learning violin, and growing up in Waterloo, Iowa, participated in various chamber groups and orchestras. Later on he attended Drake on a music scholarship. Chef Andres said “[I]Read More

Des Moines columnist Rekha Basu

Exploring social justice and equality with Register’s Rekha Basu

October 18, 2017 at 10:16 am 0 comments

By Loretta McGraw, special to the Chronicle Rekha Basu, opinion columnist for the Des Moines Register, says the most negative responses she has received were in response to columns on interracial relationships, gay rights, and abortion rights. Sometimes Basu receives hate mail, particularly in response to controversial subjects. Readers tendRead More

Faculty Profile: Dennis Moore

Faculty Profile: Dennis Moore

October 5, 2015 at 12:50 pm 0 comments

If you’ve ever had Dennis Moore as an instructor in one of your DMACC English courses, you’ll know that he incorporates a sense of humor during class. Something that you may not have known, however, is that Moore regularly submits an entry into the weekly “New Yorker” magazine cartoon captionRead More