Voters approved two levies that will generate an estimated $112 million dollars between 2016 and 2025. Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013, voters passed both a 20¼ Mill Levy and a Six Cent Levy that will bring remodels and additions to all DMACC campuses. These levies help keep tuition the second lowestRead More

By Alex Roth. The Prairie Trail Hy-Vee located at 2510 SW State Street, less than a four-minute drive from DMACC Ankeny campus, opened on Sept. 24, 2013. Store Director Kevin Hudachek shared his excitement about the opening of the new Hy-Vee. After seven months of building, the enormous 92,000 squareRead More

By Anna Duran This year’s annual Constitution Day highlighted the Second Amendment and was presented across all campuses by “Dr. Politics.” Honors Students primarily staffed DMACC’s the planning committee for the event this year. The main speaker at both events was Dr. Steffen W. Schmidt, “Dr. Politics,” professor of politicalRead More

By Ann Voight. DMACC, Drake University and Des Moines Public Schools (DMPS) are collaborating and have started the 3D Coalition. The program is designed to help identify, recruit, educate, and employ minorities who would make outstanding teachers.  This follows two previous efforts in recruiting minorities for the educational system, theRead More

By Nevin Cornwell. Six DMACC interns meet every morning at 9 a.m. in a conference room in Building 24. They go over the schedule for the day’s work, make plans for completing tasks, and then head off to start their workday. The situation seems normal for any business as bigRead More

By: Buddy Jackson Assignments are in, homework is done and now it is time to strap on my driving gloves and get right down to business with Grand Theft Auto 5. The Xbox 360 version of the game comes as a two-disc set, which is a little disappointing. One isRead More

By Alex Payne. DMACC settled a lawsuit with a student for almost $14,000 last May, in a case that drew attention from national sites like Fox news. Former DMACC student Jake Dagel, 21 of Sheldon, filed a lawsuit against DMACC for infringing on students’ Freedom of Speech. “Thousands of [American]Read More

By Martina Gutierrez. Many people have asked me, “What made you come to Iowa?” My answer has always been, “My husband, who is a red-headed Mexican-American from South Texas.” We met in Topeka, Kan. on a Greyhound bus about 12 years ago. We have had our ups and downs beforeRead More