On Wednesday, Robert Denson, DMACC’s fourth president, announced his retirement effective Dec. 30, 2025.  Denson’s career has spanned many colleges. From Ames-based Iowa State, Santa Fe Community College in Florida, and North East Iowa Community College in Calmar. In 2003, Denson was hired as DMACC’s president and has spent theRead More

Over the weekends between November 15 and 24 in the Blackbox Theater, the DMACC Theatre program put on a production of “Swindlers: A True-ish Tall Tale.”  The play was written by Noah Diaz and was directed by Brittany Rebhuan. The story follows a girl named Marie who feeling stuck inRead More

Over the past few years, there has been a rise in an aesthetic dedicated to being simple. You can find it in fashion with types of clothing that match the “clean girl aesthetic” and you can also find it in home furnishings with lots of houses embracing an all-white beigeRead More

Sometimes I feel like Carrie Bradshaw, stylish and witty, but then I realize that she has something that I’m absolutely lacking: The ability to form a decent relationship at the drop of the hat. It’s a dated reference to be sure but that doesn’t mean it lacks truth. She hadRead More

As another year has come and gone the only question that lingers as the new year begins is, “What has happened to kids?” No matter how old I feel asking that question, it needs to be asked. Why is it that at the tender age of 18, I look atRead More

Note: This interview has been edited for length and clarity. This November, DMACC Theatre is performing “Merge,” a dramatized look into the rise and fall of Atari, a video game-based company that saw its peak in the early 1980s. Director of “Merge,” Brittany Rebhuhn, gives insight into this retro play. Read More

A new school year has started at DMACC and Fall 2023 has proven to be eventful as DMACC has said goodbye to Blackboard and turned to Canvas.  For more than 10 years, DMACC Community College has used Blackboard as its primary software for online learning.  In 2020, DMACC’s contract withRead More

Childhood was the gateway to friendship; it was lined with paved roads that led you to people who had similar surface-level interests to you. You didn’t need to have the same political views or even the same tastes in style, all you needed were vaguely similar interests and you wouldRead More