Reading is an important part of my life and has shaped me into who I am today. In high school, I read books that are on the book ban list. Now, when I see the banned book list, I seek them out to read. Some of the books I haveRead More

2026 marks the 41st anniversary of the French Chef Exchange at the Iowa Culinary Institute (ICI).  French Professor Maura Nelson helped create the exchange in 1986, after she had been teaching at DMACC for just two weeks.  The French Chef Exchange began when Saint Etienne was made a “sister city”Read More