Articles by: Martina Gutierrez

The Feet Washing Ceremony that takes place before the Passover Ceremony.

What True Hope, True Faith, and True Love means to me….

May 2, 2014 at 10:30 am 0 comments

True hope comes from true faith that comes from true love. From the beginning, God created all things and in the end, God makes all things new. A new heaven and a new earth: this is true hope; the hope for the kingdom of heaven. In order to make itRead More

Alex Payne holds a copy of his new book, which will be published May 19, 2013.

Student’s Altoona history book to be published in May

May 2, 2014 at 9:41 am 0 comments

An Ankeny DMACC student is preparing to publish his first book this May. The book will be focused on the history of Altoona, which was founded in 1868. It was first surveyed in 1847, put it up for sale by the US government in 1848, and was not sold untilRead More

ALEKS assessment helps better place math students

ALEKS assessment helps better place math students

April 4, 2014 at 10:27 am 0 comments

ALEKS math placement assessment will be coming as a requirement for the first time this fall in 2014. No worries! There are exemptions and positive outcomes: To be exempt, students must have a C- or higher in a transfer equivalent math course within the previous 18 months from the dateRead More

How they got here:  Career paths don’t always go as planned

How they got here: Career paths don’t always go as planned

February 26, 2014 at 10:40 am 0 comments

Professor Holly Hedberg teaches English 106 and also works as a DMACC Student Advisor. Hedberg graduated with her masters in May of 2011, and got hired at DMACC a couple of months after that. Hedberg was also teaching at Grand View University at the same time as trying to getRead More