Names introduced in quotation marks are pseudonyms used to protect students’ identities. When DMACC student “Dylan Drake” had an assignment due at midnight in a couple of hours, he knew he wouldn’t have enough time to complete it since he had been procrastinating the whole week. In truth, he barelyRead More

I have had a strong interest in writing about crimes since I was 15. I had always had an interest in writing, but during my sophomore year of high school, I went to the Washington Journalism and Media Conference to learn more about journalism.  One of the speakers was AlexisRead More

On March 23, DMACC announced the hiring of Lori Suddick, Ed.D.  as DMACC’s next president. Her tenure will begin June 15, 2026. Suddick follows Rob Denson, who served for 22 years and retired at the end of 2025, and  Liang Chee Wee, Ph.D., who has been the interim president sinceRead More

In 2013, what seemed to be a normal day for Roseann Sdoia quickly changed to something much more. Sdoia spoke at the DMACC Ankeny campus on Wednesday, April 8, to share her account of what happened on the day of the Boston Marathon bombing as part of National Crime Victims’Read More

Lori Suddick has been selected as the new president and chief executive officer of DMACC. Suddick will be DMACC’s fifth president and will officially start on June 15.  She will be succeeding Rob Denson, who retired in December after 22 years as president, and Liang Chee Wee, who is theRead 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

As March approaches, DMACC’s women’s basketball team has faced some major setbacks during what started as a historic season, but is still poised to finish strong. Their record is currently 18-6 and 10-6 in their conference. The Bears began their season with the program’s best start, going 13-0. However, aRead More

DMACC’s men’s basketball program has seen its most successful seasons ever throughout the 2020s, including its first NJCAA Division II national championship in 2021. The Bears came just shy of the championship in 2022 with a loss in the Final Four, but have only made it as far as theRead More