The eSports lounge opened last November in Building 5 and offers students gaming on consoles, PCs, and pool tables.  Currently, the lounge hours are 4 to 9 p.m., Monday through Friday. Campus Recreation Coordinator Andy Nelson said they are considering changing the lounge hours to accommodate student demand. “We areRead More

Like many people after high school, Claire Pollard found a job working in retail. For three years the 19-year-old Norwalk native worked at Old Navy but late last year she made the switch and began working for a very different type of business: a funeral home.  (For the sake ofRead More

The bravest faces in conflict can sometimes come from the most unexpected places.   In the ongoing conflict involving Gaza, the hardest hit populations have been women and children, thousands of whom are currently displaced, with no family or friends left to care for them.   Close to the heart of theRead More

This past November, President Rob Denson made DMACC history by becoming the longest-serving person in his position in the college’s 57-year history.  During the 20 years that President Denson has been at DMACC, the college has grown by more than 50 percent by focusing on faculty and staff instruction, keepingRead More

Prominent Iowa business leaders comprising the DMACC President’s Advisory Council spoke to a room of about 70 students and faculty on Tuesday, Oct. 17 in the Building 5 Black Box Theater.  The council was formed two years ago by the president of DMACC, Robert Denson, and the president of theRead 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

On Sept. 26, Des Moines Area Community College hosted Joe Torrillo, a former New York City firefighter who was buried alive twice on September 11, 2001. Torrillo spoke to an overflowing room in Building 2, and many audience members were brought to tears during his story.    Torrillo opened his speechRead More

By Sarah Outterson-Murphy, special to the Chronicle Fluffy seeds wave along little bluestem stalks. Tiny purple aster petals pour down shrubby branches that flop on the dry soil. End-of-summer sun beats down as bees dangle from flowers in every direction, readying food in dried flower stems and soil burrows forRead More