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Clinton visits DMACC

Clinton visits DMACC

August 31, 2015 at 11:48 am 0 comments

Hillary Clinton visited the Ankeny DMACC FFA Building Wednesday afternoon, August 26, in her campaign for president. Clinton wants to make many changes that would affect Iowa, such as investing in small businesses and farmers. “I made agriculture in world development a top priority,” said Clinton about her time asRead More

Course evaluations provide valuable student feedback

May 1, 2015 at 10:25 am 0 comments

With the spring semester coming to a close, course evaluation emails have been sent out to DMACC students to ask their input on their courses and comment on how the instructor can improve the course. Joe DeHart is the Executive Director of Institutional Effectiveness and Assistant to the DMACC President.Read More

LGBTQ conference brings range of speakers

LGBTQ conference brings range of speakers

April 17, 2015 at 9:57 am 0 comments

On April 3, Prairie Meadows hosted The 10th Annual Governor’s Conference on LGBTQ Youth. Nate Monson of Iowa Safe Schools coordinated the event. The event raised awareness and honored advocates of the LGBTQ community. The mission was to educate and engage students, educators, and others in the community about promotingRead More

Digital marketing certificate to be offered starting this fall

Digital marketing certificate to be offered starting this fall

April 17, 2015 at 9:56 am 0 comments

DMACC, in consultation with marketing agency leaders, has designed a new Digital Marketing Certificate program to be introduced next fall. The program is aimed at providing marketing students with the technical skills needed to tap into what is becoming a growing field in marketing. According to Neil Kokemuller, professor ofRead More

Transfer decision not an easy one

Transfer decision not an easy one

April 3, 2015 at 10:31 am 1 comment

A majority of DMACC transfer students go to Iowa State University, followed by University of Iowa, Grand View, Drake, Kirkwood, University of Northern Iowa and others, according to statistics from the year 2010 provided by DMACC. There are many reasons why a student chooses a particular school over another. ThisRead More

Adam Carroll: Make every day a “level 10 day”

April 3, 2015 at 10:27 am 0 comments

On March 10, Adam Carroll took over the Quiet Lounge in Building Five to give a talk on how to live a better life. One of his first points had to do with being the “architect of your own life.” His point was that you should not wait around forRead More

A view of the current Ankeny YMCA, located at Northview Middle School.

DMACC-YMCA partnership falls through

March 25, 2015 at 10:46 am 0 comments

DMACC and the YMCA will no longer be partnering for the student center redesign coming late 2016 or early 2017. (Previously: YMCA construction to displace students) The partnership was to give free YMCA membership to DMACC students, faculty, and staff. The redesign, which will bring new recreational and exercise facilitiesRead More

DMACC’s Internet Speed: The good, the bad, and the ugly

DMACC’s Internet Speed: The good, the bad, and the ugly

March 11, 2015 at 11:16 am 0 comments

Don’t you just hate it when the Internet is slow or unresponsive? You try to watch that one video on Youtube that everyone is talking about and you end up sitting there for an hour waiting for it to load; You try to do some research online for a paperRead More