According to Michelle Vaccaro, academic counselor, first and foremost, a student in that situation should meet with an advisor. Every student’s individual situation is different, and can call for a different plan of action. Many factors contribute to the decision of dropping a class. One factor has to do withRead More

The DMACC Honors Program is entering its third year, and with it some changes to scholarships and seminar class format. According to Honors Program Coordinator Sarah Waddle, the future changes will include more awards and scholarship grants for Honors classes. These changes will actually begin in the summer semester. SpecificsRead More

By Ndey Kumba Demba and Daniela Buvat de Virginy Vice President Joe Biden held an invitation-only roundtable discussion centered on education accessibility and the importance of partnership between community colleges and businesses during his visit to DMACC Ankeny Campus on Thursday, Feb. 12. The discussion, held in Building 3 East,Read More

The first and perhaps most known use of the DMACC One Card is as an identity card. But as Special Accounts Bookkeeper Julie Ager explains, the card can also be used as a debit card. “If you have financial aid and you are going to be getting a refund, youRead More

DMACC is about to transform into a destination community college campus. At least, that is the plan after the construction of a new state-of-the-art YMCA facility right here on the DMACC Ankeny campus. Construction of the new $15 million YMCA building is set to begin right after the end ofRead More

DMACC has a new courting reporting program that was launched in August, 2014 on the Newton campus. Dr. Patricia Ziegler is the program’s professor and chair. She was program coordinator at St. Louis Community College before coming to DMACC. According to Ziegler, students develop to write 225 wpm with 95Read More

For years there has been a battle raging behind the scenes of the death penalty.  Both sides of the argument are passionate about their beliefs, but which side is standing on the right side of the fence? Sister Helen Prejean, author of the award winning novel and movie, “Dead ManRead More