There was a water main break causing a major flood in the basement of Building 6 on Dec. 21, 2021. Jay Tiefenthaler, Director of Energy Management, Safety, and Security, said, “Building 6 has a basement storage area that runs along the west wall of the building (under the library). TheRead More

Where did you get your degree and why did you choose it? I got my undergraduate degree in psychology from Simpson College and my master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling at the University of Northern Iowa.  I chose to major in psychology basically because I loved learning about it.  InitiallyRead More

Note: Names have been changed to protect the identity of the cyberattack response team. Summer classes were only one week underway when Robert Schmidt, a senior member of the DMACC technology team, received a notification on his phone indicating suspicious activity within DMACC’s database.  Several accounts were found to beRead More

A petition has been circulating among faculty members requesting the authority to mandate masks in the classroom. The petition states: “DMACC should mandate that students wear masks during classroom time per the discretion of the instructor.” Ankeny Speech Professor Julie Simanski created the petition, which has 100 signatures. “It’s notRead More

It’s every fashion major’s dream to go to New York City and experience city life, and this year their dreams come true.  Fashion major Jamie Moreno, from Des Moines, said, “I’ve always wanted to go to New York City, the city is so beautiful and I’ve always wanted to getRead More

First lady Jill Biden appeared on DMACC’s Ankeny campus at the FFA Enrichment Center on Wednesday, Sept. 15, to endorse a new Child Tax Credit, which appeared for a third time in the bank accounts of Iowans this week.  A limited audience of roughly 30 people consisting of Des MoinesRead More

With more and more people getting vaccinated in the United States and United Kingdom, the DMACC Study Abroad program is back on track and will travel to London in February 2022.  Bethany Sweeney, English and history professor at the DMACC Carroll campus and coordinator for the Study Abroad program, talkedRead More