Applying to college can be scary, especially when you have no guidance and you don’t even know where to start.  Luckily, DMACC has people like Holly Clark set on making your transition to college as successful as possible, and help you feel secure along the way. Holly is the newRead More

Need something to read during social distancing? Cole, Claire, Justin, Taylor, and Adam talk about some of their favorite books. https://campuschroniclenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/april17.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

This will be the 19th year that DMACC will be holding its annual Celebration of Literary Arts Festival. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has forced organizers to reorchestrate their plans. Originally slated to have begun on April 6, the event has been postponed until sometime in the Fall 2020 semester. EmailsRead More

  Editor’s note: The author of this story, Justin Miller, toured with The Dueling Pianos as a stage manager for six years. During that time he traveled all over the Midwest setting up shows for a wide variety of musicians and bands.  The world is quickly becoming more like theRead More

The Chronicle staff (joined by former staff member Bailey) discuss how college is going now that everything is online due to COVID-19. https://campuschroniclenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/april10podcast.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

On Sunday April 5, DMACC Professor Lauren Rice was killed in a hit-and-run incident near her home in the Beaverdale neighborhood of Des Moines.  Around 8 a.m., Rice was walking her dog when a driver struck her with a truck at a high rate of speed; police said they believeRead More

DMACC is introducing a new opt-in system for pass/fail grading. Along with including a designation on all student transcripts that shows that the Spring 2020 semester was affected by the pandemic, students can also submit a request for a pass/fail designation on the transcript instead of the usual letter grade.Read More

It was unreal. I honestly didn’t know what to do with myself. Sports are my life. Then, a couple of days after covering the final DMACC Bears baseball game, it all came to a halt.  It was one thing after another. The men’s and women’s NCAA tournaments, the NBA suspended,Read More