DMACC’s Ankeny campus provides students with “learning community” opportunities. Learning communities are classes that allow students to work in a small group setting with two different instructors while completing two different classes. Students are used to being taught one subject at a time: Math, History, Sociology, English, etc.  Learning communitiesRead More

DMACC Advisor Whitney Riggs is someone you may have seen advising students, teaching an Honors or Student Development class, or even leading a committee. She is one of those staff members here at DMACC that can’t seem to sit still. Riggs has held many positions here at DMACC, starting inRead More

DMACC is an institution known for diversity in its students; coming from every walk of life to seek out new knowledge. The standard of open admission provides opportunity for whatever students need most. For some, like our own Professor Gary Titchener, DMACC was there for him when he began hisRead More

If you’ve taken any sort of government, history, foreign affairs, or contemporary issues class, you’ve probably had a professor named Paul Byrd. Byrd is a very outgoing personality with a passion for telling stories to brighten up the classroom and involve as many students as possible. Byrd has been aRead More

Molly Jacobsen, a sophomore at the DMACC campus in Boone, has been named the 2018 National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Preseason All-American First Team by Fastpitch News, a newsletter covering women’s fast-pitch softball. The honor was based off of the 2017 season. During the 2017 season last spring, JacobsenRead More

This is the first podcast of a series dedicated to exploring DMACC employees and their jobs. Hosted by Bailey Perkins, listen along as he explores some interesting programs offered here at DMACC and the people behind them. On this Episode: Erin Lee, Digital Marketer for DMACC. https://campuschroniclenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/ErinLeeOneOnOneWBPerk.mp3Podcast: Play in newRead More

In this episode of Small Talk with the Chronicle Crew, Bailey, Laurenn, Ben, and Sarah talk about their classes, a new bible literacy bill, and the influence of social media. https://campuschroniclenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Episode-1-Spring.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Under the Obama administration, regulations were setup to protect consumers from Internet Service Providers (ISPs) restricting the flow of the internet for higher profits. This came after many years of lawsuits from service providers like Comcast and Verizon. In 2003 Tim Wu, professor at Columbia Law School, wrote a paperRead More