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Use your Higher One card wisely

Use your Higher One card wisely

February 11, 2015 at 9:13 am 0 comments

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

It starts with one person

February 11, 2015 at 9:10 am 0 comments

While biting into a really good burger, or frying up bacon for breakfast, do you ever think about it ethically? I didn’t either, until taking an Intro to Ethics course here at DMACC. Now don’t get me wrong, I’m not here to preach about the evils of fried chicken; IRead More

YMCA construction to displace students

YMCA construction to displace students

February 11, 2015 at 9:09 am 0 comments

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

Opinion: Free community college is a good investment

Opinion: Free community college is a good investment

February 11, 2015 at 9:05 am 0 comments

Can you imagine going to DMACC for free? Well dream on, because it’s probably not going to happen before you graduate. As for future generations, it could be a possibility. College for free? President Obama’s proposal of free community college is a game changing idea. With free community college, everyoneRead More

Terrorism and Islam are not the same

Terrorism and Islam are not the same

December 8, 2014 at 9:58 am 0 comments

In recent times, the name Islam is synonymous to violence and terrorism in many parts of the world most especially the U.S. With Al Qaeda, ISIS, Al Shabaab, Hezbollah, Hamas, Boko haram, and a lot more of Islamic terrorist groups causing pain, disruption and havoc in many parts of theRead More

...and you think finals are a pain in the neck?

…and you think finals are a pain in the neck?

December 8, 2014 at 9:57 am 0 comments

With the end of the semester looming, most students have the stress and horrors of finals on their minds. I wish I could say the same. Thankfully, I am doing well in my classes, so I do not have much to worry about in that aspect. But now that DecemberRead More

DMACC needs a “dead week” like ISU

December 8, 2014 at 9:56 am 0 comments

Two weeks left in the semester my fellow DMACC students! Do you know what that means? That’s right, finals are coming up. No worries though, we have this entire week to study, right? Well, that isn’t exactly the case. Believe it or not, many students are under pressure with numerousRead More

Court Reporting Program is more than just learning to type

December 8, 2014 at 9:55 am 0 comments

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