Kevin Patterson, head of the Mortuary Science program at DMACC, recently took some time out of his schedule to discuss the ten-year anniversary of the program, the path that lead him here to DMACC, the changes he’s seen in the business, and what he sees for the future of theRead More

DMACC’s Honors Program has struck a new deal with Iowa State University’s Honors Program. The relationship between the two means that students in DMACC’s Honors Program who plan to transfer can now take six honors credits to ISU with them where they previously could not take any. This gives DMACCRead More

How many of you have someone that you trust? I mean really trust without question or doubt? Myself, I have a select few that I would trust in almost any situation—that includes those crazy situations you only ever see in the movies—and among those people, or more accurately at theRead More

DMACC announced a formation of an IT industry partnership to better address the growing demand for IT jobs. According to the Iowa Workforce Development, projections show an estimated 4,000 IT jobs by 2022, one of the reasons DMACC plans to reorganize its IT programs. DMACC president Rob Denson announced theRead More

The American science fiction action thriller film “The Maze Runner” was released September 19 by 20th Century Fox. The film’s reviews have been mostly positive. Its praise is due to its actors and its ability to closely follow the novel it was based upon, by James Dashner. To those whoRead More

There was a noticeable buzz on Forest Avenue Friday afternoon, Oct 10, for the Bruce Braley Iowa Votes Rally. More excitement than the typical midterm election campaign rally might produce. The reason the line was around the block an hour before the doors opened was simple: the first lady ofRead More

I define my Americanization as a process of assimilation and absorption, unconsciously and subconsciously. So, I have recently taken time to actually notice the effects of America on me. I was raised by very strict parents. My sisters and I weren’t given the freedom to go out a lot. AskingRead More

The third annual World Food Prize winner for field research, Dr. Bram Govaerts, spoke at DMACC on October 15 to a captivated crowd. Dr. Govaerts was selected on September 18 as this year’s recipient of the “Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application.” The award honors agricultural leaders underRead More