Ankeny Features
What makes DMACC Ankeny special? Campus life and amenities. Check out all that Ankeny has to offer.
Student Housing
Convenient student housing: There are multiple privately owned properties in close proximity to the DMACC Ankeny Campus.
Student Center
An Expanded Student Center lets students, eat, play, meet, relax, workout, and more!
- Food Court - includes coffee shop and food options
- Games Area - table games and TV area with gaming access
- Study Booths
- Black Box Theatre
Campus Fitness & Recreation
- 1.2 mile on campus bike trail loop around the campus lake that connects to a network of Ankeny and Des Moines trails
- Intramurals, extramurals and club sports. group fitness, personal training and activities. Current Students - view Campus Recreation information
- Trail Point Aquatics & Wellness
- On campus facility gives college students who take/pay for 6 credits a membership to Trail Point Aquatics and Wellness Center located in Building 5 Student Center at DMACC Ankeny
Campus Chronicle
The Campus Chronicle is Ankeny's online student news publication. Access to the website is free to the public.
Advisor: Andy Lanager, ajlangager@dmacc.edu, 515-964-6435
Ankeny Theatre
DMACC Ankeny Theatre is a professionally oriented theatre program providing opportunities through education and performance. Along with various educational programs available including a Theatre Transfer Major (AA) as well as an Acting Certificate, the Ankeny Theatre department provides opportunities to train in a focused and objective training environment through production experience - onstage and offstage. Any student is welcome to explore performance and production opportunities with the 4-5 productions put on throughout the year.
Whether onstage, backstage, or in the audience - come see any of our FREE productions throughout the year.
Ankeny TheatrePublic Safety Training Facilities
DMACC's Public Safety Training Facilities provide realistic settings, complete with cutting-edge technology, immersive simulations, and expert-led instruction, ensuring the highest level of preparedness and proficiency among our firefighters, law enforcement officers, emergency medical technicians, and other essential personnel.
Public Safety Training FacilitiesIowa Culinary Institute (ici®)
Dine at the ici® - Bistro, Gourmet Dinners, and other Special Events where ici students gain real-world experience.
Fashion Show
The annual DMACC Fashion Show was born in the spring of 2015 to create a deeper more meaningful experience for students. Students who enroll in the Fashion Events & PR course work together to plan, organize, produce and promote this event each year.
FFA Enrichment Center
FFA partnered with DMACC to build a 57,000 SF 2-story building at Ankeny (17-acre portion of the former Iowa State University research farm near the southwest side of the new Prairie Trails development). DMACC donated the land and is responsible for maintaining the facility. In return DMACC has some dedicated classroom space and some shared use space. The expansion included:
- FFA Classrooms and Laboratories
- 8,000 SF Exhibit Hall
- FFA staff offices
- Greenhouses
- Large Conferencing Center designed for 450 people
- DMACC Veterinary Technician program
- DMACC Water Environmental Tech program
- DMACC Agriculture programs
For reservations and facility information, please contact the FFA Center Event Coordinator.
FFA Enrichment Center