DMACC Urban Campus to Undergo a $24-Million Expansion to include a New Student Life and STEM Center.
DMACC to Build New Criminal Justice Training Facility
Carl and Penny Moyer Donate $1 Million to DMACC
Deputy U.S. Education Secretary Visits DMACC
DMACC and Microsoft Announce New Partnership for the West Des Moines Campus
DMACC Celebrates the 25th Anniversary of the DMACC Newton Campus
DMACC Becomes First College to Kick Off Facebook Course
Iowa Business Owners Encouraged to Apply to the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Business Program
New Sports Management 2 + 2 agreement between the University of Iowa and DMACC announced at Iowa Wolves basketball game.
DMACC Expands Its Work-Based Learning Programs Across Central Iowa.
Mars experts/explorers part of this year’s Celebrate! Innovation Week lineup.
DMACC Executive Chef Robert Anderson was recognized in a Special Ceremony by the Iowa House of Representatives.
The DMACC Softball Team Finishes Third in the National Tournament after winning its first 46 games of the season and being ranked number one in the nation.
DMACC Receives National Military Award
- DMACC & Purdue University Global Join Forces to Help Nursing, Health Sciences Students Earn Degrees More Quickly.
100% of DMACC’s Surgical Technology students pass the national Certified Surgical Technologist exam.
BVU and DMACC’s Newton and Carroll Campuses Combine Efforts to Make A Bachelor Degree More Accessible for Rural Iowans
New DMACC Program to Help Kosovo Women
A Christmas concert at the Des Moines Civic Center by bass baritone Simon Estes and friends is attended by more than 1,800 people with the proceeds going to the DMACC Foundation to be used for scholarships for DMACC Music students. (Dec. 2017)
T.V. Chef and entrepreneur Penny Davidi comes to the DMACC Ankeny Campus Iowa Culinary Institute™ as part of her national tour called the Chef Penny Cooking Challenge.
DMACC and the University of Iowa enter into a new agreement allowing DMACC nursing graduates to seamlessly finish their Bachelor of Nursing Science (BSN) degree from the U of I in one year in an agreement called “RN to BSN 3+1” (Oct. 2017)
DMACC and the Ruan Foundation dedicate a new, state-of-the-art driving simulator at DMACC’s Transportation Institute (Sept 2017)
DMACC and Iowa State University enter into a partnership to establish the Iowa Cyber Hub™ with the goal of increasing the number of cyber security workers in Iowa (July 2017)
- The DMACC CEO Golf Invitational raises a record $450,000 to be used for student scholarships (June 2017)
DMACC student Austin Gehling of Carroll earns the highest score ever achieved in the business simulation, “Mikesbikes” used across the United States and several other countries (June 2017)
DMACC and Iowa State University sign a new Design Transfer Agreement (May 2017)
Dr. Anne Howsare Boyens is named Urban Campus Provost replacing Dr. Laura Douglas who accepted the presidency of Bristol Community College (May 2017)
Nearly 100 students from five DMACC campuses and five programs participate in a ten-vehicle crash simulation on the Ankeny Campus. (April 2017)
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Expands its Partnership with DMACC. TSA employees in 35 states and at 285 airports across the country are now eligible to participate in the program (April 2017)
Rashida Anderson-Abdullah of Ankeny is awarded a 2017 Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship worth up to $320,000 (April 2017)
The DMACC Foundation awards $1 million dollars in scholarships to DMACC students during the 2016-17 school year. More than 1,600 students at DMACC’s campuses and centers benefitted from this record setting achievement (April 2017)
Representatives from DMACC and the Republic of Kosovo sign a new collaborative agreement that includes students from Kosovo attending DMACC. President Denson plays a visit to Kosovo to share DMACC’s best practices (March 2017)
ciWeek8 kicks off with Astronaut Ken Mattingly, Astronaut Al Worden, 17-time Academy Award nominated sound engineer Greg Russell, Beatbox World Champion Kaila Mullady, New York Times best-selling author and “zombie expert” Max Brooks, world-renowned rock climber Kevin Jorgeson and former University of Iowa Wrestling Coach and Gold Medalist Dan Gable at the DMACC West Campus (March 2017)
DMACC is presented with the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserves (ESGR) Patriotic Employer Award (Feb. 2017)
DMACC hosts an Open House for the New Student Center and Trail Point Aquatics and Wellness Center. The new facilities transform the DMACC Ankeny Campus. (Feb. 2017)
Joe DeHart is named the new Provost of the DMACC Newton Campus (Dec. 2016)
DMACC and Iowa Wesleyan University sign an articulation agreement resulting in the first ever RN-BSN (Bachelor of Science in Nursing) 3+1 completion program in the state (Nov. 2016)
Engineered Plastic Components, Inc. President and Founder Reza Kargarzadeh donates seven former Maytag buildings incorporating 472,000 square feet of office and meeting space and worth $9 million to become part of the DMACC Newton Campus (Oct. 2016)
The Ankeny Campus Veteran’s Center is officially opened with a dedication ceremony (Oct. 2016)
DMACC Spanish Professor Stacy Amling is named the 2016 Educator of the Year at the Post-Secondary Level from the Iowa World Language Association (IWLA) (Oct. 2016)
Fareway Stores President and Chief Operating Officer Frederick Greiner is elected to the DMACC Board of Directors. Earlier, he was appointed to fill the opening created when long-time board member Dr. Wayne Rouse passed away (June 2106)
The newly renovated Ankeny Campus Student Center reopens (Sept. 2016)
The DMACC Foundation announces that Kelsi Ziemann Artistry (KZA) and BigDeal Car Care are winners of the $10,000 Entrepreneurship Contest (Sept. 2016)
With donations from Prairie Meadows and UnityPoint Des Moines, DMACC purchases a fire truck and an ambulance so students can get hands-on training working with those vehicles (Sept. 2016)
Dr. Drew Nelson is hired as the new provost of the Boone Campus, replacing Tom Lee who retired (Aug. 2016)
Value Colleges.com ranks DMACC 10th of the 1,717 community colleges in the nation on its annual list of the Best Value Community Colleges in the nation (July 2016)
DMACC’s Child Development Center earns National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Early Childhood Program accreditation (July 2016)
A total of 105 gold medals, 231 silver medals and 207 bronze medals are awarded at the tenth annual Mid-American Wine Competition held on the DMACC Ankeny Campus (July 2016)
DMACC head Softball Coach Bob Ligouri is inducted into the Iowa Girls Coaching Association’s Hall of Fame for softball (July 2016)
A plaque is unveiling at 315 Walnut St. in Ankeny, the exact location where the first DMACC offices were located (May 2016)
DMACC students Alexis Slade of Waukee and Dylan Nikkel of Pella are named to the 2016 All-USA Community College Academic Team (May 2016)
Dennis and Susan Albaugh pledge Kentucky Derby winnings to DMACC if their horse, Brody’s Cause, wins the 142nd running of the Kentucky Derby (May 2016)
The $5.5 million dollar renovation to the Iowa Culinary Institute (ICI) building is completed (April 2016)
Renowned bass-baritone Simon Estes to become a visiting professor of music at DMACC in the fall of 2016 (April 2016)
B.J. McGinn is named Athletics Director to replace retiring Orv Salmon (April 2016)
DMACC announces a new statewide scholarship called the Mark Pearson FFA Leadership Scholarship at the Governor’s Office. A full tuition grant will be given to all FFA Iowa Chapter Presidents who plan to attend DMACC. The award is named after long time WHO Farm Broadcaster Mark Pearson (April 2016)
DMACC awards its first Valedictorian Scholarship to Aubrey Schmitt of West Burlington (April 2016)
Chef Robert Anderson receives the L’Ordre des Palms Académiques (The French Academic Palms) from the Deputy Consul for the French Consultant in Chicago during the opening of the newly remodeled ICI® building (April 2016)
DMACC President Denson recognized as an MVP for Iowa STEM by the Iowa Governor’s STEM Advisory Council (April 2016)
DMACC celebrates its 50th anniversary with events on all campuses, including an April 9 event at the Boone Campus (April 2016)
DMACC Women’s Head Basketball Coach Steve Krafcisin is inducted into the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame (April 2016)
DMACC Urban Campus Chemistry Professor Dr. Harold Goldston receives the Excellence in Motivating Students in STEM Award (March 2016)
DMACC students Gabrielle Woods of Boone is named a 2016 Coca-Cola Gold Scholar. Mohamad Diallo of Ames is named a Bronze Scholar and Trung Nguyen of Des Moines is named a Coca-Cola Bronze Scholar (March 2016)
DMACC’s West Campus turns 15 years old (March 2016)
Chuck and Marilyn Farr of Des Moines donate $125,000 to the DMACC Foundation (Jan. 2016)
- An 11-story wind turbine is installed on the DMACC Ankeny Campus. (Dec. 2010)
- DMACC volleyball players Mikayla Overturf of Nora Springs, Maggie Vondrak of Sioux City and Elizabeth Inhen of Sheldon are named to the Region XI-B All-Region First Team while Natalie Weis of Bettendorf is named to the Second Team. (Dec. 2010)
- The spouse of former DMACC Physical Plant employee Ray Gumtau gives the College he second largest endowed gift to DMACC in the history of the College. (Dec. 2010)
- DMACC adds women's softball to its intercollegiate athletic program and will begin play with the 2011-12 school year. (Nov. 2010)
- Freshman Katie Clark of Gilbert sets a new DMACC school record for the women's cross country team while competing in the National Junior College Athletic Association's (NJCAA) Division I National Championships in Spartanburg, SC. (Nov. 2010)
- Nearly 500 people attend Advanced Manufacturing Conference at the FFA Enrichment Center to hear world-renowned management guru and author Tom Peters speak. (Oct. 2010)
- DMACC Boone Campus student Jeff Ellis of West Des Moines is selected to travel to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA's) Marshall Space Flight Center. (Oct. 2010)
- DMACC Urban Campus turns 30 years old and holds a week-long celebration. (Oct. 2010)
- DMACC's fall enrollment sets another record with headcount up 10.5 percent to 24,658 students and credit hours up 9 percent to 211,828 credit hours. (Sept. 2010)
- DMACC signs an agreement to lease portions of the third and fourth floors of the Iowa Building to offer health sciences classes from the DMACC Urban Campus in the 20,000 square foot of renovated space. (July 2010)
- DMACC begins offering textbook rental services at all six DMACC bookstores in the fall semester. (July 2010)
- The 3-on-3 Wild, Wild West Basketball Tournament at the West Campus raises $37,500 to support scholarships for West Campus students. (July 2010)
- A total of 323 medals are awarded among the 571 wines entered in the Fourth Annual Mid-American Wine Competition held on the Ankeny Campus. (July 2010)
DMACC receives $639,494 grant from the Iowa Office of Energy Independence to be used for numerous energy conservation measures across the College. (July 2010)
DMACC Board of Trustees votes to change name from DMACC Newton Polytechnic to DMACC Newton Campus. (June 2010)
DMACC sets another all-time summer term record for both enrollment, up 15 percent; and credit hours, up 19.5 percent. (June 2010) DMACC baseball player Scott Schebler of Solon is selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 26th round of the Major League Baseball (MLB) draft and DMACC pitcher George Jensen is selected by the Tampa Bay Rays in the 46th round. Former DMACC players Cole Nelson and Patrick Cooper were also selected in the 2010 MLB draft. Nelson was selected by the Detroit Tigers in the 10th round (313th overall pick). Cooper was also selected by the Tigers in the 14th round (433rd overall pick). (June 2010)
DMACC baseball player Joel Hutter of Bettendorf is named to the 2010 National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division II All-American First Team. Fellow DMACC baseball player Scott Schebler of Solon is named to the Second Team. (June 2010)
A total of 12 DMACC baseball players receive post-season honors. Scott Schebler, Joel Hutter, Ryan Torgerson, Nick Anderson, Jerrod Eigsti, Drew Freie and Hector Ponce are named to the Iowa Community College Athletic Conference (ICCAC) All-Region First Team. Brad Lamberti, Brashad Johnson and George Jensen are named to the All-Region Second Team. Sean Borman and Greg Larpenter are named to the All-Region Honorable Mention Team. Schebler is named ICCAC Player of the Year, while Torgerson is named ICCAC Pitcher of the Year. Schebler, Hutter, Anderson, Torgerson and Eigsti are also named to the All-North Plains District Team. DMACC Bears win third straight ICCAC Championship. (June 2010)
DMACC Enology/Wine Service Instructor Paul Gospodarczyk passes the Certified Sommelier Exam. (June 2010)
U.S. Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa tours DMACC's Electronic Crime Institute. (June 2010)
DMACC Carroll Campus Provost Steve Schulz receives the Shirley B. Gordon Award of Distinction from the Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society. (May 2010)
DMACC graduate Dennis Albaugh, president and CEO of Albaugh, Inc., is honored at a reception at the FFA Enrichment Center. He was recognized locally for receiving the 2010 Outstanding Alumni Award from the American Association of Community Colleges. (May 2010)
DMACC's Women's Golf Team finishes in 11th place at the 2010 National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Women's National Championship at Daytona Beach, FL. (May 2010)
DMACC Adjunct Instructor Sarah Brown Wessling is named the 2010 National Teacher of the Year. (May 2010)
DMACC dedicates a new professional-grade baseball field on the DMACC Boone Campus. (May 2010)
DMACC's Women's Golf Team wins the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region II Tournament and advances to the NJCAA National Tournament in Daytona Beach, FL. (Apr. 2010)
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awards DMACC an $800,000 two-year grant to launch a new, non-credit Health Information Technology (HIT) certification program. It joins a two-year HIT degree program that starts in the fall of 2010. (Apr. 2010)
DMACC Medical Laboratory Technology student Jessica Scheers receives the MLT Student of the Year Award from the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science—Iowa Chapter. (Apr. 2010)
DMACC Iowa Culinary Institute students Brent Krapfl, Stephanie Naylor, Brett Brando, Barbara Narber and Eli Rosenburg took first place in the Iowa Beef Industry Council's Intercollegiate Beef Culinary Contest. Naylor, Krapfl and Brando also captured first place in the Student Category at the American Federation of Southern Iowa competition. (Apr. 2010
DMACC President Rob Denson is named the recipient of the A. Arthur Davis Community Leadership Award. (Apr. 2010)
Christine Keenan, Hong Willer, Erica Rasmussen and Martin Kenworthy were named 2010 Outstanding Alumni Award recipients. (Apr. 2010)
A dedication and open house is held for the new two-story, $12. 6 million FFA Enrichment Center. (Apr. 2010)
Campus View Student Housing, LLC purchases the Campus View student housing complex on the Ankeny Campus and has multi-million dollar plans to transform student housing and create a student living lifestyle center and community. (Apr. 2010)
Anne Howsare is named the Associate Provost at the DMACC Urban Campus. (Apr. 2010)
DMACC student Thomas Olmstead of Granger is selected to travel to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA's) Johnson Space Center in Houston to participate in a three-day on-site event. He was one of only 60 students across the nation to be selected to the NASA Scholars Program. (Apr. 2010)
Fiction writers and poets read from their works at all six DMACC campuses at DMACC's eighth annual Celebration of the Literary Arts. (Apr. 2008)
DMACC Urban Campus student Thi Nguyen is awarded the outstanding accounting student award for his excellence in accounting by the Iowa Society of Certified Public Accountants. (Mar. 2010)
DMACC women's basketball players Tia Mays, Marni Jacobsen and Katlyn Wood are named to the Iowa Community College Athletic Conference Division II All-Region First Team. (Mar. 2010)
DMACC men's basketball players Brad Burton and Hal Bateman are named to the Iowa Community College Athletic Conference Division II Men's All-Region Second Team. Kannon Burrage is named to the Third Team. (Mar. 2010)
Ten DMACC students are named to the 47 person 2010 All-Iowa Academic Team. (Mar. 2010)
DMACC Journalism student Kelsey Edwards captures three honors for her journalistic writing and producing at the Better Student Newspaper Contest sponsored by the Iowa College Media Association. She earned a first place for the best explanatory news story, a third place award in the best news story category and teamed with former DMACC student Jeremy Harmsen to win third place for the best original content in the marketing video production division. (Mar. 2010)
Astronaut Alan Bean's appearance and presentations climax the iWeek 2010 activities on the DMACC West Campus. Captain Bean was an Apollo 12 and Skylab 3 astronaut and the fourth person to walk on the moon. (Mar. 2010)
The DMACC Foundation receives $35,000 in grant funds from the Prairie Meadows 2009 Community Betterment Grant Program. The funds will support two programs—adult literacy and emergency grants for DMACC students. (Mar. 2010)
For the 10th straight year, DMACC sets spring semester enrollment records in both headcount and credit hours. Spring 2010 enrollment is up 17 percent at 23,208 students. Credit hours are up 18.3 percent as students take 195,807 credit hours in the spring of 2010. (Jan. 2010)
DMACC's Electronic Crime Institute (ECI) hosts a free, three-hour conference to help consumers lower their risk for identity theft and increase their internet safety awareness. (Jan. 2010)
To commemorate the 25th anniversary of the DMACC French Chef's exchange, a total of 31 chefs and spouses come to DMACC as guest lecturers for the Culinary Arts program. (Jan. 2010)
