Des Moines Area Community College
Recent News About Des Moines Area Community College
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DES MOINES AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE: DMACC Transportation Institute Receives Federal Grant to Help Veterans Earn a Commercial Drivers License
This grant, affectionately known as “Trucking with the Troops," covers 100 percent of the program costs to take the Class A CDL training program.
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DES MOINES AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE: Face Masks Mandatory in Des Moines
Des Moines Mayor Frank Cownie today signed an emergency proclamation making face coverings mandatory in public places whenever proper social distance cannot be maintained.
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DES MOINES AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE: Present, Former DMACC Students Selected as NASA L’SPACE – Lucy Ambassadors
Pedro Salazar (left) and Mehmet Sefer have been Involved in numerous NASA projects.
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DES MOINES AAREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE: DMACC offers more options for students looking for flexibility
College students face a lot of uncertainty due to coronavirus concerns as they head back to class in the fall.
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DES MOINES AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE: DMACC Theatre Invites Audience Members to Enjoy its Summer 2020 Play on a Different Kind of Stage in Response to COVID-19
Director Carl Lindberg introduced students to a different performance medium this summer in response to COVID-19.
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DES MOINES AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE: DMACC Electrical, Computer and Software Engineers As Leaders (ECSEL) Program Awards Summer Scholarships in Response to COVID-19
Program is a collaboration between DMACC and Iowa State University that works to improve diversity among students in STEM fields
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DES MOINES AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE: DMACC Carroll Campus Starts Major Construction Project
Watch above: DMACC President Rob Denson is excited about the new Carroll Campus construction project.
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DES MOINES AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE: PeopleService Awards DMACC Student First 'Difference Maker' Scholarship
DMACC's new internship program is a collaboration with water and wastewater company PeopleService
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DES MOINES AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE: DMACC Guarantees Fall Term Classes
Should DMACC cancel a fall term class due to COVID-19 or for any other reason, DMACC guarantees students will receive a full refund.
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DES MOINES AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE: DMACC Softball Team to Field Three High School Valedictorians Next Season
The DMACC softball team is known for achieving success, both on and off the field.
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DES MOINES AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE: DMACC Student Earns Scholarship with Support from College's Online Tutoring Services
The new DMACC Online Tutoring (DOT) service is helping students in many ways, now providing online, face-to-face tutoring services to students.
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DES MOINES AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE: DMACC Emeritus Professor Gets Creative to Make Face Shields for Local Hospital in Carroll
Cory Thompson, an Emergency Room (ER) nurse at St. Anthony Regional Hospital in Carroll and a 2013 graduate of the DMACC Carroll Campus Nursing Program, knew that he and his fellow health care workers were going to need more personal protective equipment (PPE) during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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DES MOINES AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE: DMACC Perry VanKirk Career Academy donates PPE to Dallas County Hospital
April is National Community College Month.
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DES MOINES AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE: DMACC Celebrates Service and Innovation During a Historic National Community College Month
Students, faculty and staff are making a difference from a distance this April
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0.6 percent of Des Moines Area Community College students played sports on university teams in 2017-2018
In 2017-2018, 0.6 percent of Des Moines Area Community College students participated in collegiate sports, according to data made available by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).
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Cost of college went up for all students at Des Moines Area Community College
In-state tuition and fees rose 3.3 percent for 2018-19 at Des Moines Area Community College, according to recent data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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Des Moines Area Community College enrolls 23,474 undergrads
At Des Moines Area Community College, 80 percent of undergraduate students are traditional students - age 24 or younger - and 55 percent are female, according to the latest disclosure from the U.S. Department of Education.
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Graduates earn 3,594 degrees, certificates from Des Moines Area Community College
About 39.3 percent of the 3,594 degrees and certificates handed out by Des Moines Area Community College in 2017-18 were to students in liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities programs, making them the most popular programs that year, according to the latest disclosure from the U.S. Department of Education.