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Phi Beta Lamba (PBL), is a student leadership and business organization at DMACC which helps prepare students for their future careers.  Phi Beta Lamba is a national group, with chapters at both two-year colleges and four-year colleges. Students from the chapters compete in many events, such as: Job Interview, Public Speaking, Network Concepts, Personal Finance, […]

This Thursday, as a part of the Earth Week events, there were posters and slideshows in the Courtier Center, an environmental reading, as well as a presentation by an employee of the Boone County Landfill.  The posters and slideshows were about various topics, from birdwatching in Iowa, erosion, monarch butterflies, red foxes, and the loss […]

Celina Karp Biniaz will be speaking at the DMACC Boone Campus Auditorium this Thursday, April 4, from 11:15 am to 12:40 pm. Biniaz is one of the last survivors of the Holocaust, and she will be sharing her story. Biniaz, who is now 87 years old, grew up in Karkow, Poland, and ended up graduating […]

As community college students, we are encouraged to be our very best and to pursue the things we desire.  One student here at the Boone Campus has demonstrated how that is possible.  Brand Damman has proven that it is possible to achieve great things from humble beginnings. Brandt was homeschooled through high school, which means […]

Olympic Gold Medalist Ed Banach will be speaking from 12:15 to 12:45 in the DMACC Boone Auditorium this Friday, March 29th. Ed Banach wrestled for the United States in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, which is where he won his gold medal. Ed Banach also wrestled for the University of Iowa from 1980-1983, […]

Hawk McIntyre will be performing in the Courter Center from 11-1 PM this Thursday, March 7th.  There will also be a special offered in the Café during the same time.  Come out and listen to this great musician tomorrow!

Midterms are fast approaching, the official date is March 4, but instructors have some flexibility as to exactly when they schedule their test.  With this in mind, two advisors at the DMACC Boone campus, Shelby Hildreth and Jocelyn Kovarik, have some advice for students who are stressed about midterms and are wondering how to prepare […]

February is National Black History Month, and DMACC is holding several events to celebrate.  This week there are two speakers, Micah Byars and Margo Foreman.  Micah Byars will be speaking from 12:15-12:45pm Monday, February 11th, in the auditorium.  Byars is in his eighth season on the ISU men’s basketball staff as the Director of Basketball […]

This Friday is National Wear Red Day, which is to bring awareness to a problem area in women’s health, cardiovascular disease.  Heart disease is the number one cause of death for women according to the American Heart Association, which promotes Wear Red Day.  The idea of Wear Red Day is to raise awareness for this problem, […]

As the government shutdown stretches on and becomes the longest in history, it can feel like it doesn’t affect central Iowa at all.  Washington D.C. is hundreds of miles away and talk of the negotiations are only relayed to us via various news outlets. We hear about the 800,000 federal workers who are either working […]