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Four DMACC students were awarded membership to the 2023 Coca-Cola Academic team. This prestigious award grants winners a full tuition to Iowa State University for the next two years. Seven total DMACC students were awarded between the gold, silver, and bronze levels of the international Phi Theta Kappa scholarship, with 50 winners at each of […]

April is jam-packed with events and holidays on the Boone Campus! Most of the events are put on by the Student Activities Council, advised by Amanda Strayer. Below are a few of the events the SAC and Boone Campus have planned. On Tuesday, April 18th, in recognition of Earth week, Dan Lease will return to […]

Banner News is a student-led digital publication advised by journalism instructor Lisa Kaho’okele. While Banner News is its own publication, the work for Banner News takes place in the course titled Digital Media Production (JOU 124). This class is not just limited to writing and revising news stories, but also the production of sound, video, […]

The DMACC Men’s and Women’s basketball teams competed in five total games over the week of 11/29-12/3. Here are the results from the past week. The DMACC Women’s basketball team was originally supposed to play in their first home game this past Tuesday, November 29, vs Grand View JV. The game would be postponed due […]

With the fall season coming to a close, many DMACC athletes have earned awards for their performances over the year. Here is a look at the 2022 Fall season honors. DMACC Volleyball finished with an overall record of 22-15 and a conference record of 6-3. Four DMACC Volleyball players were awarded with regular season and […]

The Courter Center was packed Wednesday, the 9th with students, faculty and staff to raise awareness for the mental health of America’s veterans. The “In My Boots” student club, aims to raise community awareness of the struggles that many American servicemen and women encounter after returning from combat. Every year, the club, advised by Sean […]

For Halloween this year, the DMACC Boone Campus Student Activities Council put on a ‘Boo Bash” that included a DJ, dancing, and a costume contest. The ‘Boo Bash’ was held in the Courter Center and decorated in the spirit of Halloween. SAC participants spent the two days before the event hanging up streamers, posters, balloons, […]

DMACC Men’s and Women’s basketball are through their first week of the new season. Here is how things have played out so far for the Bears. The men’s basketball team picked up right where they left off last season, starting their new campaign 3-0. Following a championship season in 2021 and a 3rd place finish […]

The Boone campus has a new face around campus as Amanda Strayer has filled the role of Student Activities Coordinator.  Strayer is originally from Hudson, IA, where she graduated from Hudson High. She then continued her education at the University of Northern Iowa. Graduating summa cum laude, she obtained her Bachelor of Arts in communication […]

To know her is to love her and never wanting to lose her. Recently, part-time athletic trainer Samantha Busch has been hired full-time through DMACC, meaning all of her time will be spent on the Boone campus instead of other schools. Sam spoke with Banner News in a recent interview about her new position and […]