Album, November 1978 to April 1979

1978

· Career day events hosted at DMACC

· Fashion Merchandising careers event

· Debates over use of Ankeny construction funding, used for administrative building or student center, going to a vote in September 1979

· Walnut Hill residents protesting continued problems with Urban Campus plan to clear away homes for public renovation, some OK with relocation if pay is “fair” another story suggests city will have to pay more than originally proposed

· Profile of students in advertising art program

· Reports on success of Boone basketball team

· Profile of students graduating from EMT courses, now total of 25 EMTs on Carroll County

· Course registration, dean’s list, scholarship, and graduation announcements

· Planned Parenthood education program offered at Boone DMACC

· Report on neighborhood redevelopment funding – plans for use of urban renewal funding after Walnut Hill project completed

· DMACC awards 10,000th GED in December 1978, in recognition of this milestone, DMACC gives 2 GED students $500 scholarships

· Medical assisting program receives accreditation

· DMACC participates in basic reading skills program for adults

· Report on English language learners’ events at DMACC

· Profile of the families leaving the Walnut Hill area due to Urban renewal project

· Story about changing family dynamics when women are working and going to school, interviewed DMACC’s Director of Student Relations

· New administrative unit to identify educational needs in local community “Your Community is Our Campus”

1979

· Continuing Education Night event – administrators discuss how students can apply for financial aid

· DMACC courses begin to be offered at Southridge Mall in Des Moines

· DMACC baseball player signed to Phillies farm system

· Report says polls show broad support for area colleges among Iowa public, more inclined to fund area schools than other sectors of education

· Profile of dental assistant graduate now working in Switzerland

· Low levels of registration in spring adult education courses at Indianola DMACC

· DMACC Foundation Funding Drive – planned uses for funds listed

· Preliminary Urban Campus plans OK’d by Board of Directors

· Dedication for Child Development program playground built on Ankeny campus

· Report on general trend of growing off-campus college programs and distance learning

· Profile of DMACC Boone baseball team

· Report on police chief candidates including one DMACC police program graduate

· New courses designed for senior citizens, related to public policy and senior welfare

· Profile of DMACC Board member and Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Robert Lounsberry

· Report on increasing need for secretaries, mentions business occupations program at DMACC

· Report that 92% of DMACC graduates have found gainful employment

· Ram Restaurant profile – high school students trained to manage food service, in collaboration with DMACC culinary program

· Polk County plans 20% increase on property levy; DMACC levy plans increase, lower than 20%

· Profile of new “Bartending 101” course, discussing issues with how to teach bartending without alcohol

· DMACC police instructor and police officer charged with a woman’s killing

· New courses in childbirth, commercial pesticide application, money management, time management, volunteer management

· Profile of mobile career exploration unit at Pleasantville, Iowa

· Profiles of Carroll distance learning and automotive technician programs

· Profile of young DMACC graduate who now owns and runs Fontanelle Observer, a local newspaper

· Profile of building trades course and current house-building project

· Flyer of images at ITA-RIITA 1978 Fall conference

· Flyer announcing DMACC 10 year “birthday party”

· Unattached news clippings – both duplicates of items pasted in scrapbook