Album, March 1979 to September 1979

March 1979

· State Representative Joyce Lonergan holds town hall event at DMACC

· Internships, graduations, scholarship, and dean’s list announcements

· New course and seminar listings

· Boone golf and basketball team results

· Profile of woman who wishes to move her house from Walnut Hill neighborhood due to impending demolition and renewal project

· Mobile career exploration unit visits Nevada

· Plans for College-Career Night events

· Polk County budget hearing planned, including askings from DMACC

· 1979 DOT Map (designed by DMACC student) made available)

· Profiles of secretarial and business occupations course graduates

· National Medical Laboratory Week, honored 70 current students in medical lab courses

· Profile of DMACC mechanics program

May 1979

· Commencement announcements

· DMACC Board approves bid for building Urban Campus facilities

· Carroll may be able to build attendance center, dependent on a public vote

· DMACC’s accreditation extended by NCA

June 1979

· Boone commencement reports 132 graduates, total DMACC numbers around 900 graduates

· Expansion of nursing program to full 2 years at Boone Campus

· Iowa Comprehensive Manpower Services program provides funding for select DMACC students

· Groundbreaking at Urban Campus site

· DMACC approves an 8% raise for admin and non-faculty staff

· Profile of DMACC retail marketing graduate

· DMACC receives a cooperative $45,000 grant with a teaching hospital for paraprofessional training

· Dean’s list announcements

July 1979

· DMACC students attend leadership conference, 2 DMACC students recognized at event

· Numerous profiles of previous graduates

· Blood Pressure Screening program reports success

· Jasper Risdal runs for DMACC Board of Directors

· New Dean of Career Education selected, Harold Gamm

· Portuguese Trade Unionists visit DMACC

· Carroll expands their automotive technology facilities

· County employees attend DMACC data processing courses

· Proposed handicap-accessible housing at Walnut Hill Urban Renewal area

August 1979

· 5/6 candidates for DMACC Board of Directors

· Asst. Superintendent Charles Wright speaks with Carlisle Chamber of Commerce

· 7 TV/radio-based coursework offered through DMACC in history, business, religion, biology

· Profile of DMACC graduate now working as hot air balloonist and balloon competition observer

· Report on “critical need for housing for DMACC Boone students

· Voters in central IA voting on capital improvements levy extension

· Polk DM Taxpayers’ Association OK’s levy extension

· Profile of Soviet immigrants in Des Moines area and their attendance at English language learning courses at DMACC

· Report on low use of veterans’ benefits for education in Iowa

· Profile of graduate from Public Safety Communication Operator certificate program

· Profile of various Board of Directors candidates

· DMACC diesel/heavy equipment repair program now active in Carroll

· Former DMACC Medical/Nursing program instructor hired as consultant to area nursing homes

· Fall course listing and registration announcements

· DMACC graduate dies in construction accident

· 23 DMACC Boone students tour processing plant in Boone

· DMACC Research office study suggests that DMACC adds more value to economy than it receiving in tax funding, measured in taxes paid by employed graduates

· Profile of arts and sciences program where students matriculate to 4 year colleges

· DAMCC turns away students from vocational programs, Superintendent Lowery stresses need for greater funding

· Report of high level of placement for vocational program graduates

· English language learning services available at Iowa Refugee Service Center

· Report that all 5 Board candidates agree than property tax levy should be extended for several years

September 1979

· Max Kreager retires from DMACC Board and endorses candidate Jasper Risdal as his “replacement”

· Announcement of fall play in the DMACC theatre program

· Profile of DMACC dental assistant student, expressing strong support for levy extension

· Profile of DMACC graduate who transition from career in construction to insurance after education

· Voters approve levy extension in September 11 vote, reports on Board election results

· Report on trend of DMACC non-traditional and mature students, profile of 40-year old mother completing Human Services program