DMACC Career Advantage

This week’s DMACC Career Academy spotlight is the Carroll Career Academy, featuring Katie Smith! Katie works with high school students to help map out future plans and select college credit courses to take in high school. Katie serves as Career Advantage Academic Advisor, supporting high school students as they transition to their next step after high school, regardless of what that might be. During students senior year, Katie helps them submit college applications, file the FAFSA, and guide them through the college-going process. Katie enjoys helping students feel less overwhelmed about the college process.

Outside of DMACC, Katie is a mother of three beautiful children and a farmer’s wife. She have a creative side that she enjoys the art of photography and design. You will find Katie snapping photos, chasing cows (and kids) around their farm, cruising the gravel roads, and helping her husband in their hog barns. Katie is fulfilling her passion of helping people and, later on she calls, "ditching those heels for chore boots."

The best advice Katie Smith would give to a high school student is, "to explore all of your options while you can in high school! Don’t box yourself into one area. Try new and different things to really find out what you’re going to enjoy doing with your time and life after high school. The saying is completely true that if you enjoy what you do, you’ll never “work” a day in your life!"

Happy Easter Day!

These Colfax-Mingo students will be attending DMACC after their senior year of high school. Congratulations and welcome to the DMACC family!

Enjoy your spring break!

Happy International Women's Day!

Agronomy in the Field is a multi-session workshop offered by Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. This spring, agronomy workshops for women will be held at Dallas County Farm.

These workshops are free and offered to women landowners, farmers, conservationists, and other women interested in agronomy!

Learn more: http://bit.ly/41VagOj.

Friendly reminder to DMACC Career Academy Students: Today is the last day to drop most Career Academy courses and receive a ‘W’ on your official DMACC transcript. Check with your Career Advantage Advisor for more information.

Happy Monday!
Friendly reminder to feed and exercise your brain! Take plenty of breaks!

Becca Henrichs is part of the Career Advantage and helps students at West Academy School! She is driven, passionate, and encouraging. Becca coordinates the programming of Career Academies and courses in the area of high schools for students to complete DMACC credits while in high school. She loves meeting with high school students to plan with Liberal Arts AA/AS Degree. Becca enjoys helping in figuring out which courses are best to take in high school, and recruiting students to be a part of the Career Academy to explore future careers. Becca’s advice to every high school student is, “Don’t rush to get out of high school, enjoy it and explore all the opportunities your high school offers! And take all the DMACC courses you can while in high school for free.”

WEATHER ALERT: All locations will be closed today (Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023) due to winter weather conditions.

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