The 2024DMACC Metro Commencement Ceremony will take place at 7 p.m. tonight, Wednesday May 1st, at Wells Fargo Arena in downtown Des Moines. The ceremony recognizes more than 1,000 students who are graduating from the College’s Newton, Ankeny, Urban (Des Moines), and West Des Moines Campuses, as well as graduating DMACC OnLine students. Jacob Reuss, a DMACC Liberal Arts student from West Des Moines, will welcome family and friends to the ceremony, and DMACC Vice President Emeritus Dr. Mary Chapman will give the commencement address. Dr. Chapman, who retired from DMACC in 2013, joined DMACC in 1990 as Executive Dean/Provost of the College’s Urban Campus in Des Moines and later served as Vice President for Community and Workforce Partnerships at DMACC. The Metro Commencement Ceremony will also be livestreamed at graduation.dmacc.edu.