ANKENY, Iowa—Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) students and instructors proudly display a DMACC flag in front of the iconic Tower Bridge in London during a recent tour of the city. A group of 23 students from seven different DMACC campuses and centers are participating in the annual DMACC London Study Abroad Program during the spring 2020 semester. The students took classes through mid-February at DMACC and then traveled to London, where they are spending eight weeks living with British families while continuing their DMACC studies. Their course work includes an interactive weekly lecture led by a British instructor. To learn more about the DMACC London Study Abroad Program, visit www.dmacc.edu/studyabroad.
The students and DMACC instructors spending the spring semester in London are (pictured front row, left to right) DMACC English Professor and Study Abroad Program Coordinator Lauren Rice (Newton Campus), DMACC English and History Associate Professor Bethany Sweeney (Carroll Campus), Rachel Geyer, Newton (Newton Campus), Eric Spenceri, Des Moines (Ankeny Campus); Josie Coates, Indianola (West Campus); Bhattarai Bidhya, Des Moines (Urban Campus); Zoey Chumbley, Grimes (Ankeny Campus); Parker Walden, Nevada (Ames Hunziker Center); Rebekah Johnson, Carlisle (Ankeny Campus); Talissa Vegas, Des Moines (Ankeny Campus); and (back row, left to right) Grace Carlson, Urbandale (Ankeny Campus), Olivia Rowling, Des Moines (Ankeny Campus), Carlos Valle, Carroll (Carroll Campus), Ethan Jorgensen, Urbandale (West Campus), Spencer Swanson, Bondurant (Ankeny Campus), Aspen Winey, Carroll (Carroll Campus); Seth Franklin, Altoona (Ankeny Campus); Aubree Klug, Grimes (Ankeny Campus); Dakota Egenes, Hawarden (Boone Campus); Jeff Helgren, Dallas Center (Ankeny Campus); Nathan Dittmer, Grimes (Ankeny Campus); Aniyah Loftus, Vancouver, BC (Boone Campus); Cheyenne Wray, Waukee (West Campus); and Maddy Buys, Prairie City (Ankeny Campus). Not pictured is Samira Sayeed, Des Moines (Ankeny Campus).
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