Ankeny Campus

​It’s the perfect time for faculty to begin thinking about contributing to DMACC’s 2nd Annual National Crime Victims’ Rights Week (NCVRW) Student Showcase, to be held on April 8th and 9th, at Building 5 Conference Center, Ankeny Campus!
 
The DMACC NCVRW Student Showcase is one of many activities planned to honor and support victims and survivors of crime, victim services agencies, non-profits, and community groups, for the national annual observance for NCVRW. This year, the NCVRW theme is Connecting < KINSHIP > Healing, which is a call-to-action to recognize that shared humanity should be at the center of supporting all survivors and victims of crime.
 
The DMACC 2025 NCVRW ad hoc committee invites all faculty to consider reimagining one course activity in order to provide students with a way to connect and contribute to the Showcase in observance of Crime Victims’ Rights Week.
 
Last year, DMACC students in criminal justice, psychology, and sociology classes completed course assignments and displayed their work in  Ankeny’s Bldg. 5 Student Showcase and also at the Urban Campus. Media campaigns (think tri-fold poster displays or posters), videos/PSA, and other projects were displayed for students, faculty, staff, and the public to view.
 
This year, the ad hoc committee welcomes ALL disciplines to consider a course activity that may give students an opportunity to be creative and share in the support of others or their own survivorship.  Examples could include artwork, demonstration or presentation, photography, messaging or media campaigns, illustration or graphic design projects, essays, poetry, letters to the editor, storytelling, writing victim impact statements, and more.
 
DMACC’s 2025 NCVRW events can be found by scrolling to the bottom of the Criminal Justice web page under Additional Resources,  with more information forthcoming. DMACC librarians Emma Adams and Christine Whitney are creating a NCVRW LibGuide for curated sources, information, and more, to share with interested faculty, staff, students, and the public.
 
Please contact  Samantha O’Hara, criminal justice professor at sjohara@dmacc.edu or Kiersten Trost, criminal justice work study student at kltrost@dmacc.edu, with your interest or questions for the Ankeny Showcase, or to get connected with your campus/center NCVRW leader for a showcase near you!